Ed Wade Loves Him Some Brett Myers

I love the “for Pete’s sake!” part of the post. Crawfish Boxes has lured someone’s uncle into writing posts about Brett Myers, I guess.

He didn’t bring up cheering Michael Irvin’s injury

And no one ever brings up how cynical, contrived, and sucky that particular Santa was. Um, in 1968.

It turns out that there’s a buyout for $2 million if Houston doesn’t take the $8 million option. So it’s not quite as nice of a contract as it originally seemed.

Yep, that Vlad the Impaler circling the bases. I was looking for the actual video, but this is better.

For fans of Brett Myers hatred, I posted my thoughts at Crawfish Boxes, which I’ll just copy:
Enjoy the ride, Astros fans
Myers was always an enigma here in Philadelphia, but bottom line is: This is not a bright man, for many, many reasons, and his career self-management is just splattered with poor, dumb choices, not least of which is his switch to the bullpen, where he was admittedly successful, but probably to his long-term detriment. Still, through 2007 he had genuine stretches of dominance, which makes the first part of this all the more aggravating. In short: a ten-cent head.

This signing is yet another example of questionable judgment. Once Amaro cut him loose, in no uncertain terms and mostly because of what I think was his personality, the best he could do was a 1-year deal like this, and hope that a good year he could flip into an extension. But I think the NL Central is just the worst place for him. We bristle that CBP’s reputation as a bandbox is a bit overblown, but the other aspect of this is that this FB pitcher now will see more of Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis. I thought the NL West or AL West would have been a better spot for his re-invention.

All that said, I’m looking forward to a matchup next summer, as this FB righty vs the Phillies’ lineup should result in a good night for us. But the burnt-orange uniform will likely have an eerie power to hypnotize, as usual. But probably not so much against the big boppers of your division the rest of the season. So, I’d say an ok signing, typically Wade-like (crony thirtysomething reliever for about 50% more than he’s probably worth), it will have an upside until about the all-star game, methinks. Unless you folks feel there is a real value in giving the high prospects noted above more minor league seasoning, Chan Ho Park could have been had for cheaper and would have netted about the same results.