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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 21, 2021 15:59:54 GMT -6
1.straw does more to hurt the team than help it. Maldonado went into last night's game with a .091 BA and an OBP of .118 When we had him the pitcher, and Straw hitting in succession, we gave the Rockies pitcher a free inning........three automatic outs. 2. Smith should have never been on the roster coming out of ST. Raley had a good year last year and has a couple of decent outings this season. Dusty is using him in the wrong situations as he is the majority of the rest. When Garcia was pulled, it made no sense to bring in Abreu to give up the misplayed double that Straw gave them that resulted in us blowing the lead. Stanek, who should have replaced Garcia when he was pulled, came in to pitch the 7th. He keeps bringing in Raley to face righties which is a bad mistake. Then, I suppose he had given up on the game and brought Smith in to give up a three run shot on an 0-2 count. 3. We have no coaching staff with the exception of Strom and the base coaches. I don't know much about the bench coach. Our hitting coaches are jokes and have done nothing to help the hitters........fire them. Dusty Baker is still the same joke he was when we hired him. He has always mishandled pitchers and is a disaster in that phase of the game and proves it nearly every day. Hinch should never have been fired. We should have used an interim and then brought AJ back this year instead of being stuck with this moron. 4. Jake Marisnick is a superior outfielder to Straw and our other outfielders defensively. He is a weak hitter, but, does have occasional power. Straw can't hit line drives, home runs, or even bunt, Plainly speaking, he isn''t worth a damn and needs to be sent to Sugarland. I'll take Jake all day long over Straw, who never uses his speed the few times he gets on base. ( Now, Bortaz can call me a "mongoloid" for think "Jork" is betting than Straw Straw SUCKS..period. Another brilliant move made by our moron manager was sending Toro up to pinch hit in the 7th when he represented the lead run and leaving Yordan on the bench. That was sheer lunacy. If we want any chance of winning, they need fire this dumbass and hire a manager. Well, you're a mongoloid but it doesn't have anything to do with Straw. Since you are the mongoloid king, I guess you have to try and pass it on to someone. Anyone who isn't a mongoloid knows Jake was better than Straw. He's as useless as tits on a boar hog, the same brand of useless Baker is as a manager. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 21, 2021 16:00:53 GMT -6
C. McCormick CF M. Brantley LF C. Correa SS A. Bregman 3B K. Tucker RF Y. Gurriel 1B A. Diaz 2B M. Maldonado C J. Urquidy P They need to pinch hit for Maldonado with Yordan the first time he comes up with runners on base. Stubbs has already been exiled again. It's crazy. Stubbs exiled after Maldonado was extended for another year. Click and Crane are both fools. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 21, 2021 16:01:49 GMT -6
Stubbs has already been exiled again. It's crazy. We have a guy that can catch, play LF, play 2B, is a great baserunner, and is paid peanuts comparatively....but we keep Toro on the big league team. There must be something about Stubbs they really dislike. Toro and Straw take turns being Dusty's boy toy. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 21, 2021 16:36:25 GMT -6
This bad stretch brings back memories of 13. On the offensive side begging for runs. The ‘12-‘14 seasons were all about seeing if that little second baseman could develop into a star and see if that Dallas guy could pitch better. We also didn’t know if Springer would pan out. It’s sad that with the firepower in our lineup, the feelings really are reminiscent of those times. Edit: Also, that Singleton kid was going to be amazing. He homered in his debut! |
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Post by olpapa on Apr 21, 2021 16:39:41 GMT -6
It seems to me that right now.... especially in Houston.... what is being passed off onto us as “major league” baseball by MLB is not truly a major league product. What we are observing is something just a bit above AAA ball. Too many young players who aren’t ready for the big leagues are getting playing time in the bigs due mainly to the impact of Covid on the game last season and again this season.
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 21, 2021 16:48:34 GMT -6
This bad stretch brings back memories of 13. On the offensive side begging for runs. The ‘12-‘14 seasons were all about seeing if that little second baseman could develop into a star and see if that Dallas guy could pitch better. We also didn’t know if Springer would pan out. It’s sad that with the firepower in our lineup, the feelings really are reminiscent of those times. Edit: Also, that Singleton kid was going to be amazing. He homered in his debut! That "No Name" second baseman. I used to say to myself during that time period why am I watching these games. I remember one specific game during that time period with the Stros leading in the bottom of the ninth in Pittsburgh and the right fielder and second baseman who was Paredes at the time running into each other and the Pirates scored two runs on the play to win. The hype was that little second baseman being the face of the franchise, a punch and judy hitter. In some ways you wish he could go back to that stroke when he broke in. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 21, 2021 17:01:28 GMT -6
This bad stretch brings back memories of 13. On the offensive side begging for runs. The ‘12-‘14 seasons were all about seeing if that little second baseman could develop into a star and see if that Dallas guy could pitch better. We also didn’t know if Springer would pan out. It’s sad that with the firepower in our lineup, the feelings really are reminiscent of those times. Edit: Also, that Singleton kid was going to be amazing. He homered in his debut! The fool who thought Straw could replace George Springer needs to be horse-whipped. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 21, 2021 17:23:09 GMT -6
The ‘12-‘14 seasons were all about seeing if that little second baseman could develop into a star and see if that Dallas guy could pitch better. We also didn’t know if Springer would pan out. It’s sad that with the firepower in our lineup, the feelings really are reminiscent of those times. Edit: Also, that Singleton kid was going to be amazing. He homered in his debut! The fool who thought Straw could replace George Springer needs to be horse-whipped. I think they hoped more than believed. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 21, 2021 17:25:55 GMT -6
The fool who thought Straw could replace George Springer needs to be horse-whipped. I think they hoped more than believed. He can't replace Jake Marisnick let alone Springer. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 21, 2021 18:50:40 GMT -6
I think they hoped more than believed. He can't replace Jake Marisnick let alone Springer. Marisnick can’t replace anyone before the 9th inning of games. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 21, 2021 19:25:28 GMT -6
He can't replace Jake Marisnick let alone Springer. Marisnick can’t replace anyone before the 9th inning of games. I'll take him over Straw in any inning. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 21, 2021 20:03:44 GMT -6
Marisnick can’t replace anyone before the 9th inning of games. I'll take him over Straw in any inning. I’d take Straw over him in pinch running duties. Besides that, nothing really. They’re both bench material. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 21, 2021 20:07:06 GMT -6
I'll take him over Straw in any inning. I’d take Straw over him in pinch running duties. Besides that, nothing really. They’re both bench material. Pinch running is all Straw has proven he can do. He is worthless otherwise. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 21, 2021 20:24:31 GMT -6
Well, you're a mongoloid but it doesn't have anything to do with Straw. Since you are the mongoloid king, I guess you have to try and pass it on to someone. Anyone who isn't a mongoloid knows Jake was better than Straw. He's as useless as tits on a boar hog, the same brand of useless Baker is as a manager.  |
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 21, 2021 21:44:35 GMT -6
This bad stretch brings back memories of 13. On the offensive side begging for runs. The ‘12-‘14 seasons were all about seeing if that little second baseman could develop into a star and see if that Dallas guy could pitch better. We also didn’t know if Springer would pan out. It’s sad that with the firepower in our lineup, the feelings really are reminiscent of those times. Edit: Also, that Singleton kid was going to be amazing. He homered in his debut! Did you see that Dallas is engaged to that chick on the MLB Network, Kelly Nash. I guess she is a gold digger. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 21, 2021 22:04:48 GMT -6
Since you are the mongoloid king, I guess you have to try and pass it on to someone. Anyone who isn't a mongoloid knows Jake was better than Straw. He's as useless as tits on a boar hog, the same brand of useless Baker is as a manager. Old Jork is better than that worthless Myles Straw. The little turd can't catch a ball and can't steal first base so he's as useless as tits on a boar hog. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 21, 2021 22:57:16 GMT -6
Old Jork is better than that worthless Myles Straw. The little turd can't catch a ball and can't steal first base so he's as useless as tits on a boar hog. Straw sucks, but he's one of 25 who are sucking currently for the Astros. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 21, 2021 23:11:48 GMT -6
Old Jork is better than that worthless Myles Straw. The little turd can't catch a ball and can't steal first base so he's as useless as tits on a boar hog. Straw sucks, but he's one of 25 who are sucking currently for the Astros. I'd say 24. I don't put Brantley in the class with the rest. |
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Post by bearbryant on Apr 22, 2021 7:51:00 GMT -6
The A's on a ten game roll, it looks like they turned it around after a disastrous start. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 22, 2021 8:56:01 GMT -6
The A's on a ten game roll, it looks like they turned it around after a disastrous start. It seems like every time we get high on this team, they go into the shitter. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 22, 2021 9:21:00 GMT -6
It seems like every time we got high on this team, they go into the shitter. Trainspotting |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 22, 2021 9:24:01 GMT -6
It seems like every time we got high on this team, they go into the shitter. Two reasons why we are in the shitter: 1. Dusty Baker is still the manager and he has no clue about handling pitchers or most any type of game strategy. He would be OK with a stacked lineup where all he had to do was fill out the lineup card, sit in the dugout, watch them play, and, not to anything. 2. Crane hired a GM who spent the off-season sitting on his ass because he was clueless about what to do. We needed to strengthen the bullpen and add a starter. He signed Baez, who has yet to be in uniform. He signed Souza to a minor league deal and he sucked so bad they let him go. He did sign Leon and Stanek. He signed Cishek who asked for his release and is gone. He only signed Odorizzi out of necessity after Framber's injury. We thought Straw could step in and replace the guy who had keyed our offense for the last few seasons......Straw isn't as good as Jake Marisnick and is a joke compared to George Springer. We have glaring weaknesses mainly due to Click not doing a damn thing to solve them. Part of it could be Crane refusing to shell out the money. We desperately needed an outfielder and passed on Benintendi and JBJ. Any GM could have signed Brantley because he wanted to come back. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 22, 2021 10:10:49 GMT -6
It seems like every time we got high on this team, they go into the shitter. Two reasons why we are in the shitter: 1. Dusty Baker is still the manager and he has no clue about handling pitchers or most any type of game strategy. He would be OK with a stacked lineup where all he had to do was fill out the lineup card, sit in the dugout, watch them play, and, not to anything. 2. Crane hired a GM who spent the off-season sitting on his ass because he was clueless about what to do. We needed to strengthen the bullpen and add a starter. He signed Baez, who has yet to be in uniform. He signed Souza to a minor league deal and he sucked so bad they let him go. He did sign Leon and Stanek. He signed Cishek who asked for his release and is gone. He only signed Odorizzi out of necessity after Framber's injury. We thought Straw could step in and replace the guy who had keyed our offense for the last few seasons......Straw isn't as good as Jake Marisnick and is a joke compared to George Springer. We have glaring weaknesses mainly due to Click not doing a damn thing to solve them. Part of it could be Crane refusing to shell out the money. We desperately needed an outfielder and passed on Benintendi and JBJ. Any GM could have signed Brantley because he wanted to come back. Yeah, but our farm has nothing to offer for Benintendi, and JBJ would’ve put them into the luxury tax realm. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 22, 2021 10:30:28 GMT -6
1. They built a good team. The Astros are a good team. They're a severely underperforming good team that also got hit with the Covid crap that, I believe, is the difference maker in a minimum of two of these losses. Add in a completely unforeseen and horrible collapse of Smith ruining a couple more games, and you have the difference of us being in last place and 1st place in this early going.
2. The bullpen is weakened because two of the pieces that should be strong components haven't played a game yet (Baez and Scrubb), and another we expected to be good, was pitching hurt (Paredes).
3. The rotation is underperforming, but you have to remember that Urquidy was delayed because of Covid stuff, and Odorizzi is still getting on schedule.
4. The offense is the biggest disappointment, yet if you look at their individual numbers you can see that it's just a lack of consistency. 6 of our everyday players have an OPS+ of 120 or better (20% or better than league average). They will get back on track. And Maldonado and Straw will do better, quite frankly they can't do much worse. Tucker is the one that's hard to place, but he has had horrible luck. His BA with balls in play is only .135 despite his hard hit rate being better than last year! That will balance out.
It's easy for us to get frustrated, but they're only in their first 20 games of the season, and they've been without half of their starters for 4 of those games. Let's just see how things go before we start firing people. Now that being said, if we're 4 or more games out with little to no improvement as the trade deadline draws near, I think we need to look at making some trades (Correa, for example).
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 22, 2021 11:57:18 GMT -6
1. They built a good team. The Astros are a good team. They're a severely underperforming good team that also got hit with the Covid crap that, I believe, is the difference maker in a minimum of two of these losses. Add in a completely unforeseen and horrible collapse of Smith ruining a couple more games, and you have the difference of us being in last place and 1st place in this early going. 2. The bullpen is weakened because two of the pieces that should be strong components haven't played a game yet (Baez and Scrubb), and another we expected to be good, was pitching hurt (Paredes). 3. The rotation is underperforming, but you have to remember that Urquidy was delayed because of Covid stuff, and Odorizzi is still getting on schedule. 4. The offense is the biggest disappointment, yet if you look at their individual numbers you can see that it's just a lack of consistency. 6 of our everyday players have an OPS+ of 120 or better (20% or better than league average). They will get back on track. And Maldonado and Straw will do better, quite frankly they can't do much worse. Tucker is the one that's hard to place, but he has had horrible luck. His BA with balls in play is only .135 despite his hard hit rate being better than last year! That will balance out. It's easy for us to get frustrated, but they're only in their first 20 games of the season, and they've been without half of their starters for 4 of those games. Let's just see how things go before we start firing people. Now that being said, if we're 4 or more games out with little to no improvement as the trade deadline draws near, I think we need to look at making some trades (Correa, for example). I don’t think they’ll get much for Correa because teams know he won’t commit to them past this season. |
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Post by Saint on Apr 22, 2021 12:16:49 GMT -6
1. They built a good team. The Astros are a good team. They're a severely underperforming good team that also got hit with the Covid crap that, I believe, is the difference maker in a minimum of two of these losses. Add in a completely unforeseen and horrible collapse of Smith ruining a couple more games, and you have the difference of us being in last place and 1st place in this early going. 2. The bullpen is weakened because two of the pieces that should be strong components haven't played a game yet (Baez and Scrubb), and another we expected to be good, was pitching hurt (Paredes). 3. The rotation is underperforming, but you have to remember that Urquidy was delayed because of Covid stuff, and Odorizzi is still getting on schedule. 4. The offense is the biggest disappointment, yet if you look at their individual numbers you can see that it's just a lack of consistency. 6 of our everyday players have an OPS+ of 120 or better (20% or better than league average). They will get back on track. And Maldonado and Straw will do better, quite frankly they can't do much worse. Tucker is the one that's hard to place, but he has had horrible luck. His BA with balls in play is only .135 despite his hard hit rate being better than last year! That will balance out. It's easy for us to get frustrated, but they're only in their first 20 games of the season, and they've been without half of their starters for 4 of those games. Let's just see how things go before we start firing people. Now that being said, if we're 4 or more games out with little to no improvement as the trade deadline draws near, I think we need to look at making some trades (Correa, for example). I don’t they’ll get much for Correa because teams know he won’t commit to them past this season. Depends on if they want to try and bring him back like the Mets did with Lindor. |
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 22, 2021 12:22:45 GMT -6
The A's on a ten game roll, it looks like they turned it around after a disastrous start. See how the A's won that game on a shortstop overthrow, allowing two runs to score in that cow field. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 22, 2021 14:05:17 GMT -6
See how the A's won that game on a shortstop overthrow, allowing two runs to score in that cow field. I remember those two lucky wins involving Bregman. One was a pop up to outer space that Hosmer didn’t catch. The other was when he danced around the catcher and forced a bad throw to score Tucker. |
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 22, 2021 16:02:10 GMT -6
See how the A's won that game on a shortstop overthrow, allowing two runs to score in that cow field. I remember those two lucky wins involving Bregman. One was a pop up to outer space that Hosmer didn’t catch. The other was when he danced around the catcher and forced a bad throw to score Tucker. Blummer mentioned it awhile back for a visiting player in the infield making a throw to first at the Rickey Henderson Park, your depth perception of completing a throw to first on a quick bang bang play. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 22, 2021 16:06:24 GMT -6
1. They built a good team. The Astros are a good team. They're a severely underperforming good team that also got hit with the Covid crap that, I believe, is the difference maker in a minimum of two of these losses. Add in a completely unforeseen and horrible collapse of Smith ruining a couple more games, and you have the difference of us being in last place and 1st place in this early going. 2. The bullpen is weakened because two of the pieces that should be strong components haven't played a game yet (Baez and Scrubb), and another we expected to be good, was pitching hurt (Paredes). 3. The rotation is underperforming, but you have to remember that Urquidy was delayed because of Covid stuff, and Odorizzi is still getting on schedule. 4. The offense is the biggest disappointment, yet if you look at their individual numbers you can see that it's just a lack of consistency. 6 of our everyday players have an OPS+ of 120 or better (20% or better than league average). They will get back on track. And Maldonado and Straw will do better, quite frankly they can't do much worse. Tucker is the one that's hard to place, but he has had horrible luck. His BA with balls in play is only .135 despite his hard hit rate being better than last year! That will balance out. It's easy for us to get frustrated, but they're only in their first 20 games of the season, and they've been without half of their starters for 4 of those games. Let's just see how things go before we start firing people. Now that being said, if we're 4 or more games out with little to no improvement as the trade deadline draws near, I think we need to look at making some trades (Correa, for example). I don’t they’ll get much for Correa because teams know he won’t commit to them past this season. As for Tucker, I think he will come around. He is hitting the ball hard right at people. They desperately need a replacement for Straw that will be hard to find. I doubt if they try to trade Correa. |
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