GM Wade flew into Corpus Christi to watch righthander Brandon Backe make the fourth of his five scheduled rehab starts.
Keppinger at short in the near future, 2 weeks off matters? Berkman “very, very happy”
Keppinger starting vs Rockies or Cubs? Tejada doesn’t think so, “This game is not about me taking a day off. It’s all about the whole team. Right now, we’re playing good baseball, and we want to keep it like that.”
Astros sign free agent Jason Smith, Q back, Roy’s losing his mind and the craziest thing Alyson Footer has ever written.
Jason Smith cleared waivers on Friday, but in order to bring him back in less time than the required 10 days, he declared free agency — and immediately re-signed with the Astros.
Cooper said, before the game on Sunday, “I thought we needed pitching more than position players. Now we only have one game left until the off-day [Monday]. We should be good pitching-wise. We thought we might need an extra guy [Sunday, because of Berkman’s wrist]. We thought it would be better if we went ahead and did it.”
He also said “[The roster move] probably should have been done a couple days ago,” which is odd, because a couple of days ago he was wondering if he needed 14 pitchers Link
But that was before Wandy gave him 8 innings on Friday and Moehler 7 on Saturday. The move was probably planned in advance as Smith hadn’t even packed his bags for Round Rock. Link
Quntero will join the team in Denver. Link
Roy losing his mind and his curveball
“I went from a fastball-curveball pitcher to a fastball-slider pitcher all of a sudden,” he said. “I don’t know what I’m doing right now. I’ve kind of lost my mind.” Link
Footer’s Mother’s Day blog,
Really nice group of pictures here and Footer’s story of when she first came to the Astros and how her mom encouraged her. She said she told her mom,
“This isn’t going to end well.”
She’s not wrong often, but that one was a doozy. Footer’s blog
Manager and GM explain their problems, Roy and Lance on performance enhanced cheaters
“When do you just sacrifice the game and let them just go?” Cooper said.