welcome aboard

As for Ed Wade and Drayton’s excuses, I certainly don’t buy them. Drayton could definitely afford to add some pitching, but he has (for whatever reason) chosen not to.

However, I think that this may, in the end, turn out to be a good thing. This blog has pointed out numerous times (as have the majority of baseball pundits out there) that the Astros’ farm system is a wreck. If Ed Wade is keeping his resources for the draft, and if he is choosing to forgo signing free agents in order to protect his draft picks, then I think this is a fine strategy, albeit a really boring one.

So I’m conflicted on this. I would have liked the Astros to have gotten somebody like Pettitte, who would not have cost them a draft pick, but I’m (somewhat) glad they didn’t go after Sheets.

that the Astros haven’t done more this off-season to improve the rotation. The frustrating part now is that many good players are left on the market and some teams will get great deals, as salaries decline. But the Astros are not poised to take advantage of this situation. I still hold out hope that the Astros will do SOMETHING when spring training rolls around and players are still unsligned.

you pretty much hit the nail on the head…if you want, search through our archives to find 1000 ways of saying what you just said!

Sorry I coulden’t get back sooner. Thanks for the encouragement, I am looking forward to the season.