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Post by blcoach8 on Jul 23, 2019 16:09:14 GMT -6
No player puts more effort into the game than Altuve. If anyone deserved the contract he got, it was him. My only complaint with him is his impatience at the plate and trying to pull the ball too often. There are times he should not be trying to pull. His mental lapses are very costly at times.
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Post by Saint on Jul 29, 2019 7:41:41 GMT -6
So Altuve is now up to .293/.353/.519 for a .872 OPS. That would be the 3rd highest OPS of his career after such a horrible start. However, with the increase in offense this year, it would only be his 5th highest in OPS+ at 128.
That being said, what an amazing bounce back. And with the long break on the IL and him saying his legs feel great, I'm hoping that means he can continue to have a very strong end to the season. All of our earlier hopes for things he might reach can be extended now. I see no reason he can't reach and maintain a .900 OPS and .310 AVG at the rate he is going. Not to mention that 20+ HRs is well in reach. I still hope he increases the SBs but the overall production he is showing now is back at MVP-caliber.
Since coming back he is hitting: .345/.378/.568 .947 OPS with .374/.412/.648 1.061 OPS in July.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jul 29, 2019 7:57:53 GMT -6
Yet if he goes 0fer tomorrow, we'll be right back to calling him a scrub and lamenting what a waste his new contract is.
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Post by Saint on Jul 29, 2019 8:11:12 GMT -6
Yet if he goes 0fer tomorrow, we'll be right back to calling him a scrub and lamenting what a waste his new contract is. I don't know about a scrub. Someone will probably call him a dumbass. |
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Post by Saint on Jul 31, 2019 8:24:10 GMT -6
So he finally reached the .300 mark last night. Currently at .300 with an .884 OPS (132 OPS+). He probably doesn't have a shot at the SS this year since he missed so much time, but he's getting close to DJ L. in NY who is currently at a 138 OPS+. Could make it an interesting run if Altuve stays hot though.
What makes this interesting is that Altuve isn't actually hitting the ball very hard during this run. He has a couple of HRs, but a lot of his hits have been infield dribblers or bloopers to the OF. Out of the 3 hits yesterday only the double was hit semi-hard, and it was basically just a medium-hard grounder. And I'm not criticizing, because when he is going well that's what he does.
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Post by Saint on Aug 2, 2019 5:46:40 GMT -6
So you need 502 plate appearances to qualify for the various stat runs. Altuve would need to average 4 plate appearances over at least 44 games to meet that mark, with 52 games left. I doubt he would get more than 8 more games off unless he gets hurt again so he should be able to reach that mark.
If he qualified right now (.303) he'd be in 7th place and 29 points behind the leader (.332) for the batting race.
Who thinks he can do it?
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 2, 2019 10:03:52 GMT -6
So you need 502 plate appearances to qualify for the various stat runs. Altuve would need to average 4 plate appearances over at least 44 games to meet that mark, with 52 games left. I doubt he would get more than 8 more games off unless he gets hurt again so he should be able to reach that mark. If he qualified right now (.303) he'd be in 7th place and 29 points behind the leader (.332) for the batting race. Who thinks he can do it? Where there’s bunting, there’s a way. |
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Post by Saint on Aug 2, 2019 10:07:31 GMT -6
So you need 502 plate appearances to qualify for the various stat runs. Altuve would need to average 4 plate appearances over at least 44 games to meet that mark, with 52 games left. I doubt he would get more than 8 more games off unless he gets hurt again so he should be able to reach that mark. If he qualified right now (.303) he'd be in 7th place and 29 points behind the leader (.332) for the batting race. Who thinks he can do it? Where there’s bunting, there’s a way. Yeah but he's better than Willy T. What's finally done it for him again is him putting more balls in play based on wherever the pitch is, even if that means just throwing the bat out there and blooping something to CF or RF, rather than trying to pull everything. He's not striking out as much because of it, and with his speed back he is beating more dinkers out. Outside of a few homeruns, he still isn't hitting that ball that hard. His exit velocity is actually below average. Yesterday his two hits were weaker than his lineout to third. All that being said, his BABIP was way low for his career which meant some of his struggles were bad luck. |
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Post by Saint on Aug 13, 2019 11:12:08 GMT -6
Up to .304/.365/.550 (.916 OPS // 139 OPS+).
At this point it would be nice to get greedy and see if he can reach .320/.380 while maintaining the power. And stealing some more bases, of course.
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 13, 2019 14:56:17 GMT -6
Up to .304/.365/.550 (.916 OPS // 139 OPS+). At this point it would be nice to get greedy and see if he can reach .320/.380 while maintaining the power. And stealing some more bases, of course. Altuve, Bregman, and Brantley all need to turn it up with the steals. |
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Post by bearbryant on Aug 13, 2019 17:00:03 GMT -6
Up to .304/.365/.550 (.916 OPS // 139 OPS+). At this point it would be nice to get greedy and see if he can reach .320/.380 while maintaining the power. And stealing some more bases, of course. Altuve, Bregman, and Brantley all need to turn it up with the steals. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 13, 2019 17:14:19 GMT -6
Altuve, Bregman, and Brantley all need to turn it up with the steals. I like that last part. The extreme shifts kind of kill their double play opportunities anyway. |
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Post by Saint on Aug 13, 2019 18:45:35 GMT -6
You don't need to steal or bunt a lot when you score in bunches via the HR. It just gets frustrating when we play for the long ball instead of trying to add an extra run or two.
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Post by abregmanfan on Aug 13, 2019 18:50:31 GMT -6
as a team we generally don't steal, we don't bunt, and we don't IBB batters. I wonder if there's a portrait of Billy Beane in the front office I like that last part. The extreme shifts kind of kill their double play opportunities anyway. I thought mlb baseball wanted to ban the shift.? |
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Post by Saint on Aug 15, 2019 13:46:04 GMT -6
Altuve has now, at least temporarily, surpassed DJ LeMaheorifodi in HR, OPS, and OPS+. He'll have to stay hot, but he has certainly put himself in a position to maintain his Silver Slugger streak at this rate. He's still 30 points behind in AVG but he's trending in the right direction.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 15, 2019 14:44:03 GMT -6
What an amazing player. That's a hell of a comeback.
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 15, 2019 14:46:19 GMT -6
What an amazing player. That's a hell of a comeback. He is only slightly overrated. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 15, 2019 14:49:21 GMT -6
What an amazing player. That's a hell of a comeback. Yeah, for a dumbassed troglodyte. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Aug 15, 2019 14:54:05 GMT -6
What an amazing player. That's a hell of a comeback. Yeah, for a dumbassed troglodyte. Dumbassed cocksnorfle troglodyte |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 15, 2019 14:57:27 GMT -6
Great player but being smart isn't one of his strong points.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Aug 15, 2019 15:22:39 GMT -6
Yeah, for a dumbassed troglodyte. Dumbassed cocksnorfle troglodyte Ahh, I miss my old vernacular. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 15, 2019 15:30:15 GMT -6
Great player but being smart isn't one of his strong points. I guess it’s better than a former major leaguer like Sparks saying Jake can’t catch up to a fastball. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Aug 15, 2019 23:21:45 GMT -6
Great player but being smart isn't one of his strong points. I guess it’s better than a former major leaguer like Sparks saying Jake can’t catch up to a fastball. I don't remember Sparks being much of a pitcher. |
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Post by Saint on Aug 16, 2019 8:47:19 GMT -6
Aaaaaand then a step back.
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Post by Saint on Aug 16, 2019 20:52:53 GMT -6
I jinxed him.
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Post by Saint on Aug 19, 2019 8:39:10 GMT -6
So the OPS+ quickly dropped from 143 back down to 133. Still very good, but it would be nice to see him get hot again. He had a little bit of bad luck in Oakland with some hard hit balls right at Chapman, but that's where they'll play him if he pulls everything. I still think his swinging bunt yesterday should have been a single and an error for what it's worth. It's obvious he lost his confidence a little after the two GIDPs to start the games in Oakland. Hopefully returning home will get him back going again.
Get back over .300, Jose!
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 19, 2019 15:23:10 GMT -6
So the OPS+ quickly dropped from 143 back down to 133. Still very good, but it would be nice to see him get hot again. He had a little bit of bad luck in Oakland with some hard hit balls right at Chapman, but that's where they'll play him if he pulls everything. I still think his swinging bunt yesterday should have been a single and an error for what it's worth. It's obvious he lost his confidence a little after the two GIDPs to start the games in Oakland. Hopefully returning home will get him back going again. Get back over .300, Jose! Bro, the definition of insanity is him trying to hit it past a 3B waiting for him to pull the ball. When that 3B is Chapman, that’s not smart baseball. |
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Post by Saint on Aug 19, 2019 16:02:56 GMT -6
So the OPS+ quickly dropped from 143 back down to 133. Still very good, but it would be nice to see him get hot again. He had a little bit of bad luck in Oakland with some hard hit balls right at Chapman, but that's where they'll play him if he pulls everything. I still think his swinging bunt yesterday should have been a single and an error for what it's worth. It's obvious he lost his confidence a little after the two GIDPs to start the games in Oakland. Hopefully returning home will get him back going again. Get back over .300, Jose! Bro, the definition of insanity is him trying to hit it past a 3B waiting for him to pull the ball. When that 3B is Chapman, that’s not smart baseball. He's not "trying to hit it past 3B" he's trying to hit it hard, period. It just so happens that this was right near Chapman a lot. If he was elevating a little more, it wouldn't have been an issue. He'll get it going again. It always balances out. He wasn't going to hit .400 the way he had been before the Oakland series, but he's also not going to hit .111. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Aug 19, 2019 16:08:56 GMT -6
Bro, the definition of insanity is him trying to hit it past a 3B waiting for him to pull the ball. When that 3B is Chapman, that’s not smart baseball. He's not "trying to hit it past 3B" he's trying to hit it hard, period. It just so happens that this was right near Chapman a lot. If he was elevating a little more, it wouldn't have been an issue. He'll get it going again. It always balances out. He wasn't going to hit .400 the way he had been before the Oakland series, but he's also not going to hit .111. I’m just saying it’s no shocker that he had a bad series when he kept hitting it in the vicinity of Chapman, who is basically the top defensive 3B in baseball. If you don’t adjust, things like that happen. |
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Post by Saint on Aug 19, 2019 17:00:35 GMT -6
He's not "trying to hit it past 3B" he's trying to hit it hard, period. It just so happens that this was right near Chapman a lot. If he was elevating a little more, it wouldn't have been an issue. He'll get it going again. It always balances out. He wasn't going to hit .400 the way he had been before the Oakland series, but he's also not going to hit .111. I’m just saying it’s no shocker that he had a bad series when he kept hitting it in the vicinity of Chapman, who is basically the top defensive 3B in baseball. If you don’t adjust, things like that happen. Well he tried to lay some bunts down to get Chapman to play more in, but he lost his ability to bunt temporarily. |
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