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PTBNL is the key to the Myers deal

Alex Sandoval — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:57:06 +0000

I’m stating the obvious really. Brett Myers, and paying such a large portion of his salary, has to bring you back more than two non-prospects, right? I think it should and seeing what Jeff Luhnow turned so may spare parts into over the last six months, I’m willing to bet on it. Actually, Ed Wade made me begin to look at “Players to be named later” as something valuable rather than just a thrown in. Considering the value I believe Brett possessed, I think we might be in for another surprise shortly.

Brett Myers: Troy Taormina-US PRESSWIRE

Brett Myers wasn’t perfect over his tenure in Houston and he certainly wasn’t going to be confused with Dennis Eckersley but his overall 2012 season has been a success. Removing a nightmarish outing vs the Royals and Brett Myers’ stats would look oh so much nicer. He has been much more hittable over the past month but his overall value is unquestioned. I honestly assumed he could fetch one pretty good prospect, similar to the Carlos Lee deal, so the PTBNL is my last chance to be proven right. I like to be right and I’m pretty confident that this will be the case again, consider the below quote from Zachery Levine as evidence. Saying all this doesn’t mean I don’t think Jeff Luhnow has seen something in the other two young pitchers that most of us wouldn’t see but it would be very easy to say, “is that it?”

So who could the White Sox send over as the mysterious PTBNL? Who really knows because unlike the Royals trade this Spring Training or even the Blue Jays deal on Friday, a 2011 draft pick doesn’t seem to fit the mold. Someone on the DL or maybe even a situation like last season when Domingo Santana was chosen from a list of players sound like the best bet. This one is very hard to tell but I’m pretty confident Jeff Luhnow is about to pull his next rabbit out of his black hat. After all, he did just trade J.A. Happ and Carlos Lee within a month, that is saying something.

Astros Complete Mega Trade with Blue Jays

Brian Hamilton — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:05:06 +0000

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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Astros Promote Jarred Cosart to AAA

Brian Hamilton — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:12:10 +0000

During pre season, I wrote an article encouraging every Astros fan to “Adopt A Prospect”. The purpose was to follow one of your favorite Astros prospects and track their progression throughout the year. I chose Jarred Cosart who was promoted yesterday to AAA Oklahoma City. Cosart has made only four starts for AA Corpus Christi this year due to a blister issue on his pitching hand. He posted a 2.84 ERA with 13 walks and 18 strikeouts in 19 innings for the Hooks. Okalahoma City’s rotation will be down a starting pitcher when one is promoted to the big league club on Tuesday to replace Kyle Weiland‘s spot in the rotation. Weiland has been on the DL after having surgery for an infection in his right shoulder.

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