Clack, maybe we can sweeten the pot and offer Brad Lidge plus a couple of young arms in the minor leagues ( nothing great but decent, Matt Albers type of talent ), to the Red Sox for one of their top two prospects.

I would never include Nieve, although, the Astros did trade him in the past. ( 2005 for Jamie Moyer but Moyer cancelled the trade as a 10-5 player ).

Steve Phillips feels the Astros will trade Brad Lidge eventually because he needs a change of scenery to have any chance of a resurrection in his career.

I would love to have the Red Sox top two prospects, but that seems like a dream now. If we're lucky, we can land one of them at this point ....