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Post by bannedfan on May 13, 2018 14:53:15 GMT -6
Keuchel pitched a great game. Nice out gotten by Sipp.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2018 14:55:56 GMT -6
3 more outs
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Post by bannedfan on May 13, 2018 15:04:09 GMT -6
Peacock K's the side!
A Win!
6-1.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2018 15:04:12 GMT -6
Good win. Now all 5 starters are rolling now that Keuchel is pitching great!
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2018 15:04:21 GMT -6
M's WC chances just took a hit today. Cano broken hand via HBP.
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Post by astrosdoug on May 13, 2018 15:04:38 GMT -6
Starting to look like a real baseball team again.
#BTSOOTR
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Post by marshall on May 13, 2018 15:05:11 GMT -6
Man. I thought the game was tonight. If you didn't see the pink, you'd have thought is was a replay.
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Post by astrosdoug on May 13, 2018 15:05:32 GMT -6
M's WC chances just took a hit today. Cano broken hand via HBP. Does that bolster the case for Nelson Cruz coming to Houston? |
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Post by astrosdoug on May 13, 2018 15:09:09 GMT -6
Astros went way too easy on Chavez and Mann, but I'm probably nitpicking.
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Post by astrosdoug on May 13, 2018 15:13:07 GMT -6
Pitching matchups vs. LAA:
Nice McCullers Jr. (5-1) vs Heaney (1-2)
Cole (4-1) vs Barria (3-1)
Verlander (4-2) vs Richards (4-1)
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Post by blcoach8 on May 13, 2018 15:13:40 GMT -6
Altuve goes ZERO for the weekend. I hope he saved it for the Angels.....We miss Ohtani as he is pitching today. Great to see Gattis showing signs of coming around. Entire team other than Altuve and Jake had a good series.
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Post by Saint on May 13, 2018 15:18:05 GMT -6
Well we go back on the road still hot. Maybe we can build up a little lead on the Angels.
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Post by Saint on May 13, 2018 15:22:29 GMT -6
M's WC chances just took a hit today. Cano broken hand via HBP. Broken finger. But yup, definitely took a hit. |
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Post by astrosdoug on May 13, 2018 15:40:14 GMT -6
Altuve should be fine hitting on the road again. moreover, the Angels have lost more games in Anaheim than they've won. Their heavy reliance on the bullpen is starting to take its toll. I like the Astros' chances of taking that series.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on May 13, 2018 15:41:41 GMT -6
Same old Jake..........nothing but K's.......put him on waivers Fixed that for you. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on May 13, 2018 15:47:13 GMT -6
So, anyone want to rearrange your list of players to cut...change it to Marisnick on top instead of Gattis?
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Post by astrosdoug on May 13, 2018 16:23:43 GMT -6
So, anyone want to rearrange your list of players to cut...change it to Marisnick on top instead of Gattis? It's looking that way now. Gonzalez is not a player who needs to be cut, but his playing time needs to be reduced. Easy way to do that is bring up Tyler White or JD Davis. No need for an 8 man bullpen at this point. Astros lowest OPS players: Marisnick .434 Gattis .633 Gonzalez .636 Fisher .686 Gurriel .712 I only ever get concerned about players who dip under .750. Gurriel, I don't worry about because he is hitting a lot of lasers that just get caught due to good defensive positioning and sometimes bad luck. He's really hitting like more of an .800 guy. Fisher is improving so let's ride with that and see how far he goes. He may clear the .750 threshold in a few weeks' time. Marwin is overused and is being asked to hit in too many unfavorable matchups. Over his career, he does better against RHP than LHP whereas for White and Davis, it's the opposite. An easy way to reduce Marwin's playing time is to play him primarily vs RHP while letting White or Davis take the other starts. Marwin's OPS would tend to head toward the .750 mark that way and we'd get great production vs LHP. Gattis has probably earned himself at least another few weeks with the team, and might earn himself the rest of the season if he can keep up even 75% of what we've seen in the past couple games. Still early to tell, but a couple weeks from now, we'll have enough data to look back and see what, if anything, he's doing differently to get these improved results. Marisnick shouldn't be on the team. He's a relic of earlier versions of the Astros. Time for Kemp or Davis to replace him. summary: Drop Sipp for White and Marisnick for Davis. Net effect is that pitching is just as good as before; outfield defense and base stealing drops somewhat but is more than made up for an improvement in team OPS of at least 20 points. Current team OPS is .747 and going to .767 would make it the 5th best offense in baseball. Any team with the #1 pitching staff and #5 offense is easily a WS contender. |
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Post by bearbryant on May 13, 2018 16:36:33 GMT -6
We discussed on the old board during the off season how, just based on expected WAR for this season, the Astros pitching staff looked on paper like a Top 25 Pitching Staff of All Time. I thought it was excessively optimistic to think that that paper calculation would translate into reality, but so far, it's looking like it is.
Though it's looking excessively optimistic the bats will live up to their preseason projections |
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Post by blcoach8 on May 13, 2018 16:42:25 GMT -6
Same old Jake..........nothing but K's.......put him on waivers Fixed that for you. I am not ready to just give him away. Put him on the DL or see if he will accept being sent down if he has options left |
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Post by astrosdoug on May 13, 2018 17:05:12 GMT -6
We discussed on the old board during the off season how, just based on expected WAR for this season, the Astros pitching staff looked on paper like a Top 25 Pitching Staff of All Time. I thought it was excessively optimistic to think that that paper calculation would translate into reality, but so far, it's looking like it is.
Though it's looking excessively optimistic the bats will live up to their preseason projectionsIt's true -- those off season WAR estimates would have led us to believe the Astros would have the #1 or #2 offense in MLB this year. However, a couple of internal promotions probably bring the Astros up to the #5 offense from where they are currently at #9. If the team then goes ahead and trades for a good offensive outfielder, then perhaps the Astros become the #4 offense in baseball. That is all assuming that no one substantially improves over their current numbers, including Altuve. If they do, then possibly the Astros do in fact realize those off season predictions. #1 pitching and #4 offense would be a great combination to go into the playoffs with. |
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Post by bearbryant on May 13, 2018 17:18:47 GMT -6
At any rate it was a good win and a good series, but I'll be impressed when we play this well against a club that doesn't suck tailpipe
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Post by paastrosfan on May 13, 2018 18:54:23 GMT -6
So, anyone want to rearrange your list of players to cut...change it to Marisnick on top instead of Gattis? Gattis putting them on the train tracks, I guess he started eating his Wheaties. Now it looks like someone is calling for Jose to see Miss Cleo. |
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Post by unionstation82 on May 13, 2018 20:49:17 GMT -6
It’s safe to say that Evan Gattis was the “Player of the Series”.
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Post by marshall on May 13, 2018 21:09:31 GMT -6
It appears Gattis has responded positively to calls for his replacement. I don't mind it if a player can hit his way out of the dog house.
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Post by m240 on May 13, 2018 21:47:21 GMT -6
40 games of suck versus 2 of doing well. Gattis still concerns me a lot.
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Post by astrosdoug on May 13, 2018 22:58:21 GMT -6
It appears Gattis has responded positively to calls for his replacement. I don't mind it if a player can hit his way out of the dog house. Could it be because I made that banner that said 'Free Tyler White'?  |
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Post by marshall on May 14, 2018 1:50:19 GMT -6
It appears Gattis has responded positively to calls for his replacement. I don't mind it if a player can hit his way out of the dog house. Could it be because I made that banner that said 'Free Tyler White'? Of course it could. Good job! |
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Post by m240 on May 14, 2018 8:10:07 GMT -6
Could it be because I made that banner that said 'Free Tyler White'? Of course it could. Good job! another star is born for Marshall. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on May 14, 2018 11:54:26 GMT -6
Of course it could. Good job! another star is born for Marshall. It lacks value because of his spamming posts with just 1 number in them. |
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Post by marshall on May 14, 2018 12:03:51 GMT -6
another star is born for Marshall. It lacks value because of his spamming posts with just 1 number in them. You are correct Sir. Because no one else has ever spammed the board to get a star.
Just call it my second childhood. I couldn't wait for the passage of time.
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