The 10 year veteran pitcher Roy Oswalt has been a top tier pitcher for the better part of the last decade.
News broke yesterday that Oswalt, who has played his entire career with the Houston Astros, has asked for a trade.
During the last two off-season's Oswalt's name has been thrown around with many teams but no deal has ever been done.
After Oswalt delivered his comments, the Washington Nationals said they have "major" interest in the three time all-star.
Then again Oswalt has said he wants to go to a team that can win right now, and the Nationals are a team "on the rise."
But lets look at this situation for a second. Oswalt is 33 years-old and still has some good years left in him. With the Astros as of late he has not been given the proper run support. The Nationals have tons of offensive support and are missing that #1 starter, because lets face it Livan Hernandez just doesn't cut it.
With Stephen Strasburg set to make his MLB debut in 2 weeks, Oswalt and Strasburg would be a formidable 1-2 punch.
If Oswalt does hold true to his request of going to a contender right away look for teams such as the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers to be some of the teams fighting for his services.
Roy Oswalt who is 139-76 in his career, averaging 17 wins a year would certainly be a great piece to add for any team looking to win now.
No comments:
Post a Comment