Astros lose Rosario, Houlton in Rule V Draft...Marlon Byrd a possible pickup for CF?

Houlton had a very good year at Round Rock last season, tough loss. Did we pick anyone up this year?

 

If either of those guys make those team's 40 man rosters, I would be very suprised.

Thus, if they don't make the roster, we get them back.

 

It seems to me that the Astros should not be losing any rule 5 players, simply due to the crappiness of their farm system. I hope we didn't include someone like Palmeiro on the 40 man roster in place of Rosario or Houlton. Sure, there's only a small chance that the moves haunt us like Abreu and Santana. But it's a needless risk if there's a way to avoid it.

 

did anyone else catch that part at the end about millwood pissibly only getting a 1 yr, 3 million dollar deal?
I think that would be a good risk to take as a possible starter (if we encounter any problems with wade, pettite, or clemens).

 

They actually have to make the 25 man roster and stay at the major league level all year unless a deal is worked out or else they are offered back to their orignal club for $25,000.

 

I'm hoping Houlton doesn't have a good spring with the Dodgers and we get him back. That might prove to be a tough loss.

Rosario still hasn't recovered from surgery. He wasn't as good as Carlos Hernandex pre-injury, so I'm not too concerned with that one.

 

We did pick up some players:

The Astros made minor moves Monday by taking three pitchers in the Class AAA phase of the Rule V Draft. Acquired were lefthander Blake Allen from the Cleveland Indians' organization, lefthander Nick Bourgeois from Philadelphia, and righthanded pitcher Wes OBrien from the Chicago Cubs.

 

Wes O'Brien put up some nice numbers in A ball last year, and he's only 22.

0-1 1 S 1.33 ERA 16 G 20.1 IP 23 K 6BB


So he has to be at AAA all this year right? The other two guys had decent numbers, but they're lefties, so that's a plus.

 

man, we lost Houlton... =)( he was pretty good on my baseball game when i brought him up through the minors.... lol.... I think we'll miss him down the line...especially since our pitching in the minors is becoming thin now....