IMHO, the only way another team is going to give up anyone decent for Dawg
is if the Stros are willing to swallow some contract....unless they get
desperate!..which won't take much. (yeah i know, not a big prediction)

Does Dawg have one or two more years on his contract with the Astros?

S.


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Brier, Bennett" <bennett.brier@...>


I'd be happy if the Astros sign Pettite for a reasonable contract and, if
they must trade Hidalgo, then send him to the Twins for Jacque Jones and
something else decent (another one of their extra OFs? a good #3 SP?)...

-----Original Message-----
From: matrixenos [mailto:matrixenos@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:57 PM
To: Astros@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Astros] Re: Astros re-sign Ausmus


Another Astros satisfied customer, LOL!

--- In Astros@yahoogroups.com, "Brier, Bennett" <bennett.brier@m...>
wrote:
> Whoop-de-doo!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: _- matrixenos -_ [mailto:matrixenos@h...]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:01 PM
> To: houstonsbrandofbaseball@yahoogroups.com; Astros@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Astros] Astros re-sign Ausmus
>
>
> astros.com
>
> Astros re-sign Ausmus
> Veteran catcher inks two-year deal
>
>
> HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros announced Wednesday that they have
agreed to
> terms on a two-year deal with free-agent catcher Brad Ausmus. The
> announcement was made by general manager Gerry Hunsicker.
>
> A two-time Gold Glove award winner, Ausmus has played five seasons
in
> Houston and is the only Gold Glove catcher in Astros franchise
history. He
> finished second among Major League catchers in 2003 with a .997
fielding
> percentage. He threw out 37 of 105 base stealers (.352), and was
charged
> with only three passed balls in 143 games, ranking first among big-
league
> catchers (min. 700 innings). Ausmus batted .229 (103-for-450) last
season
> with four home runs and 47 RBI. He has caught at least 100 games in
each of
> his 10 full seasons in the Majors.
>
> Ausmus has spent the past three years in Houston, and has posted a
career
> batting average of .256 (1107-for-4327) with 63 home runs and 430
RBI. He
> first joined the Astros for the 1997 season after being acquired
from
> Detroit in a trade on Dec. 10, 1996. Following two seasons in
Houston, he
> returned to the Tigers in another trade on Jan. 14, 1999. Ausmus
came back
> to the Astros on Dec. 11, 2000, in a trade with Detroit along with
Doug
> Brocail and Nelson Cruz in exchange for Roger Cedeno, Chris Holt
and Mitch
> Meluskey.
>
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