Fire Ed Wade

by TBurford on Jul 31, 2008 1:22 PM CDT Comment 3 comments

Let's try and find a good move Ed Wade has made:

The Tejada deal gave the Astros an underperfomring SS with 13 mil per year contract and we gave up cheap young players with possible upside. On top of that Wade has told Tejada he will not be traded from the Astros this season. Why? Because you might get a prospect or two? Is he afraid of lowering payroll? He can't be worried about having a bad baseball team because he already does.

The best piece we got for Brad Lidge was Geary. A good closer for a good 7th inning guy...

Jose Valverde - We gave up Qualls who has a lower ERA and lower WHIP but at least we got a closer. Right?

And now we have LaTroy Hawkins. Every bulpen needs a guy with a 5.7 ERA. Yippie!

There could be an underlying grand scheme that only he Wade knows. Otherwise Ed Wade has shown to have entered the GM realm of Tim Purpura and he should be fired.

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The Valverde Trade

was the best…

Burke has been nothing and Qualls (although a good ERA) has blown 6 of 8 save chances.. He’s a good late relief guy, but not a closer yet. Valverde is a legitimate closer.

But I’m with you on the general concept… he hasn’t been good and hasn’t done anything to rebuild the farm(which should be one of the highest priorities).

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 31, 2008 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

After Pat Gillick had to clean up the mess Ed Wade made in Philly,

he is living proof baseball execs get their jobs in very un-meritocratic ways. You guys are probably sick of hearing about it, but the Randy Wolf trade was a joke.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey

by jobe on Aug 1, 2008 1:24 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The Wolf trade was not as bad as the Hawkins deal

The Astros actually gave up someone who had a future in the organization. This from an organization without much of a future.

My friends suggested I see someone about my baseball problem. So I made an appointment but just ended up helping the doctor with his fantasy team.

by TBurford on Aug 1, 2008 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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