Mike Hampton will once again be a Houston Astros as long as he passes his physical this week. The team signed the starting pitcher to a one year deal while terms of the contract were not disclosed. As long as Hampton can stay healthy (and that is a big if) he would probable be a back of rotation kind of guy for the staff in my opinion.

Signing Hampton to a one year deal which probably came cheap allows management to stay within their budget without taking a lot of risk. I don’t think the Astros will do a whole lot this off season due to the lack of money that the team has for free agents etc.

What do you think of the team bringing back Hampton?

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Dave Borkowski and the Houston Astros have agreed on a one year contract that will pay Borkowski $800,000 in 2008.  The Astros are hoping that he will rebound from a crappy year in 2007 and put up some better numbers in 2008.

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