The Astros Lose 0-4 but May Have Also Won

Let’s just say that this has been an emotional night.

This move is for the best, let me get that out there to start. I’m really gonna miss Hunter. He was a player that was humble, fan friendly, and was an all out give it everything you got on every play player. I think Matt Athomas said it best when he said “Hunter Pence was a guy that I never questioned how much he wanted to win a baseball game.” That quote basically summed up Pence, and I’ll miss that most off all.

Now for the future, 2013-2014 we will be GOOD! We (Ed Wade/owner) took a step back and took a look at the team and the franchise and took the big leap. They did the hardest thing in cutting their best player and greatest personality out of their team and traded him for the future. They traded for the greater good and that took a lot of guts. We now have a good group of guys in AA that should be ready to come up around the same time and another group in the high and low A’s that should (hopefully) come up after them.

We made our franchise better today but we need to go all out and trade for the prospects that will help us dominate in 2-3 years. We have to bite the bullet now and admit that we already don’t have a chance this year or next to make the postseason. We need to step back as a fanbase and look at where the franchise will be after next year. If we aquire some more prospects that are 2-5 years away from the ML and project to be good when they get there, we need to go all out and trade Wandy and Bourn as well.

Keep Myers! He will continue to up his trade value over the remainder of the year and we can trade him for more value during the Winter Meetings. Trading him now would be selling low and wouldn’t be a smart move.

JD Martinez, its time to see just how good he is. He has hit the way the Astros have asked him to, but if they actually ask him to play RF I think it would be a mistake. They need to move Carlos out of left (whether he sits, goes to first while Wallace goes to AAA, or platoons with Wallace at 1st I don’t really care), play Bourgeois in RF and JD in LF. If JD struggles in RF it may have a negative affect on his hitting ability.

I like Wallace and think he has a boatload of potential if he can figure it out offensively, but whether he does that in the ML or at AAA, at this point I don’t care. With Jimmy Van O being so consistant in the recaps, its time to move him up and let Koby or (can’t think of his name, came from AAA Las Vegas 1B), or both go.

Last but not least, Matt Downs. We have to find a way to see what we have in Matt Downs. I don’t like the idea of him and Altuve battling it out for the starting 2B job in ST. Altuve has shown so far he can handle and/or succeed at the ML level, Clint Barmes has been a great SS for us (especially lately), Johnson has finally shown that he deserves to have a spot in the lineup and I don’t think now is the time to pull him, and between Carlos and Brett 1B is taken care of. I think the best way is to sit someone different everyday but will playing a different defensive position everyday affect his hitting?

Id like to thank TCB for letting me vent, and I know y’all are wondering, yes my team is going to the playoffs next week. Not to worry, we’ll kick arse. I want my free softball champions shirt!