Red Sox losing 6-0 to the A's. Red Sox pitchers have given up 40 runs in almost 5 games. That's not a good start for them

Kashchei said:

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Chirinos is growing on me

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Although I remember Peacock saying this last year about another catcher still good praise on how Chirinos calls the game.

But then I read something like this:

And think, " Damn that's the worst stat I've seen for a catcher in a long time"

Man Conger must have been one of the most fun guys to have around

I never noticed Aoki's face in this GIF

Touch

Awesome wallpaper thread
http://imgur.com/a/HHJzNrp

I went to school with that guy. Great guy and huge fan

dshedd41 said:

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Awesome wallpaper thread
http://imgur.com/a/HHJzNrp

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Great find, thanks for sharing.

I know this is blasphemy, but JV has a little bit of a Rat Shanahan look to him.

Chandler Rome said:

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Pitching matchups for the Astros' home opening series against the A's this weekend:

Fri: Collin McHugh vs. Frankie Montas
Sat: Wade Miley vs. Aaron Brooks
Sun: Brad Peacock vs. Mike Fiers
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The Astros will honor the memory of George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush before Friday's home opener at Minute Maid Park against the A's. There's a flyover.

Their son Neil and grandsons Pierce and George P. Bush will be in attendance. George P. Bush will throw out the first pitch.
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Travis Scott is throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on Saturday

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bearkatag15 said:

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This will win you a lot of games

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But but but this rotation is not going to win any championships...

Here's a big reason why we'll likely never see Peacock go much past the 6th inning.

And if there's ever a pitcher that could benefit from an "opener" it would be Peacock. He always gets hammered 3rd time through the lineup.

Farmer1906 said:

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irish pete ag06 said:

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Here's a big reason why we'll likely never see Peacock go much past the 6th inning.

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But just think, if he gets past the 3rd time around he's literally unhittable the 4th time.

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He needs to learn to play LF at MMP... then they can bring him back in.

Literally strikes everyone out the fourth time through the lineup

Might as well not even take a bat to the plate

Just in case yall haven't noticed I am on the Pressly & Peacock train this year.

Pressly is the best arm in our pen imo.

He's the dan wheeler/Chad qualls in 05'. (Not crap qualls)

Has good stuff, doesn't get rattled, doesn't give away free walks, always in tough jams and just stays cool.

He's got the best curve in baseball. xwOBA vs his curve last year was .167

astros4545 said:

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So the Rangers have none of the longest streaks?

astros4545 said:

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What a fantastic statistic.

I wonder what ours is for Minute Maid. Hopefully not tied with any other teams for the longest streak at our own park but given our run earlier this decade, it might be.

irish pete ag06 said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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This will win you a lot of games

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But but but this rotation is not going to win any championships...

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Well not sure this is the best argument for it considering we have a losing record with the fantastic start. So even with the good pitching, the bats need to come alive.

BTHO THE SIPS AND RANGERS TONIGHT

Farmer1906 said:

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Welp...How many does he give up tonight after the jinx?

Farmer1906 said:

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astros4545 said:

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So the Rangers have none of the longest streaks?

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That's fantastic. Good thing we have a rivalry thread to post that in.

irish pete ag06 said:

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Here's a big reason why we'll likely never see Peacock go much past the 6th inning.

And if there's ever a pitcher that could benefit from an "opener" it would be Peacock. He always gets hammered 3rd time through the lineup.

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Is that sample size statistically significant? I am sure most pitchers get worse as the game goes on... wonder what the average decrease in efficiency is

I know it's still early, but it's dead here...

dlance said:

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mathguy86 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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astros4545 said:

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So the Rangers have none of the longest streaks?

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That's fantastic. Good thing we have a rivalry thread to post that in.

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Am I nuts or does RJ's tweet not say "1998 Rangers"?

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The point is there are 3 other teams who have the same win streak at the Rangers ballpark as the Rangers do. The Rangers have a tie for the longest win streak in their house where they play about 80 games a year and the other teams only play there 6-10 times a year.

It's funny that 3 other teams have just as long of a win streak at their ball park when they play significantly less games at that ballpark.

Think about it this way, it means the Rangers have most likely been swept 3 series in a row, at home, by the same team 3 different times. That's kind of remarkable.

Pretty aggressive with a man in scoring position.