Astros decide not to offer Roger arbitration...............

[TwoNiner]

In some of his comments in the past weeks Roger has hinted at the fact that we need to get more hitting whether he is coming back or not so his decision shouldn't really hold the team up. Now if somehow fatass Purpura actually makes his first deal as a GM and we add to the team, despite their presumably being less payroll for Roger, maybe he would come back at a comparative discount so he doesn't have one of the best seasons in the last quarter century ruined by a crap offense that gets shut out 9 times while he pitches. As for him going to another team, I really don't see it as that likely. He had such a cush arrangement with the Stros, getting to not travel often and basically just showing up to pitch. The Astros clubhouse under vets Biggio and Bagwell is probably one of the only ones where that would fly. Maybe Texas since it wouldn't be real far from home, but it seems Boston/NY would be too far for his family thing.