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Sometimes a news story breaks that has so many punchlines that my brain just overloads and freezes. I believe that we have one of those situations on our hands. Ed Wade, veteran-loving GM of the Astros, has signed veteran free agent starter Mike Hampton to a contract of undisclosed terms. Hampton has thrown less than 150 innings since 2004 due to a slew of injury problems, so of course I have to mention that it's pending a physical.
Once upon a time (or, more accurately, in 1999), a younger, healthier Hampton went 22-4 for the Astros in the Astrodome, which was more or less pitcher heaven. He's never really done anything like that since, though the eight-year, $121 million contract he signed with the Rockies in the winter of 2000 is still one of the biggest ever for a pitcher. This contract is presumably for much less than that.
To be honest, I'm just not seeing the attraction here for the Astros. Hampton turned 36 in September and has 25 starts in the past four seasons, including missing all of 2006 and 2007. He fought a bunch of injuries again in 2008 and just wasn't all that great in his 13 starts. I thought pursuing Randy Wolf was pointless, so I guess this is double-pointless for the 'Stros.
This move likely means the Astros are no longer interested in Wolf, but If Wade can manage to bring him back into the fold as well, maybe he can get 25 starts out of the two old lefties and just pretend they're one player.
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