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Valverde to test FA market
« on: September 07, 2009, 09:10:38 pm »
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090907&content_id=6840668&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou

He's been great since he came off of the DL, but we need to spend money on starting pitching and maybe 3B/SS.
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2009, 09:45:56 pm »
Since he has declared his intentions there won't be any risk in offering him arbitration.This sounds like a couple of draft picks headed our way on this one.
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2009, 10:41:39 pm »
Quote from: SaltyParker on September 07, 2009, 09:45:56 pm
Since he has declared his intentions there won't be any risk in offering him arbitration.This sounds like a couple of draft picks headed our way on this one.
Let's hope so. I love Valverde but agree with Mr. Happy, a top-flight, top-$ closer like that is a luxury to a team in the Astros' situation right now.
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2009, 02:25:18 am »
Especially since so many teams have shown that the difference between a serviceable closer and a good middle reliever is the right mindset.
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2009, 09:17:50 am »
...and a closer ain't much good to you if you're losing by the 9th more often than not.
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2009, 09:22:30 am »
Remind me why we didn't deal him at the deadline?
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2009, 09:24:41 am »
Quote from: David in Jackson on September 08, 2009, 09:22:30 am
Remind me why we didn't deal him at the deadline?

Because we were "contenders".
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2009, 09:24:57 am »
Quote from: David in Jackson on September 08, 2009, 09:22:30 am
Remind me why we didn't deal him at the deadline?

Because the team went on an ill-timed winning streak and got themselves close to contention, before imploding shortly thereafter.

2004 and 2005 are getting smaller and smaller in the rear view mirror, but they still loom large in the minds of the Astros' management.
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2009, 09:36:37 am »
Missed it by that much.
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2009, 09:53:10 am »
Quote from: Limey on September 08, 2009, 09:36:37 am
Missed it by that much.

Speaking of which... saw that movie a couple of weeks ago.

Anne Hathaway is a goddess.
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2009, 10:07:50 am »
Quote from: MusicMan on September 08, 2009, 09:53:10 am
Speaking of which... saw that movie a couple of weeks ago.

Anne Hathaway is a goddess.

Agreed.  Even though she's not a million miles away from being one of the characters in the "Black Hole Sun" vid.

And the homophobes out there who didn't see "Brokeback Mountain" missed out on something quite nice.  See also Williams, Michelle.
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« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2009, 10:32:10 am »
Quote from: Limey on September 08, 2009, 10:07:50 am
Agreed.  Even though she's not a million miles away from being one of the characters in the "Black Hole Sun" vid.

And the homophobes out there who didn't see "Brokeback Mountain" missed out on something quite nice.  See also Williams, Michelle.

Also: "Havoc".
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« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2009, 10:38:50 am »
Quote from: MusicMan on September 08, 2009, 10:32:10 am
Also: "Havoc".

Here ya go.  Link is SFW but links from it are not.
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« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2009, 02:03:33 pm »
Quote from: Limey on September 08, 2009, 10:07:50 am
And the homophobes out there who didn't see "Brokeback Mountain" missed out on something quite nice.

Damn straight. I saw it four times - keep the ticket stubs in my wallet in case I get stopped and asked if I hate homosexuals. Not to mention the fact that my cousin from San Angelo went to Julliard with Van Cliburn.
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2009, 05:27:51 pm »
Quote from: geezerdonk on September 08, 2009, 02:03:33 pm
Damn straight. I saw it four times - keep the ticket stubs in my wallet in case I get stopped and asked if I hate homosexuals. Not to mention the fact that my cousin from San Angelo went to Julliard with Van Cliburn.
Wallet? If you carried a shoulder bag you wouldn't get asked that crap.
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2009, 03:03:14 pm »
To be [32 years old], or not to be [32 years old], that is the question. MLB Trade Rumors Link

Lisa Gray and I stumbled across an age discrepancy with Astros closer Jose Valverde yesterday.  Some sources had his birth date as July 24th, 1979, while others had it as March 24th, 1978.  The Astros confirmed to me that the latter date is correct; Valverde will be 32 when the 2010 season begins.

I know, I know, Lisa Gray... but... it has led to some tweeting from McTaggart and Footer (although I'm evidently too dense to understand exactly what Ed Wade is actually saying about the issue).

McTaggart: Astros GM Ed Wade says Valverde age discrepancy a mistake.

McTaggart: Ed Wade: "Adding that extra year to his age at this point of time is of no great consequence.”

Footer: @brianmctaggart so if I'm to understand this correctly, Valverde outed himself for having a false birth date on his own web site?

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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2009, 03:13:22 pm »
Quote from: OregonStrosFan on September 09, 2009, 03:03:14 pm

I know, I know, Lisa Gray...

From her intellectual cesspool of a "blog":

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I was especially hoping to see Bogusevic, Locke, Klemens and even Abercrombie, but it is too important to get to .500 so that we pick lower in the draft and have to lose picks if we sign a Type A.

grrrrrrrrrrr

Good to know that you can still count on some people to stay constant.
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« Reply #17 on: September 09, 2009, 03:21:44 pm »
Before I get tarred and feathered, 'twas only quoting Dierkes here, not Gray... and... wouldn't have even gone there this time (given the original source) but for the McTaggart and Footer tweets.  Just sayin...
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2009, 03:22:44 pm »
Quote from: OregonStrosFan on September 09, 2009, 03:03:14 pm
To be [32 years old], or not to be [32 years old], that is the question. MLB Trade Rumors Link

Lisa Gray...


Had to stop right there. Hope it wasn't anything important.
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« Reply #19 on: September 09, 2009, 03:23:10 pm »
Quote from: OregonStrosFan on September 09, 2009, 03:21:44 pm
Before I get tarred and feathered, 'twas only quoting Dierkes here, not Gray... and... wouldn't have even gone there this time (given the original source) but for the McTaggart and Footer tweets.  Just sayin...

You have her site bookmarked, don't you?
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« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2009, 03:27:01 pm »
Quote from: BudGirl on September 09, 2009, 03:23:10 pm
You have her site bookmarked, don't you?

Ewwwwwww.
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« Reply #21 on: September 09, 2009, 03:30:18 pm »
Yep, time for me to cut bait on this thread as I'm not going to type my way around this one...
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #22 on: September 10, 2009, 09:14:41 am »
One question: Who is this Klemens kid she is referring to?
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Re: Valverde to test FA market
« Reply #23 on: September 10, 2009, 10:13:02 am »
Quote from: Noe in Austin on September 10, 2009, 09:14:41 am
One question: Who is this Klemens kid she is referring to?

Cody.
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