Purpura's comments regarding Kent last night. Anyone Catch it?

Burke played ss in college, so maybe 3rd could be an option for him if Kent comes back.

 

Burke barely has enough arm to play 2B.

 

Awesome idea. I also think that Ausmus should play center, while Backe takes over the catching duties.

We already have enough people playing out of position.

 

I was think about putting Chavez in left.

 

Uh, no. He needs rest between starts...we can't have our #4 starting pitcher playing left.

 

driving ALL the way from austin to try and get people to pay you millions is a big effort?

gotta love pro athletes

 

What about going after Steve Finley if Beltran does not resign. He's old but he can hit 25 homers and play a top notch centerfield for the Stros.

 

Why has no one gone to PR to visit?

 

Well b/c they have to be invited first by Beltran and his agent first. That is way the game is played.

 

Tell that to my friends. They show up whenever they want!

 

This afternoon David Dallotti said that Kent was going to be offered a Biggio like contract. Meaning 3 million in base salary; and 1.5 in incentives. There was a possibilty of him also having an option year. Should be interesting to see if he takes it. Not a bad amount of change considering the Astros already owe him 5 million this year.

 

3 mil.. he did have over 100 rbis..

that might be ok if the incentives are easy to reach.. seems a little low though

 

3 Mil seems alot low for a slugging 2nd baseman. It's a slap in the face for Kent. He won't be here next season.

 

I disagree; the incentives. He'll reach his incentives quite easily, meaning he'll get 4.5 million next year. And you can't forget, the Astros already owe him 5.5 million in deferred money. So; he would still be getting a nice chunk of change.

 

Kent wants to be an Astro. If he plays baseball next season, it will be with the Astros.

 

If he does sign, I think the Astros should have a McGrady-like press conference so that fans can show their appreciation.

 

For some reason, I re-watched game 5 this morning on Tivo... I guess I still haven't gotten over it all.

But, if they can keep Kent at that price, it would be a very good situation for this team next year... even if they aren't able to re-sign Beltran.

Remember, this is a team which they were prepared to go to the World Series with before they ever even got Beltran. Of course, getting Carlos, and putting Lidge as closer, somewhat evened out the loss of Miller and Pettite... but with those two back, its essentially the same team that we were so excited about at the beggining of last year, and the one which tore thru April... and they've now got a top-notch closer, and a decent/reliable 5th starter in Backe. (all this assuming Clemens will decide to return... and I think he will, although we shouldn't expect him to make every start next year like he did this year... expect more rest for him, esp. if the other parts of our rotation are healthy).

Also, as someone said earlier, Kent is being paid 5 million by the Astros this year no matter what (deffered payments), so he definitely won't "feel" poor if he's only getting a 4-5 million dollar contract.

 

JP.. you can't count his deferred money.. he has already earned that money.. he's not dumb enough to think .. oh ill add that to the 4.5 mil and make my usual salary..

if drayton or the astros tried to act as if they are already paying him several mil this year. when he already earned that money. then they are truly cheapskates.

He has earned that money and it should have nothing to do with how much he makes this year