And you thought no one else would want him. One of the few players who DIDN’T want to be traded. I have heard that several teams have wanted him for several years, but they didn’t want to trade him. But he’s gonna be arb eligible next year and they woulda hadta pay him. We can’t have THAT.
He’s off to Arizona – not sure what they’re gonna do with him, seeing as how they just got rid of Ryan Roberts for their new callup 3B, and Paul Goldschmidt is too good at first to be replaced.
And CJ was already announced for today’s lineup, too.
We’re getting 21 yo Bobby Borchering, AA third baseman who was the Dbax first rounder in 09. He was promoted to AA a few weeks ago and he’s 10 fer 77. He had an .827 OPS at high A over 838 AB. From reading prospect lists, he doesn’t hit for average, just power and is a lousy glove at 3rd, so he’s most likely destined for 1B. He was on the Dbax Top 10 prosepct lists, but they had a younger 3B higher.
and Marc Krauss, age 24, LH, left fielder, the second round pick in 09, hitting 917 OPS over 283 AB. Krauss isn’t even mentioned in any Arizona prospect list.
So Steven Pearce is gonna play first and Scott Moore is gonna play 3rd. And Matt Worthless Downs is STILL on this team. Brett Wallace is officially toast, I see.
I hope they aren’t going to just use him to pinch hit because he’s a really terrible pinch hitter.
Maybe Luhnow’s got more magic up his sleeve—he could be convincing the D’backs to move to the AL instead of us, and CJ can be their DH.
Everybody’s happy.
CJ really isn’t DH material. Then again, in my opinion, if a player is just DH material, he shouldn’t be playing at all. you know how i am about that.
I know…
After Arizona moves to the DH league, who really cares anyway?
unfortunately, it’s us and not them moving. nolan ryan wants to kick astro ass 18 times a year instead of 9 and bud luuuuvs nolan
Can’t say I’m surprised to see Johnson gone with Moore, Wallace, and Dominguez all in or around the majors, plus Johnson’s age, arbitration, and the fact that he actually had some trade value, unlike those other 3B possibilities.
At this point, might as well trade away everyone over 25 who can get you anything in return, as none of them will be around when the Astros have a competitive team again anyway. Harrell might be tempting for a team in need of a 5th starter, given his recent strong performances, and Maxwell’s got good enough power numbers to draw interest from a couple teams as a 4th OF/injury replacement. Lowrie’s injury kind of reinforces his historical fragility, so I wouldn’t expect him to be moved until he shows more durability.