I realize that Dreyton McClain has a cheap rep, but wouldn't it be great for A-Rod to Opt out of his Yankee deal (rats seem to be jumping ship there - Rocket, Skipper, Andy, Posada, Rivera, etc.) and sign with the Astros? That guy would hit a homer over the railroad tracks and outta there about every other time at a home field bat....'Stros are going to need to do something now that the killer B's are gone. Besides his price tag, why NOT A-Rod?
2007-10-10 02:59:23 · 17 answers · asked by Kendall W 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Never. N-E-V-E-R. NEVER! A-Rod is going to sign with the Sox, Angels, or Cubs. He isn't gonna be a Yankee. He isn't going to be an Astro, and he'll never give me one million dollars. If dreams came true. I'd be a 5'7 starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Sorry to say this but your team has crapped out. It's got Hunter Pence and that is all Houstan can handle right now. They had Jeff Kent, Jeff Bagwell, and Craig Biggio among many others. The Astros are cursed. They'll make it to the playoffs every 10 years, but they will never win as long as the Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs, Cardinals and all the other big teams exist. Sorry but its the truth.
2007-10-10 03:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by Jake K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Astros would like to cut their $87 million team payroll and come in at about $80 million for a team payroll next year. I don't believe they could do that with the $30 million plus it would take to get A-Rod. Even with A-Rod the Astros still would not be a winner and they could do a lot better than just him if they had an additional $30 million to spend.
2007-10-10 03:07:31 · answer #2 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A-Rod will not go to the Astros the team is going to rebuild and he needs to be on a team that is almost ready to win the World Series like the Angels or a team that just needs one more Superstar to win the big game. There are not a lot of teams with a lot of money to spend on what A-Rod will be asking for.
2007-10-10 06:34:03 · answer #3 · answered by Sam A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So long as the Astros miss the play-offs, A-Rod would be great for them. A(pril)-Rod tends to hibernate for the winter the day he stops getting paid to play (ie the last day of the regular season). Reality? A-Rod would be a terrible move for a team on a budget, he'd bankrupt their entire pay-roll and leave the team with nothing else. He compliments a team that can afford him but he'd cripple any other team as badly as he did with Texas when they signed him to this deal in the first place.
2007-10-10 03:12:54 · answer #4 · answered by Paul N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an Astros fan and live in Texas, but NO I don't think A-Rod will help the Astros. WHY? Because A-Rod is Mr. Chokeobter! His bat does NOT work in the playoffs!! He is overrated, it's just the money, money, money a lot of players are in it for.
2007-10-10 03:18:11 · answer #5 · answered by wejacgar 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i might take Houston's 3B Matt Dominguez over A-Roid any day. he's basically a steroid-crammed old guy now. constantly injured. on no account producing. he will journey the bench this year. high-quality activity Cashman. according to probability if A-Roid would not come again they could bypass touch Brooks Robinson. Or Ron Santo's corpse. or perhaps even my grandfather could desire to do it. same element will take place to Pujols after 37. he would be makin' 30 mil interior the astonishing years of his contract to play another day at DH.
2016-10-21 21:49:41 · answer #6 · answered by dunston 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why go from a good team to a mediocre team. If A-Rod were to go to the Red Sox, Tigers or Indians, would those fans accept him to their teams or will they continue to say that he sucks or call him Gay-Rod like they have been all year round. I bet that they would be saying different things if they had him on their team
2007-10-10 03:16:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Houston just spent a bundle on Carlos Lee and I doubt they will spend that kind of money on another hitter any time soon.
They will more than like spend money on upgrading that underachieving pitching rotation if anything.
2007-10-10 03:44:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can have Payrod or A-Fraud. Personally, I would prefer that if the Indians had that kind of cash flow that they use it to lock up Sabathia and Carmona. As we saw, pitching wins ballgames.
2007-10-10 03:14:41 · answer #9 · answered by alomew_rocks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really think SF with the Bonds void, and cash to pay
Astros do not really need him.
2007-10-10 03:39:38 · answer #10 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋