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Post by m240 on Sept 21, 2019 7:11:47 GMT -6
Only two of Houstons farm hands have gotten into action so far in the AFL. Pena is hitting 333 with 5 hits in 15 at bats and Matejevic is hitting 462 and hit a home run last night. He also is playing 1st base.
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Post by olpapa on Sept 21, 2019 8:23:58 GMT -6
Only two of Houstons farm hands have gotten into action so far in the AFL. Pena is hitting 333 with 5 hits in 15 at bats and Matejevic is hitting 462 and hit a home run last night. He also is playing 1st base. Matijevic might make a ML ballplayer if he can put away the weed. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Sept 21, 2019 8:37:51 GMT -6
Only two of Houstons farm hands have gotten into action so far in the AFL. Pena is hitting 333 with 5 hits in 15 at bats and Matejevic is hitting 462 and hit a home run last night. He also is playing 1st base. Matijevic might make a ML ballplayer if he can put away the weed. He has Singleton's Disease? |
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Post by unionstation82 on Sept 21, 2019 8:38:18 GMT -6
Only two of Houstons farm hands have gotten into action so far in the AFL. Pena is hitting 333 with 5 hits in 15 at bats and Matejevic is hitting 462 and hit a home run last night. He also is playing 1st base. Matijevic might make a ML ballplayer if he can put away the weed. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2019 9:14:26 GMT -6
Only two of Houstons farm hands have gotten into action so far in the AFL. Pena is hitting 333 with 5 hits in 15 at bats and Matejevic is hitting 462 and hit a home run last night. He also is playing 1st base. Matijevic might make a ML ballplayer if he can put away the weed.  |
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Post by olpapa on Sept 21, 2019 9:33:50 GMT -6
Matijevic might make a ML ballplayer if he can put away the weed. He has Singleton's Disease? Yep. Got suspended this season. |
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Post by olpapa on Sept 21, 2019 20:40:10 GMT -6
Whitley has pitched 4 innings of no-hit, shutout ball in the AFL tonight. Has 5 Ks, 2 BB, 1 HBP and 1 Balk. Also has 6 ground outs and 1 fly out.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2019 21:00:55 GMT -6
Whitley has pitched 4 innings of no-hit, shutout ball in the AFL tonight. Has 5 Ks, 2 BB, 1 HBP and 1 Balk. Also has 6 ground outs and 1 fly out. This Jekyll / Hyde pitching act is good evidence of a kid with a serious problem of concentrating on the situation at hand. Kid needs a wake up call. |
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Post by olpapa on Sept 21, 2019 21:17:25 GMT -6
Whitley finishes throwing 4.2 innings, allowing 0 runs, 1 hit, walking 2 and striking out 6. He threw 83 pitches, 46 for strikes. Um, almost half his pitches were outside the strike zone.
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Post by m240 on Sept 21, 2019 21:56:46 GMT -6
perhaps the best thing that could happen to Whitley would be to be made the long relief guy in Houston's bullpen next year. Having the ability to talk to old pros like Verlander and Greinke and getting the combined knowledge of those two guys and their opinion of how to be successful for such long terms might just be the ticket for our young head case.
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Post by m240 on Sept 25, 2019 7:20:29 GMT -6
Seth Beer hitting 357 in the Arizona fall league. Watching this guy play for someone else will be tough but even if he is an all star we would still have to do that trade.
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Post by thomasj13 on Sept 25, 2019 7:38:20 GMT -6
Seth Beer hitting 357 in the Arizona fall league. Watching this guy play for someone else will be tough but even if he is an all star we would still have to do that trade. I agree.... Astros have Alvarez, don't need another young player that really can only be a DH. |
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Post by olpapa on Sept 26, 2019 8:28:05 GMT -6
Colton Shaver had a good game Tuesday for Peoria. Went 2-4 and threw out 2 of 3 runners attempting to steal.
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Post by thomasj13 on Sept 26, 2019 8:31:10 GMT -6
Colton Shaver had a good game Tuesday for Peoria. Went 2-4 and threw out 2 of 3 runners attempting to steal. Do you think the Astros will work with Alvarez at 1B in the OS? We saw him in LF and it wasn't good. |
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Post by olpapa on Sept 26, 2019 8:54:01 GMT -6
Colton Shaver had a good game Tuesday for Peoria. Went 2-4 and threw out 2 of 3 runners attempting to steal. Do you think the Astros will work with Alvarez at 1B in the OS? We saw him in LF and it wasn't good. I would think so, yes. Probably will work with him in LF and at 1B, but with next season likely being Yuli’s last with Houston, it would be nice if Yordan could step in at 1B after next season. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Sept 26, 2019 10:17:52 GMT -6
Colton Shaver had a good game Tuesday for Peoria. Went 2-4 and threw out 2 of 3 runners attempting to steal. Do you think the Astros will work with Alvarez at 1B in the OS? We saw him in LF and it wasn't good. He has potential in LF but what we saw was a guy who is the DH 97% of the time not catching a ball he could’ve had with more experience. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Sept 26, 2019 13:03:04 GMT -6
He's too big for the OF.
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Post by olpapa on Sept 26, 2019 14:02:22 GMT -6
This brings back a memory from my childhood. I remember going to see the Colt 45’s play the Giants at old Colt Stadium. The Giants had brought up Willie McCovey and he was put out in LF because Orlando Cepeda was the Giants first baseman. A ball was lined into LF in front of McCovey and it bounced a few times and then went between his feet and all the way to the LF wall. McCovey just turned around and watched the ball roll. He never made a move to go after the ball. Willie Mays had to come all the way from center field to pick the ball up and through it back in. I never liked McCovey after that. The Giants soon traded Cepeda to the Cardinals and put McCovey at first base. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Sept 26, 2019 16:20:40 GMT -6
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Post by unionstation82 on Sept 26, 2019 16:21:18 GMT -6
This brings back a memory from my childhood. I remember going to see the Colt 45’s play the Giants at old Colt Stadium. The Giants had brought up Willie McCovey and he was put out in LF because Orlando Cepeda was the Giants first baseman. A ball was lined into LF in front of McCovey and it bounced a few times and then went between his feet and all the way to the LF wall. McCovey just turned around and watched the ball roll. He never made a move to go after the ball. Willie Mays had to come all the way from center field to pick the ball up and through it back in. I never liked McCovey after that. The Giants soon traded Cepeda to the Cardinals and put McCovey at first base. No excuse for shit effort. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Sept 26, 2019 16:29:37 GMT -6
Yes. I don't expect Yuli's PEDS to sustain him through next season...er, I mean... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2019 16:39:17 GMT -6
El Cabusto, in his reign in LF, lowered the elevation of that part of the park by 2 feet. |
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Post by m240 on Sept 27, 2019 18:08:21 GMT -6
Yes. I don't expect Yuli's PEDS to sustain him through next season...er, I mean... PEDS, what is that a new kind of tennis shoe? |
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Post by olpapa on Sept 28, 2019 21:26:03 GMT -6
Whitley’s line tonight: 4.2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 8 K
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Post by unionstation82 on Sept 28, 2019 21:41:04 GMT -6
Whitley’s line tonight: 4.2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 8 K Damn Whitley figuring it out so late. He could’ve been a badass #5. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2019 21:52:45 GMT -6
Whitley’s line tonight: 4.2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 8 K Damn Whitley figuring it out so late. He could’ve been a badass #5. He's Laloosh. You never know what you are going to get on any given night |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Sept 28, 2019 22:28:49 GMT -6
If they'd let him re-start his Ritalin or whatever he was on, he could be an ace.
ETA: It was Adderall, I think.
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Post by olpapa on Sept 28, 2019 22:29:43 GMT -6
Matijevic 2-4 with a triple tonight. He is having a good AFL season so far. Batting .294. He is playing first base.
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Post by olpapa on Oct 1, 2019 7:50:16 GMT -6
Colton Shaver went hit less in his AFL game on Sunday, but he did throw out the only runner who attempted to steal on him.
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Post by olpapa on Oct 3, 2019 8:17:49 GMT -6
We may want to keep an eye on Jojanse Torres. He head an excellent year at A and Advanced A ball this year, going 12-0 and posting a 1.71 ERA across the 2 levels. Looks like he is being used as a closer by Peoria in the Arizona Fall League. He has pitched one inning in each of the 3 games he has participated in. He earned the save in his last 2 games, striking out the side in both games. He has 8 strikeouts in his 3 IP so far and has not allowed a run.
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