Sunday Morning Astros, etc. Round Up
I think we all need this just to burn the images of the Wizard getting shelled out of our brains:
- Some more info about Geoff Geary's rehab and an update on Kaz Matsui...this is not a durable roster.
- More details on Alberto Arias after his MRI yesterday.
- Our friends from up north put a lot of thought into recycling the same tired critiques of the Astros, kudos. Sure there's some truth to them, but come on?
- Richard Justice spills a lot of e-ink trying to describe what he wants in the next Astros manager, but I'm still not sure what he's actually looking for.
- Don't worry, Coop is aware that Ivan Rodriguez is old and needs to play fewer games. If only he had gotten that memo about Doug Brocail last year.
- Draft fever - symptoms: wild conjectures about players few people seen and stats that are almost impossible to interpret.
- Has there ever been a player/GM?
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The astros.com blog piece on Geary's rehab has some different quotes.
Like this line from Geary:
“I would rather listen to hitters up here than go down and face hitters who are greedy and want to absolutely crush you,” said Geary, who said he feels healthy enough to pitch now.
He also talks about how he likes to pitch to teammates like Jason Michaels, presumably because they won’t try to crush him. Uh, the way that Michaels has been hitting lately, I can see why Geary would rather pitch to him. And he doesn’t seem to be able to crush anybody right now.
by clack on Jun 7, 2009 9:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Article
Most of Anthony Andro’s article (wow, is that his real name?) doesn’t add anything new to the conversation. It’s the same narrative we hear everywhere else: the major league club is old and their farm system is the worst in baseball.
Where he does try to add to the conversation and go a little more in depth, he whiffs, and big-time. He points to our history of poor drafting and bad luck with players not developing. But then he fails to recognize that the ballclub has done things to address these issues, most notably hiring highly-regarded scouting director Bobby Heck. In fact, he lumps Jordan Lyles in with Max Sapp and Brian Bogusevic as draft disappointments. If he bothered to visit the Lexington stat page, he would have seen that Lyles and fellow 2008 draftees Ross Seaton and Brad Dydalewicz are enjoying some good successes in their first year.
by AstroAndy on Jun 7, 2009 9:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
When I saw his statement about Lyles....
I just gave up on that FW Star-Telegram article. He implies that Lyles was the Astros’ first round pick this year and, like you say, lumps him in with other first round busts. He also complains that Lyles is only 18 years old and, therefore, too far away from the major leagues. The fact that he is 18 years old and producing well in the A ball is a negative?
by clack on Jun 7, 2009 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't wait
until the Rangers’ highly-touted prospects flame out and contribute nothing.
Your friendly neighborhood Dreamshake mod.
by Only_A_Lad on Jun 7, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting: The Pirates’ GM published an open letter explaining his rationale for the Nate McLouth trade earlier this week. Doesn’t add too much to the analysis of the trade, but still a nice gesture to an upset fanbase. Hard to imagine anyone from the Astros front office doing this sort of thing.
by AstroAndy on Jun 7, 2009 9:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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