GDT: Astros vs. Giants. 8/6/2018

[bannedfan]

Rodriguez has good numbers. Morton better be on his game tonight.

[ɮօʀȶǟʐ]

Hey, that's Pudge's son.

[m240]

Nice hit by Bregman

[m240]

Runs might be at a premium tonight.  

[astrosdoug]

B-Mac shown taking some BP today. He may still have some McCannonballs in the works for us yet.

[m240]

this is a pretty good lineup for the giants, wonder why they are struggling.  

[bannedfan]

Walks the first batter😩

[astrosdoug]

Two games in a row now where the Astros SP begins with a walk.

At least Charlie managed to work a couple strikes in there.

[bannedfan]

6 balls in a row.

[m240]

pretty tight zone on this guy.  wonder if it works both ways

[bannedfan]

5-4-3 twin killing.

[m240]

turning them is a whole lot more fun that hitting into them.  nice dp there.  

[m240]

that went from crap to ok I kind of like that pretty quick there. 

[bannedfan]

They’ll be lucky to score over 5 runs in these 2 games.

[m240]

gonzales continues to unsuck his efforts. 

[bearbryant]

White needs to learn bat control on the check-swing if he's gonna be successful at this level

[astrosdoug]

White has gone on a minor strikeout tear by swinging at a lot of stuff outside the zone, which he wasn't doing when he was first called up. Maybe trying to check his swing on an outside pitch is a sign of improvement, I don't know. At least, improvement over a full swing. The next logical step should be to totally refrain from swinging at that pitch.

[m240]

seems like a lot of air outs so far

[bearbryant]

Aug 6, 2018 20:42:10 GMT -6 astrosdoug said:

White has gone on a minor strikeout tear by swinging at a lot of stuff outside the zone, which he wasn't doing when he was first called up. Maybe trying to check his swing on an outside pitch is a sign of improvement, I don't know. At least, improvement over a full swing. The next logical step should be to totally refrain from swinging at that pitch.

I'm trying to remember if I've seen him successfully check his swing at this level

[m240]

7 more innings like the first two and we should be ok

[Saint]

Aug 6, 2018 20:44:31 GMT -6 bearbryant said:

Aug 6, 2018 20:42:10 GMT -6 astrosdoug said:

White has gone on a minor strikeout tear by swinging at a lot of stuff outside the zone, which he wasn't doing when he was first called up. Maybe trying to check his swing on an outside pitch is a sign of improvement, I don't know. At least, improvement over a full swing. The next logical step should be to totally refrain from swinging at that pitch.

I'm trying to remember if I've seen him successfully check his swing at this level

I'm sure he's stressing knowing that his time is limited with Correa rehabbing.

[bannedfan]

Pitiful. Next.

[m240]

Jake pulled a Jake there.  2 feet outside the zone.  Strike three. 

[astrosdoug]

Aug 6, 2018 20:44:31 GMT -6 bearbryant said:

Aug 6, 2018 20:42:10 GMT -6 astrosdoug said:

White has gone on a minor strikeout tear by swinging at a lot of stuff outside the zone, which he wasn't doing when he was first called up. Maybe trying to check his swing on an outside pitch is a sign of improvement, I don't know. At least, improvement over a full swing. The next logical step should be to totally refrain from swinging at that pitch.

I'm trying to remember if I've seen him successfully check his swing at this level

I've seen it happen, but he didn't do it on that last AB.

My sense of it is Tyler is trying to 'make things happen' by getting the big XBH or HR and therefore isn't as content as he was before to take a walk. 

However, I'd much rather see a walk than a strikeout. 

This whole season, patience at the plate has been the driver of his success. Now is not the time to change strategies.

[astrosdoug]

Aug 6, 2018 20:46:18 GMT -6 Saint said:

Aug 6, 2018 20:44:31 GMT -6 bearbryant said:

I'm trying to remember if I've seen him successfully check his swing at this level

I'm sure he's stressing knowing that his time is limited with Correa rehabbing.

I think so too. In the back of his mind, he may be thinking that if he can just clobber a few more HRs then Hinch will be forced to keep him on the active roster (some way, somehow). But that kind of pressing is only likely to spike his K%. 

[bannedfan]

Nice hit Kemp.

[m240]

love those 8 pitch at bats.  even when you lose you win but this time we win both ways.  

[bannedfan]

Bullshit call umpire.

[astrosdoug]

Bumgarner has the track record and the reputation, but this guy is pretty nasty in his own right.

[m240]

what a bs called. a full ball outside. this guy is not consistent.  hard to know when to swing and when not to.