Climbing Tal's Hill » Ben Heath http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Astros Complete Mega Trade with Blue Jays http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/07/20/astros-complete-mega-trade-with-blue-jays/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/07/20/astros-complete-mega-trade-with-blue-jays/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:05:06 +0000 Brian Hamilton http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=4188 So I get to the theater to see “The Dark Knight Rises”, I park the car, buy the ticket and on my way into the theater, I pull up twitter on my iPhone and see that we have completed a mega deal with the Blue Jays involving ten players. The Astros have traded starting pitcher, [...]

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]]> So I get to the theater to see “The Dark Knight Rises”, I park the car, buy the ticket and on my way into the theater, I pull up twitter on my iPhone and see that we have completed a mega deal with the Blue Jays involving ten players. The Astros have traded starting pitcher, J.A. Happ along with relief pitchers Brandon Lyon and David Carpenter to Toronto for a package of seven players including a player to be named later and two current major leaguers. The current major leaguers are RP, Francisco Cordero and OF, Ben Francisco, who will report directly to the Astros while the minor league players acquired include Asher Wojciechowski (1st rnd pick in 2010), Joseph Musgrove (1st rnd pick in 2011), Carlos Perez and David Rollins. More on these guys after the jump.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/07/20/astros-complete-mega-trade-with-blue-jays/feed/ 0 Craig Tatum designated for assignment http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/01/19/craig-tatum-designated-for-assignment/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/01/19/craig-tatum-designated-for-assignment/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:58:04 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=2983 To make room for Jack Cust on the 40-man roster the Astros have designated Craig Tatum for assignment. The former Orioles backstop was claimed off waivers back in October by since-deposed G.M. Ed Wade. Now it appears as though Tatum’s tenure with the Astros could be over before it ever started. But that may not [...]

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]]> To make room for Jack Cust on the 40-man roster the Astros have designated Craig Tatum for assignment. The former Orioles backstop was claimed off waivers back in October by since-deposed G.M. Ed Wade. Now it appears as though Tatum’s tenure with the Astros could be over before it ever started. But that may not necessarily be the case.

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