Comments on: Player Profile: Henry Sosa http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/01/17/player-profile-henry-sosa/ A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 02:03:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Its Gonna Happen http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/01/17/player-profile-henry-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-1340514 Its Gonna Happen Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:42:53 +0000 http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=2969#comment-1340514 Oh Sosa...when we traded our reliable SECOND BASEMAN, I was pissed off about the return we got. Kepp was a good defender and a steady .300 bat with plenty of doubles power. He had finally been given consistant playing time after being labeled a "utility" infielder for most of his career, and he was flourishing. I understood that he needed to be traded because we were cutting salary and he was expendable, but I thought we could have gotten a better deal. I was surprised at how well Sosa was able to do and he quickly made me eat my words when I said we got two pitchers that wouldn't amount to anything. If anything I thought Stoffel would be the pleasant surprise as a possible closer. Sosa's two pitch arsenal is pretty damning for him as a starting pitcher. If he could learn a cutter or a change to keep lefties off balance he could become a latino Bud Norris. As is, he'll be lucky to make it as the 5th SP and is probably destined to a bullpen role in AAA. I like him, I just like Harrell and Lyles more. Oh Sosa…when we traded our reliable SECOND BASEMAN, I was pissed off about the return we got. Kepp was a good defender and a steady .300 bat with plenty of doubles power. He had finally been given consistant playing time after being labeled a “utility” infielder for most of his career, and he was flourishing. I understood that he needed to be traded because we were cutting salary and he was expendable, but I thought we could have gotten a better deal.

I was surprised at how well Sosa was able to do and he quickly made me eat my words when I said we got two pitchers that wouldn’t amount to anything. If anything I thought Stoffel would be the pleasant surprise as a possible closer. Sosa’s two pitch arsenal is pretty damning for him as a starting pitcher. If he could learn a cutter or a change to keep lefties off balance he could become a latino Bud Norris. As is, he’ll be lucky to make it as the 5th SP and is probably destined to a bullpen role in AAA. I like him, I just like Harrell and Lyles more.

]]> By: Its Gonna Happen http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/01/17/player-profile-henry-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 Its Gonna Happen Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:42:53 +0000 http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=2969#comment-1120 Oh Sosa...when we traded our reliable SECOND BASEMAN, I was pissed off about the return we got. Kepp was a good defender and a steady .300 bat with plenty of doubles power. He had finally been given consistant playing time after being labeled a "utility" infielder for most of his career, and he was flourishing. I understood that he needed to be traded because we were cutting salary and he was expendable, but I thought we could have gotten a better deal. I was surprised at how well Sosa was able to do and he quickly made me eat my words when I said we got two pitchers that wouldn't amount to anything. If anything I thought Stoffel would be the pleasant surprise as a possible closer. Sosa's two pitch arsenal is pretty damning for him as a starting pitcher. If he could learn a cutter or a change to keep lefties off balance he could become a latino Bud Norris. As is, he'll be lucky to make it as the 5th SP and is probably destined to a bullpen role in AAA. I like him, I just like Harrell and Lyles more. Oh Sosa…when we traded our reliable SECOND BASEMAN, I was pissed off about the return we got. Kepp was a good defender and a steady .300 bat with plenty of doubles power. He had finally been given consistant playing time after being labeled a “utility” infielder for most of his career, and he was flourishing. I understood that he needed to be traded because we were cutting salary and he was expendable, but I thought we could have gotten a better deal.

I was surprised at how well Sosa was able to do and he quickly made me eat my words when I said we got two pitchers that wouldn’t amount to anything. If anything I thought Stoffel would be the pleasant surprise as a possible closer. Sosa’s two pitch arsenal is pretty damning for him as a starting pitcher. If he could learn a cutter or a change to keep lefties off balance he could become a latino Bud Norris. As is, he’ll be lucky to make it as the 5th SP and is probably destined to a bullpen role in AAA. I like him, I just like Harrell and Lyles more.

]]> By: LEXthePEX http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/01/17/player-profile-henry-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-1340513 LEXthePEX Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:19:14 +0000 http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=2969#comment-1340513 @Stroscrow I loved the Kepp deal because it brought two live arms into the system. Stoffel is very intriguing as a setup man and Sosa could be a great fallback option as a starter or long man. @Stroscrow I loved the Kepp deal because it brought two live arms into the system. Stoffel is very intriguing as a setup man and Sosa could be a great fallback option as a starter or long man.

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