Houston Astros offseason thread.

Astros02 · 12-17-2004, 04:09 PM

Even the Nationals/Expos got a thread, so I decided to make this.

My predictions for the offseason:

Beltran signs for 7/100
Clemens sticks around
Wade Miller is traded for bullpen help

nate7891 · 12-17-2004, 05:05 PM

if miller is traded he wont be traded until after spring training. No team will take him if hes still hurt. I dont see Clemens coming back with his mom's health and the whole 5 yr thing. I do see Beltran coming back. He will make his announcment before Clemens decides of course

Green & Gold Heart · 12-17-2004, 05:12 PM

I think if Beltran stays, Clemens will come back. I don't really care, but I don't want Beltran to be a Yankee. So I guess I want him to be a 'Stro.

benchwarmer · 12-17-2004, 05:55 PM

I hope Beltran stays in Houston also. I surely dont want to see the Yanks get even better by signing Beltran.

Jonzard · 12-18-2004, 12:37 AM

Rumor is that Beltran doesn't want to go to NY. Supposedly prefers a smaller stage than NY. So now Houston really just has to offer him a good deal. Things could get interesting very quickly if Sosa gets traded. Then it may be a bidding war between the Astros and Cubs.

Astros02 · 12-31-2004, 04:50 AM

Looks like the Yanks have dropped out of the race, so now it's basically just the Astros, and if you think they're serious, the Mets.

I'm pumped. Beltran will sign before 1/2/05.

nate7891 · 12-31-2004, 11:25 AM

Astros wont go with 119 million for Beltran. 'Stros season is done before it got started

cinredsfan2000 · 12-31-2004, 11:29 AM

Well as long as Beltran dont sign w/either N.y. team or the cubs I'll be happy. Steinbrener cant sign everybody can he ?

Astros02 · 01-01-2005, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nate7891

Astros wont go with 119 million for Beltran. 'Stros season is done before it got started

No one is going to. Boras is just throwing out figures, like the 10/200 he threw out at the beginning.

nate7891 · 01-01-2005, 11:56 AM

the yanks went about 15 or 16 a year..which is around 119 million....Astros went how high? Around 12 million a year which would bring the grand total around 70 million which wount cut it.

lincarnate · 01-01-2005, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nate7891

the yanks went about 15 or 16 a year..which is around 119 million....Astros went how high? Around 12 million a year which would bring the grand total around 70 million which wount cut it.

The Yankees haven't even made an offer.

12-17-2004, 04:09 PM	#1
Astros02 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 506	Houston Astros offseason thread. Even the Nationals/Expos got a thread, so I decided to make this. My predictions for the offseason: Beltran signs for 7/100 Clemens sticks around Wade Miller is traded for bullpen help

12-17-2004, 05:05 PM	#2
nate7891 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 553	if miller is traded he wont be traded until after spring training. No team will take him if hes still hurt. I dont see Clemens coming back with his mom's health and the whole 5 yr thing. I do see Beltran coming back. He will make his announcment before Clemens decides of course __________________ Keeping idiots in suspense. "If they blew up Wrigley tomorrow, it wouldn't bother me at all. That ivy is nasty, the infield grass is waist high, and they definitely have the most vulgar fans." -- Houston Astros outfielder Lance Berkman. Easiest job in Sports: Third Base Coach Job Requirements: Depth perception, and ability to do “the windmill”.

12-18-2004, 12:37 AM	#5
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Rumor is that Beltran doesn't want to go to NY. Supposedly prefers a smaller stage than NY. So now Houston really just has to offer him a good deal. Things could get interesting very quickly if Sosa gets traded. Then it may be a bidding war between the Astros and Cubs. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

12-31-2004, 11:25 AM	#7
nate7891 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 553	Astros wont go with 119 million for Beltran. 'Stros season is done before it got started __________________ Keeping idiots in suspense. "If they blew up Wrigley tomorrow, it wouldn't bother me at all. That ivy is nasty, the infield grass is waist high, and they definitely have the most vulgar fans." -- Houston Astros outfielder Lance Berkman. Easiest job in Sports: Third Base Coach Job Requirements: Depth perception, and ability to do “the windmill”.

01-01-2005, 11:56 AM	#10
nate7891 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 553	the yanks went about 15 or 16 a year..which is around 119 million....Astros went how high? Around 12 million a year which would bring the grand total around 70 million which wount cut it. __________________ Keeping idiots in suspense. "If they blew up Wrigley tomorrow, it wouldn't bother me at all. That ivy is nasty, the infield grass is waist high, and they definitely have the most vulgar fans." -- Houston Astros outfielder Lance Berkman. Easiest job in Sports: Third Base Coach Job Requirements: Depth perception, and ability to do “the windmill”.

12-17-2004, 05:12 PM	#3
Green & Gold Heart Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,242	I think if Beltran stays, Clemens will come back. I don't really care, but I don't want Beltran to be a Yankee. So I guess I want him to be a 'Stro.

12-17-2004, 05:55 PM	#4
benchwarmer Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Red Sox Nation Posts: 1,461	I hope Beltran stays in Houston also. I surely dont want to see the Yanks get even better by signing Beltran.

12-31-2004, 04:50 AM	#6
Astros02 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 506	Looks like the Yanks have dropped out of the race, so now it's basically just the Astros, and if you think they're serious, the Mets. I'm pumped. Beltran will sign before 1/2/05.