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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 12, 2019 18:31:12 GMT -6
I'm going to clean it up when I get home. Y'all don't be offended if some of your posts are deleted (mine included).He Here's one to think about. Just Imagine that every Hand You Have shaken has held a Penis at one time or another. That is pretty deep. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 12, 2019 19:26:58 GMT -6
Still early into the 2019 season, but the Rays are looking very legit. I hope/root for they/them to win the AL East
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 12, 2019 20:26:16 GMT -6
Still early into the 2019 season, but the Rays are looking very legit. I hope/root for they/them to win the AL East I don’t because we suck at The Trop. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 12, 2019 20:27:02 GMT -6
Oh, you derailed it alright. Whatever, you like getting railed. You must have me confused for your mom. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Apr 12, 2019 20:38:21 GMT -6
Still early into the 2019 season, but the Rays are looking very legit. I hope/root for they/them to win the AL East I am rooting for the Orioles. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 13, 2019 0:39:44 GMT -6
Still early into the 2019 season, but the Rays are looking very legit. I hope/root for they/them to win the AL East right now the Orioles are neck and neck with the BoSox. How hilarious would it be if the O's outscore Betts and Benintendi and those guys this year. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 13, 2019 2:13:50 GMT -6
Don't look now, but the Astros are once again leading the AL in GIDP's. 15 so far, or about one per game.
Of course, when you generate a lot of base traffic, this will be one of the consequences, but the Astros are GIDP'ing in 14.9% of cases where there is a risk of doing so. So far the league average is 9%, though as the season progresses it will probably revert to a more normal level of around 10.5%.
Last year, the Stros led the league in GIDP% at 13%. So far this year, they have only gotten worse at avoiding the GIDP.
Not sure why, but the team is hitting a lot more ground balls in 2019 (44.7% of all Astros batted balls have been of this type, 4th place in the AL). Last year the team GB% was 41.6%.
White, Kemp, Marisnick, Springer, Brantley, and Stassi have all hit a majority of their batted balls on the ground, making them the most likely to GIDP. With Brantley earning top GIDP honors at the moment. Last year, only Stassi hit a majority of his batted balls on the ground, so it's perplexing why the other guys are doing this.
Not sure whether this GB craze reflects something Hudgens is asking the guys to do, or perhaps the Stros have just run into a string of GB pitchers to begin the season. It's hard to argue with a team OPS of .845, but most of that damage has come via the HR, not the GB.
Anyway, this is an aspect of the Astros game to monitor as the season goes on.
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 13, 2019 10:21:59 GMT -6
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 13, 2019 10:30:52 GMT -6
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Apr 13, 2019 19:45:51 GMT -6
Whatever, you like getting railed. You must have me confused for your mom. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 13, 2019 20:24:44 GMT -6
That meme was at its best when it was "Come at me, bro"
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 14, 2019 11:04:29 GMT -6
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 15, 2019 14:28:40 GMT -6
MLBTR:
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Post by bearbryant on Apr 15, 2019 16:16:05 GMT -6
Kike Hernandez appears to have a starting job for the first time in his career
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Post by marshall on Apr 15, 2019 19:24:12 GMT -6
Does any team sign Keuchel in April? It will be up to Dallas, how much he wants to save face, after he painted himself into a corner. His value has been declining from a point about 2 weeks before the season. My proposed one year offer of $17M is now down to $13.3M and continues declining at a rate of $0.9M per week. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 19:33:48 GMT -6
It will be up to Dallas, how much he wants to save face, after he painted himself into a corner. His value has been declining from a point about 2 weeks before the season. My proposed one year offer of $17M is now down to $13.3M and continues declining at a rate of $0.9M per week. At this point he looks like a fool and he should just sign somewhere. He is not doing what he loves and isn’t making money all because of his pride and Scott Boras in one ear. |
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 15, 2019 19:42:39 GMT -6
It will be up to Dallas, how much he wants to save face, after he painted himself into a corner. His value has been declining from a point about 2 weeks before the season. My proposed one year offer of $17M is now down to $13.3M and continues declining at a rate of $0.9M per week. I really thought he would be like last month in March how Arrieta went, but it looks he didn't deviate his offer until now. I am sure he is going to sign when some desperate team will bite. |
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Post by m240 on Apr 15, 2019 20:12:24 GMT -6
How much has the Kuechel situation driven down the value of Boras representation.
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 15, 2019 20:14:17 GMT -6
How much has the Kuechel situation driven down the value of Boras representation. We shall this season |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 15, 2019 23:01:38 GMT -6
How much has the Kuechel situation driven down the value of Boras representation. This, plus the situations last season where several of his big names turned down QOs and then later in the off season signed short term contracts for far less than the QO. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 15, 2019 23:48:40 GMT -6
Box score from Seattle today is an interesting read.
8 relievers (4 from each side) combined to throw a whopping 3.1 innings in relief. That sure did sell some extra advertising...
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Post by marshall on Apr 16, 2019 5:22:54 GMT -6
Don't look now, but the Astros are once again leading the AL in GIDP's. 15 so far, or about one per game. Of course, when you generate a lot of base traffic, this will be one of the consequences, but the Astros are GIDP'ing in 14.9% of cases where there is a risk of doing so. So far the league average is 9%, though as the season progresses it will probably revert to a more normal level of around 10.5%. Last year, the Stros led the league in GIDP% at 13%. So far this year, they have only gotten worse at avoiding the GIDP. Not sure why, but the team is hitting a lot more ground balls in 2019 (44.7% of all Astros batted balls have been of this type, 4th place in the AL). Last year the team GB% was 41.6%. White, Kemp, Marisnick, Springer, Brantley, and Stassi have all hit a majority of their batted balls on the ground, making them the most likely to GIDP. With Brantley earning top GIDP honors at the moment. Last year, only Stassi hit a majority of his batted balls on the ground, so it's perplexing why the other guys are doing this. Not sure whether this GB craze reflects something Hudgens is asking the guys to do, or perhaps the Stros have just run into a string of GB pitchers to begin the season. It's hard to argue with a team OPS of .845, but most of that damage has come via the HR, not the GB. Anyway, this is an aspect of the Astros game to monitor as the season goes on. Just a thought for your consideration.
If a team has a higher average MPH off the bat, it should result in more hits making it through the infield, more HRs and unfortunately more GDPs because it's harder to beat out a sharply hit ball than a dink.
I therefore suggest there might be a correlation between MPH off the bat and GDP.
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 16, 2019 5:39:30 GMT -6
Don't look now, but the Astros are once again leading the AL in GIDP's. 15 so far, or about one per game. Just a thought for your consideration.
If a team has a higher average MPH off the bat, it should result in more hits making it through the infield, more HRs and unfortunately more GDPs because it's harder to beat out a sharply hit ball than a dink.
I therefore suggest there might be a correlation between MPH off the bat and GDP.
Thanks for he idea about hard contact. I hadn't really considered that before. Since I wrote that post, the Astros' team OPS has fallen to .821, good for second in the AL behind Seattle. Here is the Astros' HardContact% since they became a playoff team again in 2015: 2015 - 30.5% 2016 - 33.0% 2017 - 32.3% 2018 - 32.6% 2019 (first few weeks) - 34.6% That is quite impressive, to be the hardest-hitting team in recent Astros memory, even surpassing the 2016 team which featured Chris Carter. The Astros team leaders in HardContact% this year are in order: Altuve, Springer, Correa, Brantley, Stassi. The Astros hitters with the weakest contact this year are so far, in order: Chirinos, Marisnick, Reddick, Gurriel, White. In recent seasons, Marisnick, Gurriel and White all had very high HardContact rates, so I have to think their numbers will rise closer to their career averages soon. The Astros certainly wouldn't want to hit the ball softly in an effort to avoid the GIDP. But if they could hit more HardContact fly balls than HardContact ground balls, that would do a lot to avoid the GIDP. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 16, 2019 5:48:16 GMT -6
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 16, 2019 6:07:25 GMT -6
If he has 90 hits this year, a big if, with his $21M a year contract, he is virtually getting paid $233,333 a hit. 80 hits would mean $265,000. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 16, 2019 6:17:07 GMT -6
If he has 90 hits this year, a big if, with his $21M a year contract, he is virtually getting paid $233,333 a hit. 80 hits would mean $265,000. Everyone’s having a laugh except Angelos. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 16, 2019 6:19:08 GMT -6
The Astros need some blowout victories over the next couple weeks to keep from temping AJ to use Osuna and Pressly every game.
Right now, Osuna is on track to throw around 85 innings this season and Pressly, around 75.
It would be great if both of those guys could be limited to around 60 innings in the regular season so they are still effective in the playoffs.
We saw in 2017 that you don't necessarily have to have an effective bullpen to win it all, but that is not the recommended way of doing it.
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 16, 2019 6:50:45 GMT -6
Speaking of overworking a bullpen... the Athletics have 3 relievers on pace to well exceed 100 innings this year (of course they will burn out before they actually do so): Trivino, Treinen, and Wendelken. That should help prevent a situation like the Astros had last year, where the A's just hung around near the top of the standings for way too long.
They have another RP trio (Soria, Buchter, Rodney) that is getting shelled so that increases the pressure to overuse the quality relievers.
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 16, 2019 8:20:40 GMT -6
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 16, 2019 8:34:29 GMT -6
there was an article today in (I hate to say it) ESPN that the MLB is on record to have a record number of pitches thrown in 2019, simply because the hitters are so much more willing to take pitches, and because pitchers are more willing than ever to nibble at corners and try to get hitters to chase out of the zone. Here are the Astros' pitches seen per plate appearance so far for 2019. I was really surprised to see Springer topping the list.  If some of the more impatient hitters (Reddick, Brantley, Gurriel, Diaz) could adopt a more grinding approach, it would really help to maul over opposing pitchers. |
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