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#7906

I keep hearing people say that the Astros' bats are fine but they're worried about the pitching.  I don't get it.

Since the last game of the series at NYY, we've played 16 games and only had two bad pitching performances: Javier's first game back from injury in Detroit and Framber's meltdown against the Angels.

In those 16 games we've had six bad offensive performances in terms of runs: 2, 2 (in 10 innings), 3, 2, 1, and 1 (today).

And I know sample size and everything, but even when the pitching was atrocious earlier in the season, it's not like we were scoring in bunches.  The Braves/Nats/Cubs stretch, we scored 1, 2, 4 (10 innings), 5, 4 (10 innings), 0, 2, 3, 1.

I guess I'm spoiled.  If this is one of the best hitting teams in baseball, I'd hate to root for one of the worst.

#7907

Help is on the way ….

José Abreu said he’s flying to Seattle tomorrow. He’ll presumably rejoin the team prior to Monday’s series opener against the Mariners.

#7909
10 minutes ago, Welch said:

I keep hearing people say that the Astros' bats are fine but they're worried about the pitching.  I don't get it.

Since the last game of the series at NYY, we've played 16 games and only had two bad pitching performances: Javier's first game back from injury in Detroit and Framber's meltdown against the Angels.

In those 16 games we've had six bad offensive performances in terms of runs: 2, 2 (in 10 innings), 3, 2, 1, and 1 (today).

And I know sample size and everything, but even when the pitching was atrocious earlier in the season, it's not like we were scoring in bunches.  The Braves/Nats/Cubs stretch, we scored 1, 2, 4 (10 innings), 5, 4 (10 innings), 0, 2, 3, 1.

I guess I'm spoiled.  If this is one of the best hitting teams in baseball, I'd hate to root for one of the worst.

We're the 3rd best hitting team.  We've had some shitty sequencing.

#7912
Joe West once lost his equipment, so had to borrow catcher gear from the Astros for the game 😂

 

#7913

He’s ready !!!!

Jose Abreu just struck out on a pitch clock violation.

 

#7915
19 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Bregman excited someone in the lineup will suck more. 


he needs to slide down the order 

#7917
3 hours ago, WBT said:

We're the 3rd best hitting team.  We've had some shitty sequencing.

We are shitty in RISP and moving runners along, we are also a very bad baserunning team. Add those things together and we get men on base but don't score them.

#7918
3 hours ago, WBT said:

We're the 3rd best hitting team.  We've had some shitty sequencing.

Fair.


But I still I don’t get the whole “I’m not concerned about this thing (not scoring any runs) that happens multiple times every week… I’m more concerned about this other thing (pitching) that has actually been pretty consistent for the past few weeks and hopefully should get even better as everyone gets healthy.”

#7919
27 minutes ago, Welch said:

Fair.


But I still I don’t get the whole “I’m not concerned about this thing (not scoring any runs) that happens multiple times every week… I’m more concerned about this other thing (pitching) that has actually been pretty consistent for the past few weeks and hopefully should get even better as everyone gets healthy.”

The offense is a real concern. Altuve, Bregman, and Alvarez are all in prolonged slumps. Diaz is suffering from sophomore slump, and McCormick has been injured and pretty unremarkable when he has played. That's not even counting relying on one of the worst 1B tandems in the league.

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#7920
36 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

The offense is a real concern. Altuve, Bregman, and Alvarez are all in prolonged slumps. Diaz is suffering from sophomore slump, and McCormick has been injured and pretty unremarkable when he has played. That's not even counting relying on one of the worst 1B tandems in the league.

Offense you say ????

22 FCL ABs and 7 Triple-A ABs are too small of a sample size to determine anything, but given the situation, it would have been nice to see Abreu show some flashes that whatever adjustments he’s made over the past month are in fact working.


 

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#7921
Here’s a full video of every Abreu AB tonight in SL along with what I saw being directly behind home plate Abreu’s AB’s in order went K on a timer violationLine out to right at 103mph EVGIDPK on a 81mph changeup in the dirtOverall the crowd was extremely encouraging with…

 

#7922
Jose Abreu: "When I was going through it, and your head isn't in a good spot - there was a point, I'm telling you from the bottom of my heart, I couldn't know how to hit, how to field, I was a little lost. But, I'm humble enough to recognize that and trying to be the best Jose…

 

#7923

Granted no one has invested $60m in me with $40m still left to go, but if I sucked at my job I really doubt my PIP would would be nearly so full of support and encouragement as Abreu’s seems to have been…

#7924

Crane owes him a lot of money, I’m pulling for him to just hit .250 consistently and play better defense. Being a solid combo at first with singeleton

crying and bitching is just wasting time, until crane has had enough 

#7926

I’m resigned to the fact we’re going to have to watch him struggle with staying above the Maldonado line until the All Star Break …and just hope the 10% of the time he succeeds it’s with RISP when the rest of the team can’t and the 90% of the time he doesn’t, it’s with no one on and 0 or 2 outs. 

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#7927
8 minutes ago, WBT said:

I'm pulling for the dfa asap


wish in one hand, shit into the other 

guess which one feels up first 

#7928
Crane owes him a lot of money, I’m pulling for him to just hit .250 consistently and play better defense. Being a solid combo at first with singeleton
crying and bitching is just wasting time, until crane has had enough 
Lmao .250. Yeah right
#7932
12 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:
Jose Abreu: "When I was going through it, and your head isn't in a good spot - there was a point, I'm telling you from the bottom of my heart, I couldn't know how to hit, how to field, I was a little lost. But, I'm humble enough to recognize that and trying to be the best Jose…

 

runthebone is also humble enough to refer to runthebone in the third person.

#7939

Stick'em looking good early.  Explain to me why he's on a 80 pitch count?

#7944

Lulz at Springer and Correa still in the top 5 in rbi against Oakland among actuve players

#7950
23 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Sitting behind home plate, and Blanco's slider looks like it had a great spin rate today.  Pounding the zone.  Fuck the As.

It's weird he can still pitch well without the stickiest glove in the history of baseball according to that ump.

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