Pretty cool story about Clayton Kershaw on espn's mlb home page.
he's gonna stay in the game to pitch...2 days in a row.AstroAggie15 said:
Whitey pinch hinting for Correa?
Hope they're just resting him?
if Spadilly had friends like us in real life he would have learned long ago not to make those types of comments.cap-n-jack said:agproducer said:
One thing I appreciate about this thread is that it feels like we are all having a conversation we'd be having in the stands.
Would you be telling spadilly to stfu if he started talking about a no-no?
dshedd14 said:
cap-n-jack said:
Series win!
Now go beat arlington.
Love seeing Musgrove continue to have success! Loved that guy!Harry Dunne said:
I like to occasionally check up on former Astros and prospects we have traded away. I mostly root for them to do well (other than Giles & Carlos Gomez).
I was looking at the Pirates guys from the Cole trade and was surprised to see that:
- JB Shuck has basically been a starter for them (not doing well, .595 OPS)
- Jordan Lyles is in their rotation (2.20 ERA & 29K in 32 IP!!!) - hard to believe this guy is still only 28.
- Fran Liriano - 1.08 ERA in 16 innnings of relief
Cole trade guys:
- Musgrove - 2.63 ERA, 32K in 37 IP - he and Lyles have been their top 2 SP.
- Feliz - 6.75 ERA in 5 IP
- Moran - .239/.304/.408
- The 4th guy Jason Martin has made his MLB debut but hasn't done much so far. He's the #11 prospect in their organization.
Yes. That's why I put "Cole trade guys" over the guys from the Cole trade as opposed to just former Astros.AgFan1999 said:
Lyles went to Colorado in the Dexter Fowler trade.
I feel the same, but I'm sure the trade wouldn't have happened without him. Time will tell whether it was worth it to send him or not.tjholley16 said:
Musgrove was the only guy I was upset to lose in that trade. We could use him this year
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They enter Thursday night's series opener against the Rangers batting .275/.348/.493 with a major-league best 127 OPS+. Unlike the 2017 team, they don't lead the majors in both slugging and strikeout rate. They do, however, have an absurd .265/.265/.412 line in 0-and-2 counts. The major league average is .143/.150/.224.
redline248 said:
The Athletic has a couple recent Astro related articles. Yesterday one about Yordon Alvarez and how he's a mixed bag among scouts, largely due to lack of position. Today there is one about whether or not the offense will be better than 2017.
I'm pretty sure they are both pay articles, but sometimes you can read articles for free in the app.
https://theathletic.com/962232/2019/05/08/houston-astros-yordan-alvarez-one-of-baseballs-more-polarizing-prospects/
https://theathletic.com/956960/2019/05/09/could-this-years-houston-astros-offense-rival-historically-great-2017-production/
Ag_07 said:
If we don't have an issue playing White, Diaz, and even Stassi at 1B then we shouldn't have an issue playing Yordon there.
1B is easy. Have they never seen Moneyball?