Astros Will Not Trade Valverde

I'd like to be the 1st to say, that I am not looking forward to the Tommy Manzella era.....

I could see the Giants, if they plan on moving Renteria to 2nd or Tejada to 3rd

Stupidity at it's best.

1. The Stros never should have been in on Tejada.

2. Once they acquired him they should have flipped him at the trade deadline. At that point there would have been no salary to eat AND they could have received something in return. Save 1/3rd of his 08 salary and not have to deal with his $13m 09 salary.

Sure, he'd be great for the Giants or Dodgers at 3rd - especially at half his salary for 2009. What's wrong with Tejada for a few years? Yeah, his BA & defense are declining, but he's still above avg.

I don't think anyone realized that Wigginton made 10 million. That is inflation at its best.

I thought he was making around 6.5, still too much for him...10, damn...

I don't think the Twins will go after O-Cab since he's a type A FA and I don't think the Twins want to give up a pick. I think the Twins will atleast talk to the stros about Tejada and Wigginton but the money will be an issue so will compensation if the stros eat some of the contracts.

Wiggy made $4.35m last year. I think he'll make around $7-8m in arbitration after the year he had last year.

I wonder if the jays could maybe get in there...they really need a SS or they could move Hill over to Short and sign O-dog back

I'd only like him in Minnesota if they convert him to 3B. The Twins don't really have a good SS prospect close and should go after someone more longterm for SS like Furcal/Hardy/Escobar (all unlikely I know). They have two good 3B prospect and could use a one year stopgap. Tejada could be the answer as well as give the Twins a player with the ability to slide around the diamond should injuries arise.

B3ENGL - Ron Gardenhire doesn't like Cabrera. When Cabrera went off on Guillen and his teammates, Gardenhire reacted even more strongly than Guillen did!

The Twins are loathe to surrender their #1 pick (especilly to the arch rival White Sox) and with Gardenhire opposed, I wouldn't bet on seeing Cabrera in a Twins uniform any time soon!

"Rosenthal figures the Twins, Dodgers, Giants, and Angels could be matches."

Rosenthal really needs to just quit making things up as he goes along. I don't think any of those teams are interested Tejada. Maybe a few years ago, but now? No.

J the Dizzola, your right but what I'm saying is that the prospects the Astros would acquire from trading both Tejada and Wigginton could be used in a package for Jake Peavy.

Hmm... I don't know, though. Seems like somebody'd have to be a big sucka to fork over real prospects for an old, overpaid guy like Tejeda. I might be mistaken, but he seems like the kind of guy who a contending AL team tries to pick up at the deadline to give them bench depth for the WS run. I should also say that - in my opinion - I suppose Houston *could* land Peavy - but they'd no doubt have to give up Wandy, Castro or Pence, and probably some lesser prospect like Lyles. And there's no way the Astros could ever do that, since that would open up 2 holes that they simply can't fill from their system.

This is what happens when you let Drayton run your team. It's gonna take a complete fire sale and rebuilding from the bottom to get Houston back on track after all those terrible deals they made over the past 2 years.

Oh, that's right. Thanks for that correction. I'm not sure that they would have enough to get that done, since I doubt they'd get any real value for Tejada. The Astros have a great Playstation baseball team - but in real life their roster is chock full of guys with prohibitive contracts. To me, in order to get anything close to the kind of value it would take to get Peavy, they'd have to trade away Oswalt or Berkman - and that would again just create another hole. What good would it be to get Peavy if it meant you had to lose Oswalt to do so? I think they're screwed.

Darin,

For the longest, I have been on the "Astros land Peavy" bandwagon even at the expense of Pence, Wiggington and Valverde in a three team trade. Now I'm starting to think logically and come to the conclusion that we should hold off on dealing anybody but Tejada until the trade deadline. Valverde's value isn't exactly great right now either. I think Drayton needs to sell the team and/or have someone smart rebuild. I'm so tired of not having Biggio and Bagwell anymore to carry us on their shoulders.
I'm no longer is favor of acquiring Jake Peavy.
I can see it now, JAKE PEAVY TRADED TO ASTROS.
Just my luck.
Oh yeah.
I HATE TIM PURPURA.

The single smartest move the 'Stros make all offseason: NOT trading Valverde.

Wait until the trade deadline when the teams that are actually contending are in need of solid bullpen help, then the will-be-in-the-basement of the NL Central Astros can cash him in.