Phenomenal Smith wrote:
The Astros got lucky this year. Unless they really beef up the team, they won't be a playoff team in 2009, so why not trade him and get something for him?

Got lucky?

They got unlucky by having a Cat 3 barreling into eastern Texas just when the hated Cubbies were coming in and the Astros were on fire. Then having to leave 24 hours after it made landfall and flying 1000 miles to a 2 game "homestand" and taking the field to a chorus of boo's by the heartless 25,000 Cub fans that were in Chicago north.

That's lucky?

Odds are, they would have made the playoffs. Beef up the starting rotation and get another catcher and this team may make a big push in 2009.