Astros re-sign Ausmus to 2 year, 7.5 million dollar deal
The Houston Astros announced today that the club has signed catcher Brad Ausmus to a two-year, $7.5-million contract plus incentives.
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I've got no problem with re-signing Ausmus. While I'd love to see Ausmus hit like he did in the last half of the season and AE to pick it up, catcher and ss are traditionally positions where defense...
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Regarding Ausmus' signing: Maybe this is the excitement that Drayton promised for this off-season.
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Quote:The Astros did well in 2005 not because of a powerhouse offense, but rather in spite of an anemic offense because of exceptional pitching.They could have only been better with a better offensive...
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Quote:Only better with a better offensive catcher? How about a better hitting left fielder instead?I'm sorry. I guess my statement was unintentionally ambiguous.What I was trying to say is that the...
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Quote:thus, replacing Ausmus with a better hitter could have only made the Astros better, not worse (which is, of course, a truism).A truism? Really???What if Ausmus would have been replaced with a...
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Quote:But would they have won as many games with somebody else catching 4 out of every 5 games? Ausmus (with his .350+ OBP in 2005) does things behind that plate that impacts games in a positive way....
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Jason LaRue = .260 14hrs 60 rbisBrad Ausmus .258 3 47Those 13 extra rbis would be worth their weight in gold. We should trade Roy to the Reds for LaRue. "I thought you had to do something good to be...
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Quote:I really did not think we could have an offseason worse than last year, but apparently the 'Stros are determined to prove us wrong. Excellent work.And as we all know, a terrible offseason leads...
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Quote:I find the foregoing statement hard to believe.Here is a list of the worst players in Astros history, ranked by RCAA (runs created against average).1 Roger Metzger -1532 Brad Ausmus -1523 Bob...
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Numbers .... sometimes you gotta love em.Isn't Bob Aspromonte's name and number retired as one of the best Astros ever?Wasn't Craig Reynolds one of our most productive shortstops ever?Didn't Raffy...
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Thank you Houston for resigning Ausmus and giving people some stuff to whine about. We fans do not have enough to talk about so we put up stupid lists about the "worst" players in Astros history and...
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Well, if I can't convince you with the facts, well, I'll just give up. Just don't complain to this board when your man Ausmus grounds into another DP, or wears his typical size 4 collar with no walks...
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hey....making stupid lists, somehow trying to quantify the worst Astros ever...gotta love it man!
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donnymynack, are you basing your opinion of Ausmus entirely upon that RCAA stat? Because, honestly, I read the blog. I read the blogger's explanation of RCAA, and I'm still not sure how it's figured....
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The constant sniping and bickering about Ausmus, plus the at least semi-annual cage-match meltdowns are alternately aggravating and hilarious to me. I think I've reached the hilarious stage on this one.
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Yes, RCAA is a complicated Sabermetric stat. But, it's a fairly accurate assessment, as far as statistics go. However, putting down lists is just uncalled for. How would we shop for groceries without...
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Quote:Here is a list of the worst players in Astros history, ranked by RCAA (runs created against average).You will never convince me that it (RCAA) can be used solely to determine which player is the...
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From what I can tell, it doesn't seem appropriate to label the list as "worst players in history." Setting aside the merits of the measure itself (which I can't comment on), it is apparent that a...
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The RC vs. average player is a misleading stat. First of all it is an accumulated stat. In other words the players that make the list generally are the ones that have been with the team the longest....
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