Astros Predictions For 2009

Active Roster
Pitchers B/T Ht Wt DOB
26 Doug Brocail L/R 6-5 250 05/16/67
48 Tim Byrdak L/L 5-11 195 10/31/73
29 Geoff Geary R/R 6-0 180 08/26/76
11 Mike Hampton R/L 5-10 195 09/09/72
22 LaTroy Hawkins R/R 6-5 215 12/21/72
38 Brian Moehler R/R 6-3 235 12/31/71
39 Russ Ortiz R/R 6-1 220 06/05/74
44 Roy Oswalt R/R 6-0 185 08/29/77
51 Wandy Rodriguez R/L 5-11 180 01/18/79
43 Chris Sampson R/R 6-1 190 05/23/78
-- Jason Smith L/R 6-3 200 07/24/77
47 Jose Valverde R/R 6-4 255 03/24/79
53 Wesley Wright R/L 5-11 160 01/28/85
Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB
55 Humberto Quintero R/R 5-9 215 08/02/79
14 Ivan Rodriguez R/R 5-9 190 11/30/71
Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
17 Lance Berkman S/L 6-1 220 02/10/76
27 Geoff Blum S/R 6-3 205 04/26/73
-- Jeff Keppinger R/R 6-0 185 04/21/80
3 Kazuo Matsui S/R 5-10 185 10/23/75
10 Miguel Tejada R/R 5-9 215 05/25/74
Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB
21 Michael Bourn L/R 5-11 180 12/27/82
2 Darin Erstad L/L 6-2 220 06/04/74
45 Carlos Lee R/R 6-2 240 06/20/76
4 Jason Michaels R/R 6-0 205 05/04/76
9 Hunter Pence R/R 6-4 210 04/13/83




That is the Houston Astros Roster for the season as of 23 hours and 17 minutes.

These predictions are for the season.


MVP
Lance Berkman

Best Pitcher
Roy Oswalt.

Most Improved Pitcher
Jason Smith.

Most Likely To Be Replaced
Michael Bourn

Most Likely To Be Called Up ASAP
Brian Bogusevic (tie)
Chris Johnson (tie)

Innings Eater
Brian Moehler

Most Likely To Earn A Bigger Contract Soon
Wesley Wright

Most Likely To Be A First Time MVP Candidate
Hunter Pence.

Those are the Awards that count.

Oswalt
2.95 ERA
195 K
1.12 WHIP


Wright
3.25 ERA
1.02 WHIP

Berkman
325 BA
112 BB
100 K
126 RBI
40 HR

Pence
315 BA
95 BB
120 K
110 RBI
35 HR


LEE
296 BA
115 BB
103 K
41 HR


Ivan Rodriguez
300 BA
100 BB
100 K
20 HR

All of the rest of the important player don’t mean as much if these people go down.