Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : The Astros tortured offseason continues

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1	Chicago Cubs	76	48	.613	C1
2	New York Mets	68	57	.544	E1
3T	Arizona	64	60	.516	W1
3T	Los Angeles Dodgers	64	60	.516	W1
5	Milwaukee	72	54	.571	C2
6	St. Louis	70	57	.551	C3
7	Philadelphia	66	58	.532	E2
8	Florida	64	61	.512	E3
9	Houston	63	62	.504	C4
10	Colorado	57	69	.452	W3
11T	Pittsburgh	56	69	.448	C5
11T	Atlanta	56	69	.448	E4
13	Cincinnati	55	70	.44	C6
14	San Francisco	53	71	.427	W4
15	San Diego	48	76	.387	W5
16	Washington	44	81	.352	E5

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Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	76	47	.618	W1
2	Tampa Bay	76	48	.613	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	71	53	.573	C1
4	Boston	72	53	.576	E2
5	Minnesota	70	54	.565	C2
6	New York Yankees	66	58	.532	E3
7	Toronto	64	60	.516	E4
8	Texas	62	64	.492	W2
9	Detroit	61	64	.488	C3
10	Baltimore	60	64	.484	E5
11	Oakland	57	67	.46	W3
12	Cleveland	56	67	.455	C4
13	Kansas City	55	69	.444	C5
14	Seattle	46	78	.371	W4

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The Astros tortured offseason continues

2008-02-20 18:38

by Bob Timmermann

Houston signed free agent pitcher Shawn Chacon to a one-year, $2 million deal. Chacon joins other off-season acquisitions such as Darin Erstad, Chad Paronto, Jack Cassel, Jose Valverde (well he's not that bad), Miguel Tejada (he comes with baggage, but it's not Samsonite), and Kazuo Matsui. Jose Cruz and Lance Niekro have tryouts.

It's going to be a long year for Cecil Cooper.

Pittsburgh made up for Chacon's absence by signing Byung-Hyun Kim.

The Pittsburgh Pirates slogan for 2008: We're keeping Houston from finishing last!

Comments

2008-02-20 19:27:41

1. Eric Enders

For several years now I've been wondering how long it would take the Astros to get around to signing Jose Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz.

2008-02-20 21:30:17

2. LAT

I'd rather have Kim on my team.

2008-02-21 02:42:38

3. Yu-Hsing Chen

Was Chacon even a B grade FA?

well if there's a team that actually have a staff horrible enough where Chacon might actually be worth 2M i guess the Astro is it.

as for Kim, he's actually potenially pretty good if you use him right from the bullpen, he's REALLY tough on righties and strikes people out often (but walk almost as often heh) still though, he's a type of guy that really might catch fire and be a good trade chip at the deadline.

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