The entire purpose of News You Can Use is to attempt to understand why the Astros do what they do. Trying to follow the Astros and their decision making process is complicated by the fact that few in the Houston media are concerned with the Astros.
Cheito let go. Abercrombie called up.
“We decided to ask waivers on Cheito Cruz Jr. for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release,” Astros manager Cecil Cooper announced following Friday’s game against St. Louis. “We’re going to call up Reggie Abercrombie.”
How do you solve a problem with a catcher?
What’s the problem? “Give him three days, just relax a little bit, work on his hitting,” manager Cecil Cooper said.
Wade’s 8 simple steps, sixes and sevens, the bar sinister
Wade “We have a list of things that our scouts are required to get before we’ll even put a guy into the mix for consideration [like] medical, psychological testing, statistics, scouting evaluation, signability, 60-yard dash … and unless we have those eight pieces of information, the guy really doesn’t go up on our board.” Link