Astros Email Round Table

This week I will be completing my email for John Lopez, Carl Dukes, Brad Davies, and Ted DeLuca of ESPN790. Within in the email will be 10 questions or so about the Astros and some general baseball questions. All the above gentlemen were nice enough to agree to participate in this and I'm very excited about the feedback I will receive. Stay tuned for more regarding this.

Now on to some Astros news. Jason Jennings is "confident" that his elbow will feel better after some down time. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Out and about on the web, there are a number of trade rumors with Lidge's name in them. Some I just can't see happening though. Nothing even halfway interesting. The funny part about trade rumors is that you hear that the Phillies are looking at Lidge....but what do they have that we need? That is the important part of any trade, what are we getting in return? It's very easy to say...the Twins are interested in Brad Lidge. That's all well and good...but what do they have that makes them a viable trade partner. The one rumor that keeps popping up is D-Rays being interested because of the Jim Hickey/Gerry Hunsicker angle. I find it intriguing that Tim P and Gerry H have this relationship. So, the question is, what do the D-Rays have that the Astros need? They have some top prospects and they still are trying to find a good place for BJ Upton. Is he an upgrade over Mo at 3rd?

Here is my Astros Trade of Year prediction...With Hunter Pence knocking on the door and Astros feeling the heat at Mid-Summer...they trade Lidge/Burke for starting pitching...but with who do they complete this trade with...that is still an open question, I'll get back to you on that.

*Update - Ben Mailer found this article http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=195007&format=text, which says that Coco Crisp is in danger of losing his job to Wily Mo Pena. Does that make him available? and to whom....

*MLBtraderumors.com has some interesting update on the Lidge soap opera.