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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 14, 2021 22:30:50 GMT -6
This is the perfect situation for Raley. No sweat, no strain, just chunk it up there. Even if they do hit it, so what. Still not safe enough to use Raley. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 14, 2021 22:33:12 GMT -6
He's the second player in @astros history to have a multi-homer game within his first 7 career games, joining SS Orlando Miller, who hit 2 homers in his 3rd career game on July 10, 1994 at CHC. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 14, 2021 22:37:03 GMT -6
He's the second player in @astros history to have a multi-homer game within his first 7 career games, joining SS Orlando Miller, who hit 2 homers in his 3rd career game on July 10, 1994 at CHC. Already hits better than Straw. I’m not talking about power, just talking confidence. I hope Thomas doesn’t crash his car reading that. |
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Post by olpapa on Aug 14, 2021 22:39:05 GMT -6
He's the second player in @astros history to have a multi-homer game within his first 7 career games, joining SS Orlando Miller, who hit 2 homers in his 3rd career game on July 10, 1994 at CHC. Beginning to see why Click was comfortable trading away Straw at the deadline. |
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Post by m240 on Aug 14, 2021 22:40:24 GMT -6
Garcia should get a bunch of votes for rookie of the year. He started a little rough tonight but got it together. He leaves the team in strike outs and has the lowest era of any qualifying rookie. He gets my vote I think he also has the most strikeouts of all AL rookie pitchers. And the best strike out ratio |
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Post by olpapa on Aug 14, 2021 22:44:26 GMT -6
Good thing for LAA that they have the Ohtani show because other than that they are pretty pathetic right now.
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Post by olpapa on Aug 14, 2021 22:46:27 GMT -6
4 shutout innings from the bullpen B team.
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 14, 2021 22:50:00 GMT -6
He's the second player in @astros history to have a multi-homer game within his first 7 career games, joining SS Orlando Miller, who hit 2 homers in his 3rd career game on July 10, 1994 at CHC. Already hits better than Straw. I’m not talking about power, just talking confidence. I hope Thomas doesn’t crash his car reading that. When MLB network was showing highlights of tonight's game, they emphasized that Jake Meyers was the reason Straw was traded. You have to like what you see from him. He's said to be an "elite" defender. He has good speed and good power. If he keeps this up, we have another good one. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 14, 2021 22:52:26 GMT -6
Good thing for LAA that they have the Ohtani show because other than that they are pretty pathetic right now. He IS the Angels right now. They have no pitching other than Ohtani. They did find a good young hitter in Walsh. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 14, 2021 22:54:50 GMT -6
4 shutout innings from the bullpen B team. Luis was tough when he had to be and got key strikeouts when he needed them....Bortaz is right about him leading AL rookie pitchers in strikeouts. Being able to avoid using our top guns in the pen is always good. There is no doubt as to who is tonight's player of the game.......Jake Meyers. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 15, 2021 4:16:10 GMT -6
He's the second player in @astros history to have a multi-homer game within his first 7 career games, joining SS Orlando Miller, who hit 2 homers in his 3rd career game on July 10, 1994 at CHC. Already hits better than Straw. I’m not talking about power, just talking confidence. I hope Thomas doesn’t crash his car reading that. By what we have seen, Meyers definitely has way more power than Straw. If he can keep his OB high, then he definitely fits what the Astros and other analytical teams focus on, OB and SLG. I really hope he keeps it up.It is awesome to have someone promoted from the minors that produces/contributes. One where we can get excited about, thinking he is going to stick around and has the making of future starter. I hope Maton, who the Astros traded Straw for, can get a better command of his pitches. Out of Graveman, Garcia and Maton, Maton was the only pitcher with team control after this season. Therefore, it is important that he brings it together. He too fits the Astros narrative, he is a spin master. But watching on TV, at least for me, I don't see Maton stuff as being dominating/nasty/filthy. From tonight's and last week's performance, Astros bench: Diaz, Meyers, Wilson or Jones and Castro is trending upward. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 15, 2021 10:06:37 GMT -6
Already hits better than Straw. I’m not talking about power, just talking confidence. I hope Thomas doesn’t crash his car reading that. By what we have seen, Meyers definitely has way more power than Straw. If he can keep his OB high, then he definitely fits what the Astros and other analytical teams focus on, OB and SLG. I really hope he keeps it up.It is awesome to have someone promoted from the minors that produces/contributes. One where we can get excited about, thinking he is going to stick around and has the making of future starter. I hope Maton, who the Astros traded Straw for, can get a better command of his pitches. Out of Graveman, Garcia and Maton, Maton was the only pitcher with team control after this season. Therefore, it is important that he brings it together. He too fits the Astros narrative, he is a spin master. But watching on TV, at least for me, I don't see Maton stuff as being dominating/nasty/filthy. From tonight's and last week's performance, Astros bench: Diaz, Meyers, Wilson or Jones and Castro is trending upward. Meyers has the power and speed to be a great player. One thing I like is his enthusiasm. He could be the shot in the arm this team needed because our offense had slowed down. Meyers, Diaz,Jones, and Castro are trending upward. We don't know which way Wilson will trend. Click should be making every effort to sign Graveman to an extension. Too early to tell on Garcia, but, Graveman should be made a priority. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 15, 2021 10:13:05 GMT -6
By what we have seen, Meyers definitely has way more power than Straw. If he can keep his OB high, then he definitely fits what the Astros and other analytical teams focus on, OB and SLG. I really hope he keeps it up.It is awesome to have someone promoted from the minors that produces/contributes. One where we can get excited about, thinking he is going to stick around and has the making of future starter. I hope Maton, who the Astros traded Straw for, can get a better command of his pitches. Out of Graveman, Garcia and Maton, Maton was the only pitcher with team control after this season. Therefore, it is important that he brings it together. He too fits the Astros narrative, he is a spin master. But watching on TV, at least for me, I don't see Maton stuff as being dominating/nasty/filthy. From tonight's and last week's performance, Astros bench: Diaz, Meyers, Wilson or Jones and Castro is trending upward. Meyers has the power and speed to be a great player. One thing I like is his enthusiasm. He could be the shot in the arm this team needed because our offense had slowed down. Meyers, Diaz,Jones, and Castro are trending upward. We don't know which way Wilson will trend. Click should be making every effort to sign Graveman to an extension. Too early to tell on Garcia, but, Graveman should be made a priority. Graveman pitching is impressive. It would be great if they could sign him to a 3 year deal. Pressly is a FA after next season, so it is very important to keep Graveman here. I am hoping Maton can put it together. He is a high spin rate guy, so he is in the right place to be in Houston. But, like I said, so far, I haven't seen anything from him yet that says wow. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 15, 2021 10:14:42 GMT -6
Meyers has the power and speed to be a great player. One thing I like is his enthusiasm. He could be the shot in the arm this team needed because our offense had slowed down. Meyers, Diaz,Jones, and Castro are trending upward. We don't know which way Wilson will trend. Click should be making every effort to sign Graveman to an extension. Too early to tell on Garcia, but, Graveman should be made a priority. Graveman pitching is impressive. It would be great if they could sign him to a 3 year deal. Pressly is a FA after next season, so it is very important to keep Graveman here. I am hoping Maton can put it together. He is a high spin rate guy, so he is in the right place to be in Houston. But, like I said, so far, I haven't seen anything from him yet that says wow. I’m not expecting much from Maton. Clearly, they wanted to just move Straw to open up a spot for Meyers. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 15, 2021 10:18:22 GMT -6
Meyers has the power and speed to be a great player. One thing I like is his enthusiasm. He could be the shot in the arm this team needed because our offense had slowed down. Meyers, Diaz,Jones, and Castro are trending upward. We don't know which way Wilson will trend. Click should be making every effort to sign Graveman to an extension. Too early to tell on Garcia, but, Graveman should be made a priority. Graveman pitching is impressive. It would be great if they could sign him to a 3 year deal. Pressly is a FA after next season, so it is very important to keep Graveman here. I am hoping Maton can put it together. He is a high spin rate guy, so he is in the right place to be in Houston. But, like I said, so far, I haven't seen anything from him yet that says wow. You and I share the same opinion of Graveman and Maton. I think Garcia could be a very good addition, too. I want to see more of Baez. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 15, 2021 10:20:38 GMT -6
Graveman pitching is impressive. It would be great if they could sign him to a 3 year deal. Pressly is a FA after next season, so it is very important to keep Graveman here. I am hoping Maton can put it together. He is a high spin rate guy, so he is in the right place to be in Houston. But, like I said, so far, I haven't seen anything from him yet that says wow. I’m not expecting much from Maton. Clearly, they wanted to just move Straw to open up a spot for Meyers. The problem I have with the trade is I think we could have gotten more for Straw. Maton hasn't come close to proving he was worth trading Straw. On the bright side, after seeing Myers, I can see why they made Straw available. Having him, McCormick, Tucker, and Brantley gives us four solid outfielders. Meyers and Chas both have the speed, plus they have the power Straw doesn't. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 15, 2021 10:29:44 GMT -6
I’m not expecting much from Maton. Clearly, they wanted to just move Straw to open up a spot for Meyers. The problem I have with the trade is I think we could have gotten more for Straw. Maton hasn't come close to proving he was worth trading Straw. On the bright side, after seeing Myers, I can see why they made Straw available. Having him, McCormick, Tucker, and Brantley gives us four solid outfielders. Meyers and Chas both have the speed, plus they have the power Straw doesn't. I didn't know anything about Meyers, so I was definitely upset when they traded Straw. Even Garza and Scrubb had some serious movement on one of their pitches, and you were like damn. But they shared the same problem as other relievers we had at the time, extremely wild. Maton seems wild too, but I haven't seen a pitch yet that completely owns the batter. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 15, 2021 10:38:39 GMT -6
I’m not expecting much from Maton. Clearly, they wanted to just move Straw to open up a spot for Meyers. The problem I have with the trade is I think we could have gotten more for Straw. Maton hasn't come close to proving he was worth trading Straw. On the bright side, after seeing Myers, I can see why they made Straw available. Having him, McCormick, Tucker, and Brantley gives us four solid outfielders. Meyers and Chas both have the speed, plus they have the power Straw doesn't. If Baez doesn't get his velo up he will be of no help to us. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 15, 2021 12:04:12 GMT -6
The problem I have with the trade is I think we could have gotten more for Straw. Maton hasn't come close to proving he was worth trading Straw. On the bright side, after seeing Myers, I can see why they made Straw available. Having him, McCormick, Tucker, and Brantley gives us four solid outfielders. Meyers and Chas both have the speed, plus they have the power Straw doesn't. If Baez doesn't get his velo up he will be of no help to us. He is still sub 90? |
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 15, 2021 12:05:16 GMT -6
If Baez doesn't get his velo up he will be of no help to us. He is still sub 90? Not sure. Last time I saw him pitch his velo was way down. Maybe he can get stretched out enough to really help us down the stretch. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 15, 2021 12:13:18 GMT -6
Not sure. Last time I saw him pitch his velo was way down. Maybe he can get stretched out enough to really help us down the stretch. Best I remember his velocity has been lower than it was with the Dodgers. He needs to get it higher. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 15, 2021 12:23:57 GMT -6
The problem I have with the trade is I think we could have gotten more for Straw. Maton hasn't come close to proving he was worth trading Straw. On the bright side, after seeing Myers, I can see why they made Straw available. Having him, McCormick, Tucker, and Brantley gives us four solid outfielders. Meyers and Chas both have the speed, plus they have the power Straw doesn't. If Baez doesn't get his velo up he will be of no help to us. If Bregman is still in the desert trying to find himself, he won’t help us either. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 15, 2021 13:06:28 GMT -6
If Baez doesn't get his velo up he will be of no help to us. If Bregman is still in the desert trying to find himself, he won’t help us either. Ok, Corch. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 15, 2021 15:08:33 GMT -6
If Bregman is still in the desert trying to find himself, he won’t help us either. Ok, Corch. LOL |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 15, 2021 15:35:03 GMT -6
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