Late Saturday night/early Sunday morning the Houston Astros announced yet another move and no this time they hadn't traded someone. Instead they fired Manager Brad Mills and two of his coaches.
It hardly seems as though Mills was at fault for the poor performance of the Astros. Their current record sits at 39-82.
Yes, that's an awful record and in most other circumstances a manager would get fired for a record that looked like that. However after the team was gutted before the trade deadline there was little talent left on the major league roster. Most fans probably mistake the 'stros for a AAA team. Only one player on their 25 man roster (Ben Francisco) is making more than $750,000. Their two highest paid players are both on the DL (Francisco Cordero and Jed Lowrie). The total payroll is a mere $21.3 million.
The fact that Cordero and Lowrie are there two highest paid players should tell you all you need to know about the state of the Astros right now.
Along with Mills hitting coach Mike Barnett and first base coach Bobby Meacham were fired.
Mills was in his third season with the team having gone 76-86 in 2010 and a franchise worst 56-106 last season.
Tough luck for Mills. When he was hired I'm sure he didn't expect the higher ups would complete gut his roster and give him no hope to succeed and subsequently fire him when he didn't work miracles.
Tis the way of the big leagues though.
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