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Post by Saint on May 2, 2019 12:48:40 GMT -6
If you think it's acceptable for guys like Altuve and Gurriel to perform as badly as they are lately, I've got no argument for ya. I guess they're playing really well but we're getting shutout with them each .300+ and I just missed it. But it's ok for a starting pitcher to give up a half dozen runs in an inning because he doesn't play every day? (PS, not the first implosion this season by Peacock) So one game determines a season. Got it. Hey look, the not-struggling Altuve just hit a leadoff double to get something started. Oh wait, he hit a dinker to 3B and is now 0-3. Again. |
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Post by Saint on May 2, 2019 13:14:23 GMT -6
Bases loaded no outs....0-2 with a sac fly.
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Post by blcoach8 on May 2, 2019 13:18:28 GMT -6
Hinch left Peacock in the game to cost us any chance of winning. He has a habit of staying too long with pitchers.
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Post by blcoach8 on May 2, 2019 13:20:29 GMT -6
I wonder if Bortaz would be happy if we went ahead and named Altuve the MVP and put him in the Hall of Fame before he retired. If a high IQ was required, he has no chance.
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Post by Saint on May 2, 2019 13:20:46 GMT -6
It's a good thing the Astros have the day off tomorrow. Get to Mexico, drink some cervezas, refresh, beat the shit out of the Angels this weekend. Maybe being closer to their homeland will get Altuve and co. back on the right track.
And for the record, I'm not down on Altuve because I don't like him or anything. I'm down on him because expectations are high and the team performs as he performs. I fully expect him to get hot again at some point, but right now he is really really bad. We need more from him and a few of our other big guys.
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Post by bearbryant on May 2, 2019 13:32:40 GMT -6
isn't Monterrey in the mountains? I wonder if there's a humidor
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on May 2, 2019 13:39:14 GMT -6
I wonder if Bortaz would be happy if we went ahead and named Altuve the MVP and put him in the Hall of Fame before he retired. If a high IQ was required, he has no chance. At the end of the season, Altuve will be rated far above average (probably top 3 at his position). Meanwhile, your grandson Joke will most likely be DFAd due to sucking ass. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on May 2, 2019 13:39:56 GMT -6
isn't Monterrey in the mountains? I wonder if there's a humidor Yes, and beautiful. I miss driving over there. |
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Post by bannedfan on May 2, 2019 13:40:19 GMT -6
100% chance of rain Saturday and Sunday in Monterrey.
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Post by blcoach8 on May 2, 2019 15:31:54 GMT -6
I wonder if Bortaz would be happy if we went ahead and named Altuve the MVP and put him in the Hall of Fame before he retired. If a high IQ was required, he has no chance. At the end of the season, Altuve will be rated far above average (probably top 3 at his position). Meanwhile, your grandson Joke will most likely be DFAd due to sucking ass. best I remember you DFA'd him last year.  Altuve is a great player but not real bright by continuing to refuse to make adjustments at the plate. |
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Post by unionstation82 on May 2, 2019 16:38:50 GMT -6
Peacock is pitching very well for us. He's 2-1 with a 3.67 ERA (119 ERA+) entering today. He's doing exactly what we need. Wow, way to jinx him. |
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Post by unionstation82 on May 2, 2019 17:15:32 GMT -6
But it's ok for a starting pitcher to give up a half dozen runs in an inning because he doesn't play every day? (PS, not the first implosion this season by Peacock) So one game determines a season. Got it. Hey look, the not-struggling Altuve just hit a leadoff double to get something started. Oh wait, he hit a dinker to 3B and is now 0-3. Again. I will agree with you on Altuve. Enough is enough with the grounders to the 3B. He needs to break out of his funk by trying other things and stop being so stubborn. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on May 2, 2019 17:41:53 GMT -6
At the end of the season, Altuve will be rated far above average (probably top 3 at his position). Meanwhile, your grandson Joke will most likely be DFAd due to sucking ass. best I remember you DFA'd him last year. Altuve is a great player but not real bright by continuing to refuse to make adjustments at the plate. If I were making the decision, you can bet your ass that he'd be sacking groceries at HEB rather than on my favorite baseball team. |
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Post by unionstation82 on May 2, 2019 18:50:53 GMT -6
best I remember you DFA'd him last year. Altuve is a great player but not real bright by continuing to refuse to make adjustments at the plate. If I were making the decision, you can bet your ass that he'd be sacking groceries at HEB rather than on my favorite baseball team. People act like the team should give some of these lackluster guys another two or three months to improve. THEY DON’T HAVE TO. This is a major league team. If you’re not important, you can find work elsewhere the way J.D. Martinez did. |
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Post by blcoach8 on May 2, 2019 18:58:20 GMT -6
best I remember you DFA'd him last year. Altuve is a great player but not real bright by continuing to refuse to make adjustments at the plate. If I were making the decision, you can bet your ass that he'd be sacking groceries at HEB rather than on my favorite baseball team. The slacker who should go sack are Stassi and White. And, by the way, Jake is out-hitting Altuve, the guy with a bad case of dumbass. |
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Post by olpapa on May 2, 2019 19:39:42 GMT -6
So one game determines a season. Got it. Hey look, the not-struggling Altuve just hit a leadoff double to get something started. Oh wait, he hit a dinker to 3B and is now 0-3. Again. I will agree with you on Altuve. Enough is enough with the grounders to the 3B. Last season I nicknamed Correa “Take Two” because most at-bats he would take two good, hittable pitches before he would take the bat off his shoulder. I’m thinking maybe “5 to 3” would be a appropriate nickname for Jose right now. |
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Post by blcoach8 on May 2, 2019 22:20:30 GMT -6
I will agree with you on Altuve. Enough is enough with the grounders to the 3B. Last season I nicknamed Correa “Take Two” because most at-bats he would take two good, hittable pitches before he would take the bat off his shoulder. I’m thinking maybe “5 to 3” would be a appropriate nickname for Jose right now. Correa still looks two very hittable pitches too often. He sometimes gets a hit but many times he strikes out on a pitch out of the zone. I don't understand why Hinch and the coaches haven't gotten him out of this habit. Equally ridiculous is Altuve trying to pull everything and ground balls to third happen all too often. Many times he still swings at the first pitch when Springer has just walked on four pitches. Lack of intelligence on his part. |
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Post by unionstation82 on May 3, 2019 6:12:41 GMT -6
I will agree with you on Altuve. Enough is enough with the grounders to the 3B. Last season I nicknamed Correa “Take Two” because most at-bats he would take two good, hittable pitches before he would take the bat off his shoulder. I’m thinking maybe “5 to 3” would be a appropriate nickname for Jose right now. Correa is one of the best hitters of inside pitches in baseball. At Coors one year, he blasted a home run that would’ve usually hit a batter on the hands. I don’t get why he takes those pitches so often. Gurriel frustrates me too because with that long wobbly swing, he will not hit an outside pitch. |
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Altuve is a great player but not real bright by continuing to refuse to make adjustments at the plate.
