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#17902

Maybe it was meant for LaRussa making him play for his shitass team that day...

#17903
3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

yuli. baker talked about it pregame yesterday. diaz plays a good 3rd,  yuli has played all infield positions. dubon is ss / 2nd / cf, up the middle guy

For fucks sake Dusty is being silly. Literally anyone who has the chops to play SS can play 3B just fine. This makes as much sense as having to play Dubon in CF to stop people from going 1st to 3rd or any other Dusty nonsense. 

#17904

yuli has played 3rd here before (if my memory is correct), not sure about SS. i agree, he's the 2nd best 3rd baseman with diaz out. if it happens it happens, who cares. im more concerned about diaz coming back healthy this season 

Edited by tx 3 putt

#17905
31 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

yuli has played 3rd here before (if my memory is correct), not sure about SS. i agree, he's the 2nd best 3rd baseman with diaz out. if it happens it happens, who cares. im more concerned about diaz coming back healthy this season 

Yeah- he came up at 3rd and played 2B as well in Cuba. I’m no fan of Dubon but there’s no way that’s a 28 year old that regular gets reps at SS isn’t a better 3B than a 38 year old that has below average numbers at every single metric at 1B. It’s literally crazy to think that’s at all correct. 
would I mind Yuli playing 3B for a couple innings if something happened to Bregman or for a game here and there against a LHP while they gave Bregman a day off and Diaz was out?  No, I wouldn’t mind that at all. I’m pro anything that keeps Dubon off the field.  

#17909
15 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

edit: ok. 2019. Still a terrible idea.

Dubon has played all of 71 innings at third base in his career. Plus, if Yuli is at 3rd then Mancini is at 1st. Y’all should like that. 

#17910

Lineup wise yes, but Dubon is a better option defensively.  This is all theoretical.  I don't want Dubon playing 3rd every day.

Edited by kevwun

#17911

This is from McTaggart's newsletter this week.  So many shitty players scoring on one grand slam.

Spoiler

THIS WEEK IN ASTROS HISTORY

 

Aug. 16, 2011

Brian Bogusevic's walk-off grand slam

Brian Bogusevic belts a walk-off grand slam to beat the Cubs, 6-5, at Minute Maid Park and snap a seven-game losing skid. The homer, which came off Carlos Marmol, was the second of Bogusevic’s career and scored J.B. Shuck, Clint Barmes and Matt Downs.

 

#17915
1 hour ago, kevwun said:

Lineup wise yes, but Dubon is a better option defensively.  This is all theoretical.  I don't want Dubon playing 3rd every day.

our 3rd baseman has his hottest streak in several years so of course surly goes into debate mode about who’s the best (backup) 3rd baseman. 

#17916

Definitely first world problems and it's really 3rd string at third because Diaz is the best backup option when healthy.

Edited by kevwun

#17918

For a game we won 21-5.

Sequencing is such an important part of baseball and WAR calcs just throw their hands up and say it probably all evens out in the end.

#17919
2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Vazquez’ slash line since joining the Astros

.357/.357/.357

 

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So the only way to do this is all singles and no walks or HBP, right?

Edited by Guadaloopy

#17920

If he had walks or HBP, OBP would be higher than BA.  If he had doubles, triples, or HR, then SLG would be higher than BA.  If all hits were 2B/3B/HR, SLG and OBP would not be same and SLG and BA would not be the same. 

Edited by Guadaloopy

#17921
40 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

So the only way to do this is all singles and no walks or HBP, right?

Good math intuition. That’s exactly what his line looks like. 

#17925

I remember an Altuve interview from may or so, they asked him about the struggling bregman and yuli …….

‘I’m not worried at all, either one of those two can get hot and carry this team’ 

#17926
2 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

So the only way to do this is all singles and no walks or HBP, right?

Or sacrifices. If his sac flies and sac bunts are added to no walks or hbp his Ba would be higher than his OBP. 

Edited by Wulaw Horn

#17933
9 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Somewhere Vazquez has to be thinking “what do I have to do to get more playing time? Slash .358?!”

Maldy’s last 30 games: .253/.303/.473. More than acceptable with his defense and pitcher rapport, 

Also, it appears the Meyer’s experiment is over, at least for this season. 

#17934

Yep... if Maldy can continue at this level, there is no controversy at catcher.  He seems to be doing it pretty consistently these days as well.  It's not just a few good games mixed in with a bunch of "meh."

#17935
7 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

I don’t think Yuli has played 3rd since 2017.

 

this is a terrible idea 


 

edit: ok. 2019. Still a terrible idea.

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You mean last year

#17937

Just to prove Dusty ain't the only one...

Springer benched tonight after going 5-5 last night

Gurriel gets robbed of homer on first pitch

#17940
6 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

We got screwed out of BP in this park AGAIN?!

Apparently.

Kalas said the Braves got BP in but threatening weather prevented us from having our turn…

although we did get 4+ hours of BP in in Chicago yesterday   

Edited by UTexasFight

#17945
4 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Or sacrifices. If his sac flies and sac bunts are added to no walks or hbp his Ba would be higher than his OBP. 

Only SFs are considered in OBP, SH are not.

#17949
13 minutes ago, Scraps said:

27 pitches an inning ain't gonna cut it

How bout 10?

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