Jesus Christ. What a horrible fucking game. If I never see Brandon Backe in an Astros uniform again, I'll be the happiest Astros fan this side of the Mississippi.
Let me make this clear to everyone: Backe sucks. That's just a simple fact we're all going to have to live with. We all wanted him to develop into the Astros' 5th starter: a guy with the stamina to eat innings and the ERA to justify that. We wanted him to just be average. That would have been fine.
Backe is now a 30 year old pitcher who wouldn't be a starter on any but the worst (Astros) rosters. Backe has come through for us a few times, mainly in the playoffs. But that's not a strong enough sample size to base a career off of.
And that's too bad. The guy is a local kid (isn't it kind of odd for me to be referring to a man 8 years my senior as a "kid?"). He has always showed a passion and vigor in the game (but what major leaguer doesn't? They wouldn't play the game if they didn't like it).
But his pitching stinks. And that's what we pay the guy to do - pitch.
Unfortunately, Backe isn't good enough to trade. He doesn't have the past numbers to get a compensatory pick in the draft. So the Astros just have to not re-sign him and just replace him with one of our other shitty starters.
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