Astros Interested In Hunter, Rowand

Who cares if their outfield defense blows. The production of Lee, Pence, Scott is very high and not very expensive right now. They should be spending money, IDK, trying to sign their first two draft picks. *sigh* but it's too late for that. They should also be saving up for a shortstop and pitching. Outfielders should be the least of their worries.

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logical opinion

Wade must be listening to fans on the street, everyone Ive talked to seems to think we need another outfielder. Its one of the most baffling things Ive ever encountered. Its exactly like boomshwa said, its like Houston is in some bizzaro world where adding an outfielder we dont need will make us a better team even if everything else stays the same.

I agree, the astros should only do this if they can trade away scott. However, I think that if you can pair scott with perhaps a reliever, then you may be able to find a starting pitcher.

My question to astros fans, at what point do you trade oswalt? Or, will he be kept because any year the astros could win the central, at least in astros'fans minds.

With the farm system as is for the Astros, it's not that surprising that they are talking to everyone to bolster their team because absolutely nobody significant is on the horizons for them, it's FA's or bust.

I think it's like Wade said, procedural talking to everyone to keep line open. Maybe Scott/Lee gets moved for some other piece they need and they'll have a need at OF, who knows. OF is the deepest for this FA pool, you can actually get quality players in OF's instead of digging deep for scrubs in other positions. So if you can trade an OF for a quality player at another position, I would do that.

bravesbeast, if oswalt goes anywhere it probably won't be to the braves. you could make a case that he's been the best pitcher in the national league over the last 5 years or so. for that, and b/c of his relatively cheap price tag, i think he gets a near santana-like bounty (granted i'm biased tho)

and i can tell you straight up that besides pence, oswalt is the only reason i still follow the astros. its not about a fool's hope with the stros chances (b/c they suck, we know). i think oswalt and pence have more heart between the two of them than everyone else who worked for the organization last year combined, and there's a part of the astros fanbase that feels the same way. i question berkman's and lee's heart sometimes, and you can have those guys if you want, but trading oswalt would lead to some serious issues with the fanbase

WOW, never thought of arod in houston, imagine the hrs he would hit there and the lineup he would be in as well. now the whole money thing is a giant hang up, but they could use that third baseman. everything makes sense cept the money.

I don't think it's crazy speculation at all. Scott is terrible defensively, has no speed, is a streaky hitter, he's 30, and injury prone. With Lee in the outfield it would be nice to have 2 defensive, speedy outfielders with a good bat. Luke is very popular in Houston, but to trade him away for some pitching and pick up a couple of decent free agents would put Houston in the running in the dismal NL Central. Astro fans need to stop placing so much love on some of our one year wonders, ie Morgan Ensberg, Jason Lane ring a bell for anyone. No way do they deal Oswalt or Berkman, not going to happen!