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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 9, 2018 22:13:55 GMT -6
Tyler White is earning his spot in the lineup......Game winning home run in SF and then a double and home run tonight. Maybe this time he will continue being consistent. He has good power and is now showing it and deserves to stay in the lineup. Tonight, he, Jake, and Kemp did most of the damage. We got let down big time by Bregman, Gurriel, and Gattis........Bregman has not been good since the break and I think that home run derby appearance has hurt him and this team.
Glad Davis is on the way to Fresno and Correa is being activated. Now, let's get Altuve back.
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Post by Saint on Aug 10, 2018 7:04:52 GMT -6
Even if those guys aren't at 100%, they lengthen the lineup and teams/opposing pitchers have to make adjustments and have added stress.
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 10, 2018 8:28:36 GMT -6
With Davis, he appeared to keep being worse......probably pressing too much. In any case, he is the one who needed sent back.
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Post by olpapa on Aug 10, 2018 9:06:03 GMT -6
Tyler White is earning his spot in the lineup......Game winning home run in SF and then a double and home run tonight. Maybe this time he will continue being consistent. He has good power and is now showing it and deserves to stay in the lineup. Tonight, he, Jake, and Kemp did most of the damage. We got let down big time by Bregman, Gurriel, and Gattis........Bregman has not been good since the break and I think that home run derby appearance has hurt him and this team. Glad Davis is on the way to Fresno and Correa is being activated. Now, let's get Altuve back. Bregman is learning a lesson Samson learned many years ago. Don’t let anybody violate the locks. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 10, 2018 9:55:39 GMT -6
Tyler White is earning his spot in the lineup......Game winning home run in SF and then a double and home run tonight. Maybe this time he will continue being consistent. He has good power and is now showing it and deserves to stay in the lineup. Tonight, he, Jake, and Kemp did most of the damage. We got let down big time by Bregman, Gurriel, and Gattis........Bregman has not been good since the break and I think that home run derby appearance has hurt him and this team. Glad Davis is on the way to Fresno and Correa is being activated. Now, let's get Altuve back. Bregman is learning a lesson Samson learned many years ago. Don’t let anybody violate the locks. Bregman needs to study tape of him hitting before the break and how he has done since. He has not been good at all since the break. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 10, 2018 9:59:52 GMT -6
With Davis, he appeared to keep being worse......probably pressing too much. In any case, he is the one who needed sent back. Davis does not look ready offensively....defensively, yes. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Aug 10, 2018 10:29:58 GMT -6
Bregman is learning a lesson Samson learned many years ago. Don’t let anybody violate the locks. Bregman needs to study tape of him hitting before the break and how he has done since. He has not been good at all since the break. I do wonder how much the players study their own tapes. For example, if you look at Tyler White's slump in 2016, you see right away that he was pointing his toes way out toward right field, and that at the moment of contacting the ball, he had his right foot on the ground while his left foot was still up in the air. That made his swing very unbalanced and the result was batting avg around .215. After a few months of retooling in Fresno, he started pointing his toes more East-West and his left foot was planted firmly on the ground before he contacted the ball. The result was hitting in the .260s (and now the .280s). Big difference. I haven't reviewed Davis's tapes from last year and this year to see what has changed. In spring training he was a team leader. It seemed he could do no wrong. As with White's experience in 2016, the best place to work out the kinks is in Fresno. That gives lots of ABs and chances to get it right. Staying up with the Astros provides only around 10 ABs per week which really doesn't allow a hitter to get into a habit of good mechanics. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 10, 2018 13:45:00 GMT -6
How do you gentlemen feel about having White compete with Gattis for a part-time DH role. Hinch barely likes White taking the field but appreciates his hitting. Gattis is about as consistent as Texas weather. Just throwing that out there.
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 10, 2018 13:51:27 GMT -6
How do you gentlemen feel about having White compete with Gattis for a part-time DH role. Hinch barely likes White taking the field but appreciates his hitting. Gattis is about as consistent as Texas weather. Just throwing that out there. Good idea. Right now, if they want to keep Gurriel in the lineup.......and they will.......let White compete with Gattis. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 10, 2018 14:18:10 GMT -6
How do you gentlemen feel about having White compete with Gattis for a part-time DH role. Hinch barely likes White taking the field but appreciates his hitting. Gattis is about as consistent as Texas weather. Just throwing that out there. Leave Gattis alone, you hater!!! Go stare at your Marwin poster. |
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Post by m240 on Aug 10, 2018 14:40:04 GMT -6
For the playoffs if we follow the 13 pitchers and 12 hitter model that we have had most of the year then who will those players be:
Pitchers:
Verlander
Cole
Morton
Keuchel
McCullers
Rondon
Osuna
Pressley
Smith
McHugh
Peacock
Sipp
Devenski
Hitters
Stassi
Maldonado
Gurriel
Altuve
Correa
Bregman
Gonzales
Kemp
Springer
Reddick
Gattis
Marisnick
So who gets cut from the 25 man roster to give White a spot. Unless he goes into the toilet, he deserves a spot. Right now I would say Devenski.
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 10, 2018 14:50:44 GMT -6
For the playoffs if we follow the 13 pitchers and 12 hitter model that we have had most of the year then who will those players be: Pitchers: Verlander Cole Morton Keuchel McCullers Rondon Osuna Pressley Smith McHugh Peacock Sipp Devenski Hitters Stassi Maldonado Gurriel Altuve Correa Bregman Gonzales Kemp Springer Reddick Gattis Marisnick So who gets cut from the 25 man roster to give White a spot. Unless he goes into the toilet, he deserves a spot. Right now I would say Devenski. I am guessing Kemp...if Correa, Altuve and Springer are all healthy, and if White is bench along with Marwin, Gattis and Marisnick, I would see Kemp as the odd man out...based off intangibles (defense and position overlap). |
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Post by Saint on Aug 10, 2018 15:22:31 GMT -6
For the playoffs if we follow the 13 pitchers and 12 hitter model that we have had most of the year then who will those players be: Pitchers: Verlander Cole Morton Keuchel McCullers Rondon Osuna Pressley Smith McHugh Peacock Sipp Devenski Hitters Stassi Maldonado Gurriel Altuve Correa Bregman Gonzales Kemp Springer Reddick Gattis Marisnick So who gets cut from the 25 man roster to give White a spot. Unless he goes into the toilet, he deserves a spot. Right now I would say Devenski. I am guessing Kemp...if Correa, Altuve and Springer are all healthy, and if White is bench along with Marwin, Gattis and Marisnick, I would see Kemp as the odd man out...based off intangibles (defense and position overlap). I bet they keep Kemp over White unless White just continues to mash the way he currently is. Kemp gets on base better and has more defensive and baserunning versatility. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 10, 2018 15:38:38 GMT -6
I am guessing Kemp...if Correa, Altuve and Springer are all healthy, and if White is bench along with Marwin, Gattis and Marisnick, I would see Kemp as the odd man out...based off intangibles (defense and position overlap). I bet they keep Kemp over White unless White just continues to mash the way he currently is. Kemp gets on base better and has more defensive and baserunning versatility. I don't see why they would need 13 pitchers in the playoffs....One or two of the regular season starters will be in the pen. i would rather have 13 hitters. If I had my way, they could carry 27-28 players on a playoff roster |
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Post by Saint on Aug 10, 2018 16:37:59 GMT -6
I bet they keep Kemp over White unless White just continues to mash the way he currently is. Kemp gets on base better and has more defensive and baserunning versatility. I don't see why they would need 13 pitchers in the playoffs....One or two of the regular season starters will be in the pen. i would rather have 13 hitters. If I had my way, they could carry 27-28 players on a playoff roster In the postseason you tend to see quicker and more frequent mmoves with pitchers though. |
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