Nuke LaLoosh said:
Marvin said:
Farmer1906 said:
4 runs over the last 3 games. I'm not sure we'll have a worse offensive stretch all year long.
Well, let's hope this is the case.
Miley was about what I expected. We'll need to score some runs to win when he and Peacock take the mound.
Offense is scuffling, but at least it was in a place that the Astros already suck bottom. We got that torture chamber out of the way, so keep your chins up and let's take some more batting practice. I encourage Diaz to get in line multiple times over the next 24 hours.
Miley gave us a damn quality start. He's basically Keuchel,
In fact, I believe that's 4 quality starts in a row from the staff.
Not sure why you guys think I bashed Miley by stating that the team will need to score some runs when he pitches. He's not Verlander or 2018 Cole, on average. No big secret there, nor is it a knock on Miley to state that. Also, he can pitch the collective minimums to get a quality start 33 times this year (6 innings, 3 earned runs allowed) and still be a below-average pitcher by statistics. The averages over the past 15 years are roughly 4.25 ERA with 8 hits allowed, if I used Baseball Reference correctly. That was basically Miley's first outing (and I stress first, as we're talking about just an initial impression).
Now, you may say that we'll be lucky to have that with our #3 this year and there's no viable comparison to the fantastic staff we rolled out in '18. Ok, I have no problem with that opinion. My point was simply that, with an average pitcher, you need an offense that is above average if you want to win. We have that, although not typically in Tampa for some frustrating reason.
As to the comment that the offense was the problem and not the pitching... well, I agree. We needed to score some runs (thanks for making my point!).
On to Arlington. I look forward to the boys raising those batting averages by .100 each!
