Brian McTaggart is reporting that the Astros have "slowed" negotiations with Randy Wolf. The direct quote from Wade is:
“I told Arn that we still had interested but weren’t prepared to move forward at this time.”
Hallelujah.
The article goes on to say that the Astros might just be stuck with the payroll they have now, meaning we're just going to be awful next year. Someone in the upper echelon of our farm system will have a permanent rotation spot (cue horror movie music). But, that guy won't cost us $30 million over three years, he'll costs about $410,000 over a year.
Perhaps a year that involves 90 losses will remind Drayton that he has to spend money -- at all levels -- to win baseball games.
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SIGN BEN SHEETS
OR BLOW THE WHOLE FUCKING TEAM UP.
Ugh.
jonthefon - November 28, 2008
Yes.
I agree 100%
Jordan Sams - November 28, 2008
What I got from the article is that a trade is likely very soon...
Wade says he will know more about his payroll flexibility in the next few days or after the winter meetings in two weeks. Taggert makes clear that the team has worked on trades for Wiggy and/or Valverde. My interepretation is that Wade hopes to complete trades in the near future which allow him to clear payroll for making an offer to Wolf.
Of course, a team with Wolf and without Valverde and/or Wiggy is likely to be weak also. I see the $120 million figure again and this time Wade says that figure is based on bringing everybody back who was on the roster at the end of last season, plus a free agent utility infielder and catcher. Again, I don’t understand the numbers. How or why would you include both Loretta’s salary plus a salary for another free agent utility infielder? I didn’t think the Astros expected to pay a lot for a catcher (like David Ross). But if the Astros are so intent on adding a catcher that they allow it to drive their major roster/payroll decision, they must really be down on Towles.
clack - November 28, 2008
Peavy to Houston
goingforthecorner - November 28, 2008
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