Ags #1 said:
Wasn't called all game and crossed about at his shins
Just below mid-shin. It wasn't even close.
Ags #1 said:
Wasn't called all game and crossed about at his shins
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Hard-throwing right-hander Josh James is scheduled to pitch Thursday in what could be his final Triple-A rehab outing. That means he could be activated from the injured list when rosters expand on Sunday. James has been out since July 23 with right shoulder soreness.
Sanchez (right pectoral soreness) and Brad Peacock (right shoulder discomfort) won't travel with the team to Toronto this weekend and aren't playing catch. Once they start playing catch, the Astros will have a better timeline for their return. No update on their condition is expected until next week.
Shortstop Carlos Correa, on the IL since Aug. 20 with back discomfort, has yet to start swinging a bat and won't travel to Toronto.
All-Star reliever Ryan Pressly, who had surgery on his right knee last week, is doing "quite well," manager AJ Hinch said, and he could start some soft throwing without torquing his knee to keep his arm strength up. That will happen this weekend.
James did pitch last night.Ag_07 said:
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Hard-throwing right-hander Josh James is scheduled to pitch Thursday in what could be his final Triple-A rehab outing. That means he could be activated from the injured list when rosters expand on Sunday. James has been out since July 23 with right shoulder soreness.
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Can a guy who's played 62 games be Rookie of the Year?
Somebody has to be the American League Rookie of the Year. Why not our favorite Astros hulkster, Yordan Alvarez despite the slight technicality that he's appeared in fewer games than, say, Yusmeiro Petit?
Yeah, yeah. It's true that Air Yordan didn't arrive in the big leagues until the second week of June. Not his fault. So I'm guessing the Eloy Jimnez Fan Club (and all those other rookies who arrived in March or April) will be offended if I present the argument that Alvarez has positioned himself as The Guy in this derby. But let's present it anyway.
In just 62 games, this man has been such an unstoppable offensive force that one AL exec actually said this week: "Think of the best left-handed hitter in the American League. Now make a case it's not Yordan Alvarez."
Ummm, that's going to be a challenge. Take a look at the left-handed AL OPS leader board (minimum: 250 PA):
OPS
HR
XBH
PA
Yordan Alvarez
1.110
21
40
266
Joey Gallo
.986
22
38
297
Rafael Devers
.965
28
80
579
Michael Brantley
.928
19
60
545
All right, so it's fair to pick Devers or Brantley based on sample size alone. Doesn't matter, because this is only about whether Alvarez ought to win Rookie of the Year.
Say he plays in 23 of the Astros' final 27 games this season. That would give him 85 big-league games played. Let the record show that three Rookies of the Year in history played in fewer than 90 games that season: Willie McCovey (52 games in 1959), Ryan Howard (88 games in 2005) and Wil Myers (88 games in 2013).
So there's precedent, if a guy has done enough mind-warping stuff, for Alvarez to win this thing. And, well, is this list mind-warping enough? It includes the only rookies in history who have had an OPS within 75 points of Alvarez (minimum: 250 PA).
YEAR
OPS
PA
TEAM
Yordan Alvarez
2019
1.100
266
Astros
Joe Jackson
1911
1.058
641
Indians
Aaron Judge
2017
1.049
678
Yankees
Ted Williams
1939
1.045
677
Red Sox
With apologies to Eloy, Vladdy, Brandon Lowe, John Means, the on-rushing Bo Bichette and others, that's good enough for me!
Would be really awesome if a bunch of our fans could show up and support them as well! I'll be looking into it if they come to town.Jackal99 said:
That would be awesome to see. Good chance to pay one back.
Halfway down his shin...just absolutely awful. That lazy ass blue was scared it might go extras and he's have to work OT, what a POS.mathguy86 said:
That call was soooooo bad.
I kinda wish there was just a tennis line call "challenge" solution to balls and strikes.Phrasing said:
Baseball was fine before we had lights in the stadiums and just had day games. But sometime we evolve and find ways to improve an already fine product.