Knobler: Astros Tired of Nieve
By Mike Silva ~ June 16th, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized.
Anytime you see an arm like Fernando Nieve acquired off the waiver wire you have to get suspicious. We only have a small sample of his work, but ever since joining the Mets he seems to be a more than serviceable pitcher. Yesterday, Howard gave you some insight as to why Nieve had a nice game on Saturday. Today I found out some information about why the Astros gave up on him.
Danny Knobler of CBS Sports had the following to say at his twitter regarding Nieve.
Word on Nieve is Astros tired of him because they thought he was a whiner and excuse-maker. No excuses needed Saturday vs. Yanks
I could understand the Astros possibly tiring of that kind of act, but how does a team with a farm system ranked dead last let an arm like this go? They didn’t even try to trade him. Maybe Nieve will go down as a Subway Series “flash in the pan”, but you have to wonder about the Houston decision making on this one. The Astros loss very well can be the Mets gain.
