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Wolf Open To Astros Return
Jose de Jesus Ortiz quotes Astros southpaw and Ed Wade favorite Randy Wolf:
A few weeks ago I had a short conversation with Ed and talked about what I thought of it here and if I’d be open to playing here. Like I’ve said, I think...yes definitely. The geography doesn’t really matter anymore. I think first and foremost I want to be on a winning team and have the best possible chance to be where I’ve never been before, which is the playoffs.
It seems this was a consideration for Wade all along when he made the trade for Wolf. Overall Wolf has a 4.30 ERA in 190.3 innings. He made all his starts and posted a solid 7.6 K/9. Wolf averaged 88.8 mph on his heater, showing more velocity than he had in recent years.
With a fair offer, the Astros might be able to sign Wolf before he hits the open market. He earned $8.5MM this year, hitting all his incentives. It might take three years and $30-35MM to sign him. At the least, the Astros can offer Wolf arbitration and snag a draft pick since he's a Type B free agent.
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Man, this Ed Wade was killed on this site for this trade. I guess he knows a little bit about baseball.
"What are the Astros thinking here? This team is still playing to win, even with their backs against the wall." -Tim Dierkes
This statement is still valid going into the last weekend of the season.
Posted by: Flash | September 26, 2008 at 01:05 PM
I'm a huge Astros homer and I would have been surprised if they'd finish the season at .500, much less ten games over with 3 very winnable games left to go...
Posted by: jatorres | September 26, 2008 at 01:29 PM
Well, Tim Dierkes is a Cubs fan, hates the Astros and hates Ed Wade, so of course he's gonna bash any move they make.
Posted by: Brian | September 26, 2008 at 03:33 PM
The Astros are a bunch of cry babies!! WAAAAA Bud Selig ruined are season WAAAAA, bottom line if they played like that all year they may be were Milwaukee is, or the Cubs... SHUT THE HELL UP ASTROS PLAYERS AND THEIR BANDWAGON FANS!!
Posted by: bcaine | September 27, 2008 at 10:05 AM
While the run was pretty cool, we basically just beat up on teams that were trying out their september callups when we made moves at the deadline. It was too little too late and Tim had every right to post the comment he did. And who cares what Wolf did, he would still be an FA and we could still get him now.
Posted by: EdWadesKoolAidStand | September 28, 2008 at 01:36 AM
bcaine: "Bud Selig ruined are season"
That is all I need to know about you.
Posted by: Dmok | September 28, 2008 at 01:58 PM
ASTROS PLAYERS AND FANS ARE A BUNCH OF CRY BABIES!!! AND EXCUSE ME BUD SELIG RUINED OUR SEASON, ANYWAYS HAVE FUN WATCHING THE PLAYOFFS ON TV.
Posted by: bcaine | September 28, 2008 at 04:39 PM
Don't you love Cubs fans who call the Astros a bunch of crybabies when the city was nearly destroyed by a hurricane, yet they threw food and beer at an made death threats agains an innocent lifelong fan for catching a foul ball. then blamed him for ruining the season.
Can;t wait for another 1st round exit by the 100 year loser club.
Posted by: Astro Fan in NYC | September 28, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I think the Astros should go after AJ Burnett.I also heard that they will be active in the CC Sabathia talks. But probably just to have other teams raise their biddings.The Yankees probably won't sign him now, so I'm thinking the Astros have a pretty strong chance at signing this guy. It's either CC or Sheets for the Astros. I say if they're really thinking about Sheets, why not spend an extra $20 million on Sabathia?
Backe should be erased from the rotation and traded to a team like the Pirates. He's worthless. His ERA was over 6.20 this season. He's got good stuff, but he doesn't have the control he should. So I'm guessing he'll be moved and the rotation will look like this.
Roy Oswalt
CC Sabathia/Ben Sheets
Randy Wolf/another type B starter
Wandy Rodriguez
Felipe Paulino/Fernando Nieve/another prospect will compete for.
Posted by: averybear11 | September 30, 2008 at 05:52 AM