What worries you most about the Astros this year?

I'd have to say spots #2 thru #5 and the pen.  Cecil Cooper referred to Woody Williams as the #2 starter recently??!!!  I've played slow-pitch softball with lower scores than these spring games.  Wandy may work out, but it's getting ugly!

Meanwhile, Jason Jennings is having a good spring.....w/ the Rangers.  Billy Crystal could probably take Woody deep.  And the relievers are throwing batting practice.  Ty Wiggington almost makes me miss Ensberg.

Other than that, things look great.  Hopefully, it's just an April Fool's prank. 

i voted other.  biggest issue i see right now is overall team depth.  if any of oswalt/pence/lee/berkman/tejada go down for the season, we are toast.

we may be toast anyway, pitching overall is bad.  oswalt is our only pitcher who's any good. 

thwey should cut woody now.  if they don't do it now, they will do it later... 

Another day, another 21 runs allowed, despite 6 hitless innings from The Wizard!  Oscar V is doing his job, but how many save opportunities will he actually get?

The only other noteworthy outing was some guy named Aaron Rakers???  He was probably recruited from the bleachers to get somebody out.  The ERAs are looking more like birthweights(and there's some huge babies in the group).

It's been 60 years since the famous "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain" motto for the Braves.  A less-catchy "Oswalt and pray for a flood" may be the Astros motto.

Nashmeister!  Get a glove and start warming up!

Im worried most about the 4-5 spots. Sampson did look good today but with Woody, Chacon, Cassel and anyone else trying for the spot doing terrible that kills the depth. I wouldnt be surprised to see Moehler or Brad James in the 5 spot after a few months.

Brocail im not worried about because he almost always has bad spring trainings but does well in the regular season. Matsui's health does bother me a little especially since the season hasnt even started. Loretta will help a lot if Matsui has continued injury issues.

Maybe in all this unecertainty someone unexpected will step up big.

I had an earlier thread about pitching and mentioned Nieve, and someone said he is out for the year.  I recently saw he was sent to the minors, and he hasn't pitched.  Otherwise, I really like th eway he pitches.

I saw part of yesterday's game vs Mets, & Wesley Wright(a smallish lefty) has pretty good stuff, & may help the team.

And I don't know about you, but my fastball IS my changeup.

i'm worried about our # 2,3,4,5 pitching spots and relief pitching.but we put ourselves in that position buy trading way top prospects and getting nothing in return over the last few years.   we are going to give up the most runs in the NL. i'm not worried about our lineup, it looks like our best ever!

WHOA! WHOPS-H-TOWN!!   I like a lotta "junk in the trunk," but that angle almost makes it too big.  I'm glad you're an Astros fan though, & I'll just assume the camera add 20 lbs to the avatar.

In defense of Sampson, I saw the interview and apparently he had 4 good innings w/ low pitch count, so he started the 5th, which is where all the runs came from.  He admitted to "hitting the wall," so maybe he'll actually be OK.

As for Kaz, it's nice knowing the details on injuries, but in this case, I'll have to plead TMI.  His anal fissure should be between he & his dr.  On the other hand, if above avatar had the same problem, I'd equate it to a giraffe w/ a sore throat.....not that there's anything wrong with that.

I had something to say, but Whops-H-Town's avatar made me forget what it was. 

But I'm with everyone else.  After Oswalt it looks grim.  Let's just hope the hitters can help the pitching staff pitch with the lead on occasion.  That may help a little.