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Post by Saint on Jul 27, 2020 9:00:48 GMT -6
Graveman vs. James
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I think we were all pretty frustrated with the game yesterday on top of the news about JV, but the Astros are still the team to beat in the AL West. A good game from James and a win today has us right back on track for where we need to be.
With any luck, within two weeks we could have JV, Urquidy, and Yordan all back, with Pressly and Osuna in their normal bullpen roles. While Biagini and Devo have continued to be disappointing, Taylor has looked excellent.
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Post by unionstation82 on Jul 27, 2020 9:13:44 GMT -6
Graveman vs. James2-1I think we were all pretty frustrated with the game yesterday on top of the news about JV, but the Astros are still the team to beat in the AL West. A good game from James and a win today has us right back on track for where we need to be. With any luck, within two weeks we could have JV, Urquidy, and Yordan all back, with Pressly and Osuna in their normal bullpen roles. While Biagini and Devo have continued to be disappointing, Taylor has looked excellent. Yesterday’s game was winnable if not for the usual suspects. It wasn’t disappointing. Brantley and Maldonado are crushing it without much help from the bigger bats. We’ll be okay. I think most of us didn’t care about who won because we were busy looking for Verlander news. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Jul 27, 2020 9:22:30 GMT -6
Graveman vs. James2-1I think we were all pretty frustrated with the game yesterday on top of the news about JV, but the Astros are still the team to beat in the AL West. A good game from James and a win today has us right back on track for where we need to be. With any luck, within two weeks we could have JV, Urquidy, and Yordan all back, with Pressly and Osuna in their normal bullpen roles. While Biagini and Devo have continued to be disappointing, Taylor has looked excellent. I like what I see in Taylor. I think Abreu will come around. It is time to dump Devo and send Biagini to AAA. Bring up Whitley. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Jul 27, 2020 9:48:14 GMT -6
Graveman vs. James2-1I think we were all pretty frustrated with the game yesterday on top of the news about JV, but the Astros are still the team to beat in the AL West. A good game from James and a win today has us right back on track for where we need to be. With any luck, within two weeks we could have JV, Urquidy, and Yordan all back, with Pressly and Osuna in their normal bullpen roles. While Biagini and Devo have continued to be disappointing, Taylor has looked excellent. I like what I see in Taylor. I think Abreu will come around. It is time to dump Devo and send Biagini to AAA. Bring up Whitley. I'll be surprised that they bring up Whitley,if keeping him longer into the season allows the Astros to have longer contractual control on him. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Jul 27, 2020 10:07:10 GMT -6
I like what I see in Taylor. I think Abreu will come around. It is time to dump Devo and send Biagini to AAA. Bring up Whitley. I'll be surprised that they bring up Whitley,if keeping him longer into the season allows the Astros to have longer contractual control on him. That could be solved for us if the idiot in the commissioner's office cancels the season due to the Marlins "outbreak". If Verlander is down for any period of time, and the season continues, we may have to use Whitley whether they want to or not. Pardon my skepticism, but ,with all the inaccurate reporting of positive cases, I don't believe a damn thing I hear from the media about this virus. In the county where I live,. we went from 39 cases reported to 242 in two weeks right after busineses re-opened.......coincidence......I don't think so. Lies to keep people scared of this crap with nearly a 98% recovery rate. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Jul 27, 2020 10:57:44 GMT -6
Graveman vs. James2-1I think we were all pretty frustrated with the game yesterday on top of the news about JV, but the Astros are still the team to beat in the AL West. A good game from James and a win today has us right back on track for where we need to be. With any luck, within two weeks we could have JV, Urquidy, and Yordan all back, with Pressly and Osuna in their normal bullpen roles. While Biagini and Devo have continued to be disappointing, Taylor has looked excellent. I like what I see in Taylor. I think Abreu will come around. It is time to dump Devo and send Biagini to AAA. Bring up Whitley. I agree. Devo is horrible. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Jul 27, 2020 11:00:34 GMT -6
I like what I see in Taylor. I think Abreu will come around. It is time to dump Devo and send Biagini to AAA. Bring up Whitley. I agree. Devo is horrible. It is unbelievable that as consistenly horrible as he is that we keep him on the team. Release the loser and move on. |
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Post by Saint on Jul 27, 2020 11:06:31 GMT -6
Graveman vs. James2-1I think we were all pretty frustrated with the game yesterday on top of the news about JV, but the Astros are still the team to beat in the AL West. A good game from James and a win today has us right back on track for where we need to be. With any luck, within two weeks we could have JV, Urquidy, and Yordan all back, with Pressly and Osuna in their normal bullpen roles. While Biagini and Devo have continued to be disappointing, Taylor has looked excellent. Yesterday’s game was winnable if not for the usual suspects. It wasn’t disappointing. Brantley and Maldonado are crushing it without much help from the bigger bats. We’ll be okay. I think most of us didn’t care about who won because we were busy looking for Verlander news. We had a little bad luck with a few hard hit balls yesterday too (especially Toro with runners on base one AB). Even with the bad pitching performances we probably still win that game most times. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Jul 27, 2020 11:18:35 GMT -6
Yesterday’s game was winnable if not for the usual suspects. It wasn’t disappointing. Brantley and Maldonado are crushing it without much help from the bigger bats. We’ll be okay. I think most of us didn’t care about who won because we were busy looking for Verlander news. We had a little bad luck with a few hard hit balls yesterday too (especially Toro with runners on base one AB). Even with the bad pitching performances we probably still win that game most times. We have a better chance if Devenski is only used as the mop up guy since they seem to think they have to keep him. |
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Post by marshall on Jul 27, 2020 12:42:42 GMT -6
I'll be surprised that they bring up Whitley,if keeping him longer into the season allows the Astros to have longer contractual control on him. That could be solved for us if the idiot in the commissioner's office cancels the season due to the Marlins "outbreak". If Verlander is down for any period of time, and the season continues, we may have to use Whitley whether they want to or not. Pardon my skepticism, but ,with all the inaccurate reporting of positive cases, I don't believe a damn thing I hear from the media about this virus. In the county where I live,. we went from 39 cases reported to 242 in two weeks right after busineses re-opened.......coincidence......I don't think so. Lies to keep people scared of this crap with nearly a 98% recovery rate. I trust the Commissioner's office to over react to any possibility of COVID FEAR. I agree it will be for asymptomatic fear-mongering. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Jul 27, 2020 13:16:15 GMT -6
That could be solved for us if the idiot in the commissioner's office cancels the season due to the Marlins "outbreak". If Verlander is down for any period of time, and the season continues, we may have to use Whitley whether they want to or not. Pardon my skepticism, but ,with all the inaccurate reporting of positive cases, I don't believe a damn thing I hear from the media about this virus. In the county where I live,. we went from 39 cases reported to 242 in two weeks right after busineses re-opened.......coincidence......I don't think so. Lies to keep people scared of this crap with nearly a 98% recovery rate. I trust the Commissioner's office to over react to any possibility of COVID FEAR. I agree it will be for asymptomatic fear-mongering. They are giving into the Marxist BLM thugs so anything stupid Manfred's office does should come as no surprise. |
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Post by sempersmom on Jul 27, 2020 13:16:19 GMT -6
Today's lineups:
Astros
1. Springer, CF
2. Altuve, 2B
3. Bregman, 3B
4. Brantley, DH
5. Gurriel, 1B
6. Correa, SS
7. Reddick, RF
8. Tucker, LF
9. Garneau, C
James, P
Mariners
1. Long Jr., 2B
2. Crawford, SS
3. Lewis, CF
4. Seager, 3B
5. White, 1B
6. Marmolejos, DH
7. Nola, C
8. Lopes, RF
9. Gordon, LF
Graveman, P
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Post by blcoach8 on Jul 27, 2020 13:21:45 GMT -6
I like that lineup. Let's hope James has a great game.
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Post by abregmanfan on Jul 27, 2020 13:41:07 GMT -6
Glad we are giving Maldonado a rest.
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Post by blcoach8 on Jul 27, 2020 14:30:19 GMT -6
Glad we are giving Maldonado a rest. I was expecting him to rest today. He can't catch every game. I still wish Stubbs would be ahead of Garneau. |
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Post by Saint on Jul 27, 2020 15:03:04 GMT -6
Glad we are giving Maldonado a rest. I was expecting him to rest today. He can't catch every game. I still wish Stubbs would be ahead of Garneau. They really like Garneau's framing. I hope Maldonado stays hot when he returns. |
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Post by marshall on Jul 27, 2020 15:07:14 GMT -6
Every game this season could be the last. Big cities are magnets for Baseball, COVID and anarchist riots. And we know bending the knees to BLM won't do the MLB any good. Expect riots at ballparks just to attract attention.
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Post by abregmanfan on Jul 27, 2020 15:19:25 GMT -6
Every game this season could be the last. Big cities are magnets for Baseball, COVID and anarchist riots. And we know bending the knees to BLM won't do the MLB any good. Expect riots at ballparks just to attract attention. Don't give them any ideas... |
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Post by blcoach8 on Jul 27, 2020 15:47:58 GMT -6
Every game this season could be the last. Big cities are magnets for Baseball, COVID and anarchist riots. And we know bending the knees to BLM won't do the MLB any good. Expect riots at ballparks just to attract attention. The riots could be controlled if leaders had the balls to do what is necessary to stop them. Trump needs to ignore mayors and governors and send in the military. This crap has gone on for much too long. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Jul 27, 2020 16:10:47 GMT -6
Graveman was promising with the Jays and A’s, but injuries have made him mediocre. They need to forget about Verlander and focus on getting W’s.
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Post by blcoach8 on Jul 27, 2020 16:32:14 GMT -6
Graveman was promising with the Jays and A’s, but injuries have made him mediocre. They need to forget about Verlander and focus on getting W’s. No need to worry about what can't be controlled. After all, we don't know how long he will be out. |
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Post by Saint on Jul 27, 2020 17:29:28 GMT -6
Garbage ABs. The big three continue to look awful. Is Altuve afraid to swing?
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Post by marshall on Jul 27, 2020 17:30:47 GMT -6
I think the distancing is getting to them. No slaps and high fives to get them going.
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Post by marshall on Jul 27, 2020 17:40:33 GMT -6
5 SO in two innings. The new COLE?
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Post by Saint on Jul 27, 2020 17:48:06 GMT -6
Welp...
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Post by marshall on Jul 27, 2020 17:54:09 GMT -6
I haven't seen a triple play in a while.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jul 27, 2020 17:57:56 GMT -6
Graveman was promising with the Jays and A’s, but injuries have made him mediocre. They need to forget about Verlander and focus on getting W’s. Our pitching is insufficient, even with Verlander. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Jul 27, 2020 18:02:04 GMT -6
Graveman was promising with the Jays and A’s, but injuries have made him mediocre. They need to forget about Verlander and focus on getting W’s. Our pitching is insufficient, even with Verlander. It’s hard to win when our hitters also stand there guessing. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Jul 27, 2020 18:03:44 GMT -6
Boooooo!
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Post by unionstation82 on Jul 27, 2020 18:04:16 GMT -6
Josh James reminds me of Vince Velásquez. They have great stuff but have a hard time finishing off hitters.
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