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Post by m240 on Jan 16, 2019 7:51:47 GMT -6
you guys are funny. very few guys play 162 games anymore and with the dh you can rotate guys and give them days off and days acting as the dh. The guys that we have assembled have the positional flexibility to rotate over and rotate into the dh slot. So having 10 guys covering 9 positions gives everyone 146 games more of less (only 1 guy played more than that last year), and with substitutions in and out as a late game replacement then most guys would get into 150+ games. And if you have an injury you replace those at bats with someone who can hit at an 800+ops versus Gattis, Kemp, Davis, or Marisnick.
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Post by m240 on Jan 16, 2019 7:53:46 GMT -6
I have never looked, I am sure olpapa knows. Let me take a look where I normally go.
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Post by m240 on Jan 16, 2019 8:01:28 GMT -6
At the team site for the CC hooks you can go to stats and see what the guys did there and at AAA. The splits for Straw were very steep at CC as his ops was over 900 versus left handers and just under 800 versus high handers. His splits at AAA were only 60 pts off with him hitting lefties better.
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Post by marshall on Jan 16, 2019 8:42:37 GMT -6
At the team site for the CC hooks you can go to stats and see what the guys did there and at AAA. The splits for Straw were very steep at CC as his ops was over 900 versus left handers and just under 800 versus high handers. His splits at AAA were only 60 pts off with him hitting lefties better. I'm liking Straw to make the roster more and more. |
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Post by Saint on Jan 16, 2019 8:45:58 GMT -6
Straw will be up with the team at some point. I doubt he makes the OD roster.
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Post by marshall on Jan 16, 2019 8:57:53 GMT -6
As much as I like Kemp, I think he's expendable at this point.
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Post by m240 on Jan 16, 2019 9:42:19 GMT -6
As much as I like Kemp, I think he's expendable at this point. agreed |
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Post by m240 on Jan 16, 2019 9:44:31 GMT -6
Straw will be up with the team at some point. I doubt he makes the OD roster. I think that depends on what he does in spring training. If he rips it up then he will make the od roster. He is not the kind of talent that you would manipulate to get an extra year of control |
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Jan 16, 2019 9:47:44 GMT -6
snell is left handed, Straw come out against right handed guys. I hadn't realized Brantley performed so poorly against lefties (66 OPS+), so a platoon situation might be best for him. Just leave him in against righties with his 141 OPS+ against righties and he looks even better than his overall OPS+ would indicate. I haven't checked Straw or Tucker against lefties. Is there a place to find out their minor league splits since their MLB splits are so limited they may not even have an AB against a lefty?
Hey marshall the bad news is, there once was a site called minorleaguesplits but it closed down several years ago. The good news is, BBref does provide minor league splits, although you can only view one year at at time. 1 - Go to the player page for the player you're interested in. 2 - Click on Minor Lg Stats. (New items will appear on the same line) 3 - Hover over Minors Game Logs & Splits. (Links for each year will appear below the line) 4 - Click on the year you wish to view. 5 - ? ? ? 6 - PROFIT!!! Example result for Myles Straw 2018 (Game logs are at the top of the page, you have to scroll to the bottom to see the splits  ) www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=straw-000myl&type=bgl&year=2018 |
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Post by Saint on Jan 16, 2019 10:49:17 GMT -6
Straw will be up with the team at some point. I doubt he makes the OD roster. I think that depends on what he does in spring training. If he rips it up then he will make the od roster. He is not the kind of talent that you would manipulate to get an extra year of control Unless we shed some veterans in the OF before OD, I can't see us keeping him unless he hits .500+. |
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Post by m240 on Jan 16, 2019 10:58:27 GMT -6
I will bet you an ice cold beverage that Straw is on the opening day roster and not Marisnick
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Post by Saint on Jan 16, 2019 11:08:53 GMT -6
I will bet you an ice cold beverage that Straw is on the opening day roster and not Marisnick They're under contract to pay him $2 million for 2019. Do you think he's going to be traded or paid that money while playing in AAA? I know people are pretty mixed on Jake, but he's done exactly what they've wanted so far. I don't think they'd just release him. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jan 16, 2019 13:33:26 GMT -6
I will bet you an ice cold beverage that Straw is on the opening day roster and not Marisnick just release him. One can only hope |
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Post by astrosdoug on Jan 17, 2019 5:36:55 GMT -6
At the team site for the CC hooks you can go to stats and see what the guys did there and at AAA. The splits for Straw were very steep at CC as his ops was over 900 versus left handers and just under 800 versus high handers. His splits at AAA were only 60 pts off with him hitting lefties better. I'm liking Straw to make the roster more and more. Straw is cheaper and faster than Marisnick, and I'd be surprised if his OPS this year ends up being lower than Marisnick's career mark. Jake is the better defender, but give Straw more experience in the OF and he will probably improve his routes and do the same type of 4- and 5-start catches that Jake makes. If Straw sticks on the team for the whole season, the Astros may well steal over 100 bases this year. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2019 6:52:22 GMT -6
I'm liking Straw to make the roster more and more. Straw is cheaper and faster than Marisnick, and I'd be surprised if his OPS this year ends up being lower than Marisnick's career mark. Jake is the better defender, but give Straw more experience in the OF and he will probably improve his routes and do the same type of 4- and 5-start catches that Jake makes. If Straw sticks on the team for the whole season, the Astros may well steal over 100 bases this year. I have seen some rumblings that MLB is considering expanding the roster size past 25. That would allow team to basically employ a designated runner for pretty much as a full time job. Straw would fit that bill just fine. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Jan 17, 2019 7:10:28 GMT -6
These are the L/R splits for current Astros based on their hitting in the 2016 to 2018 seasons combined:
vs RHP
Altuve .922 OPS
Brantley .860
Bregman .839
Correa .821
Springer .795
Reddick .780
Gurriel .775
Chirinos .772
White .720 (improved to .822 over the 2017-18 seasons)
Kemp .711
Stassi .703
Marisnick .649
Fisher .620
vs LHP
Bregman .937
Springer .915
White .909
Chirinos .890
Altuve .875
Correa .841
Reddick .801
Gurriel .766
Marisnick .734
Brantley .692
Stassi .668
Kemp .610
It's pretty impressive to think that on any given night against RHP, Hinch could pencil in 9 guys with good odds of hitting for >750 OPS in that game, and could pencil in 8 such guys in a given game vs LHP. That isn't counting what Tucker and Straw might be able to bring.
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Post by astrosdoug on Jan 17, 2019 9:09:17 GMT -6
I forgot about Aledmys Diaz. Over the past 3 seasons, he's hit .812 OPS against RHP and .693 against LHP.
Considering the Astros' struggles against RHP in 2018, adding Diaz and Brantley to the mix really helps. As a team, the Astros only hit .733 OPS vs RHP in 2018, which placed them 14th out of the 30 MLB teams. Against LHP they were much better, at .803 OPS (tops in the majors).
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Post by m240 on Jan 17, 2019 9:16:29 GMT -6
So there you go, making the weak spots stronger. We got a great gm there guys and gals.
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Post by astrosdoug on Jan 17, 2019 9:50:49 GMT -6
Can't be sure about what type of lineup card alchemy Hinch will work this year, but crunching some of these numbers, it looks like the team should maintain an OPS of at least .765 against RHP this year and at least .800 against LHP. That ought to come out to an overall OPS of .775, and that figure is based on some pretty conservative assumptions.
A .775 team OPS last season would have been good for 3rd in MLB (after BOS and NYY), much better than the 7th-place performance the team turned in last year.
If Luhnow finds a way to further improve the roster and some of the assumptions prove overly conservative, this 2019 could break the .800 OPS threshold as it did in 2017.
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Post by m240 on Jan 17, 2019 10:17:58 GMT -6
Can't be sure about what type of lineup card alchemy Hinch will work this year, but crunching some of these numbers, it looks like the team should maintain an OPS of at least .765 against RHP this year and at least .800 against LHP. That ought to come out to an overall OPS of .775, and that figure is based on some pretty conservative assumptions. A .775 team OPS last season would have been good for 3rd in MLB (after BOS and NYY), much better than the 7th-place performance the team turned in last year. If Luhnow finds a way to further improve the roster and some of the assumptions prove overly conservative, this 2019 could break the .800 OPS threshold as it did in 2017. that is what I think will happen. Altuve returns to normal, Correa turns in his pre-back issue level of performance, Springer gets back over 800, Bregman kills it, White keeps it up, Brantley and Diaz do their thing and Tucker shows us what little Ted can do. |
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Post by m240 on Jan 17, 2019 10:20:00 GMT -6
oh and i forgot we never know with Reddick whether we are going to get a WOOOOOOO , or a wooooooo
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Post by abregmanfan on Jan 22, 2019 17:42:46 GMT -6
Is it March yet?
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Post by bannedfan on Jan 26, 2019 18:50:42 GMT -6
And it’s a good bet that Charlie Morton is pitching against us in game 2.
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Post by paastrosfan on Jan 29, 2019 11:20:26 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2019 9:25:28 GMT -6
Are we thinking this will be Verlander vs. Snell? If so, should be a pitchers duel. Astros win 3-1.
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Post by astrosdoug on Feb 10, 2019 4:52:50 GMT -6
As badass as Snell is, he is still a lefty and that gives the Astros a bit of an advantage.
I'd say he goes 5.1 innings, gives up 3 runs, and the bullpen gives up another run. JV goes 7 innings, gives up a run and the bullpen gives up another.
Astros win, 4-2.
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Post by astrosdoug on Feb 10, 2019 5:14:32 GMT -6
Snell faced the Astros twice last year between June 19 and July 1, and won both games.
The first game was pretty winnable; the Stros got 3 hits and 7 walks off Snell over 7 innings. But a few factors combined to torpedo the Astros in that game --
1) Altuve started on the bench (can't remember if due to injury or scheduled day off)
2) Bregman started at 2B and Yuli at 3B, so really weird infield arrangement
3) Yuli and Gattis both hit into double plays.
4) Bregs got thrown out at second unwisely trying to extend a single into a double.
5) Jake played the entire game rather than just late-inning defense.
6) Marwin (who started at LF) was especially flat, failing to reach base and striking out twice.
On Opening Day, we can assume Altuve will start and that Gattis/Marwin will not be factors. Jake may well be at AAA. We should not see guys playing out of position on OD.
Overall, this game vs Snell should give the Astros much better chances than back on June 19.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 16:32:00 GMT -6
Now offically less than a week to Opening Day!!!!!!!!  |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Mar 21, 2019 17:09:07 GMT -6
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Post by marshall on Mar 22, 2019 4:33:33 GMT -6
My Birthday Sunday marks the (un)Official Opening of Baseball Season. I don't care if it's technically off by a few days. It is if I want it to be!
I think technically, the overseas games means we're already in the season.
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