Opening day lineup

Edit: except no Altuve

Put in altuve and that might be the starting lineup for most of the season

I'd switch Correa and Gurriel though

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So Trevor Bauer goes out and tells the Dodger batters what is coming. He signals with his glove. His line today:

3.0 IP
2 hits
0 runs
2 k's

which reporter is gonna ask him..."so, is sign stealing really that big of a deal"?

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Haha it seems like his dumbass attempt to troll the Astros and show how easy it is to hit when you know what's coming backfired.

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Frazier - 108 wRC+ (80% of the time facing righties - won't get that luxury)
Tauchman - 128 wRC+ (he had a huge boost moving away from Colorado... what? Guess the signs helped that much)

Farmer1906 said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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Frazier - 108 wRC+ (80% of the time facing righties - won't get that luxury)
Tauchman - 128 wRC+ (he had a huge boost moving away from Colorado... what? Guess the signs helped that much)

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Mike Tauchman leaves Colorado, goes to work with Carlos Beltran and sees a huge boost in his offensive production. Nothing to see here.

Yordan scratched with sore knees. This worries me. He's a young dude and already has bad knees?

I know, I know...spring precautions. But this isn't the first time Dusty has talked about Yordan's knees in his short tenure.

Also had knee issues last year.

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Also had knee issues last year.

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Yep, but last year I just thought it was the result of taking a foul off his knee during an AB. This all seems more chronic, now

I watched Alvarez roam left field in batting practice on two separate occasions last week. He mostly stood, but would often track down a liner or fly that came his way. He also retrieved every ball sent that way and threw it in to the second base collection bucket. I guess he was testing his knees?

JV is a bit shakey in the 2nd inning.

Single
Fly out
Walk
Correa throwing error leads to a run
Ground rule double scores another run

Bad start for JV continues... gives up solo bomb to Goldy

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I'm always skeptical of looking into spring training stats for pitchers. Most of the time they use starts in spring to work on certain pitches or mechanics and don't really care about if they give up a homerun.

Im just glad to see him still hitting 96-97

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Be skeptical about hitting stats too.

Farmer1906 said:

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tjholley16 said:

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I'm always skeptical of looking into spring training stats for pitchers. Most of the time they use starts in spring to work on certain pitches or mechanics and don't really care about if they give up a homerun.

Im just glad to see him still hitting 96-97

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Be skeptical about hitting stats too.

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I don't put much stock into any spring training stats ... it's like NFL preseason. It's great for the guys in the minors to get a look but that's about it

Not as bad as you think.

53 pitches 35 strikes

Radio guys noting the Goldy HR was a fluke wind aided HR that wouldn't have been on a normal day. Ball seems to be flying pretty easily today.

Farmer1906 said:

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I'm always skeptical of looking into spring training stats for pitchers. Most of the time they use starts in spring to work on certain pitches or mechanics and don't really care about if they give up a homerun.

Im just glad to see him still hitting 96-97

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So you're saying the Astros shouldn't have gone all-in on Mark McLemore as our starting second baseman in 1991 when he hit .443 in spring training and then .148 in the regular season?

So with all the talk about Yordan and his knees I still wonder why they haven't made an attempt to get him acclimated at 1B.

That would give him a spot that's not so hard on his knees and would be more valuable to the team if (yes if) Correa goes down and Yuli needs to slide to 3B.

RE: JV

He was probably working on some stuff and trying a few things out. I wouldn't read too much into it.

Our bats have definitely not set Florida on fire to start this spring. They'll knock the rust off soon, no doubt.

I'm starting to take note of Tucker, though. He is 0-15 so far with numerous routine fly balls and even more ground outs to second base. The April roster has 11 position spots already locked and- assuming 13 pitchers and 13 fielders- the last two will be chosen from Straw, Tucker, maybe Toro or a third catcher. I'd be surprised if Tucker is sent back to Round Rock no matter his spring results, but he could use a hard hit or two sometime soon. He doesn't have a whole lot of been-there-done-that credibility to which he can point.

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Our bats have definitely not set Florida on fire to start this spring. They'll knock the rust off soon, no doubt.

I'm starting to take note of Tucker, though. He is 0-15 so far with numerous routine fly balls and even more ground outs to second base. The April roster has 11 position spots already locked and- assuming 13 pitchers and 13 fielders- the last two will be chosen from Straw, Tucker, maybe Toro or a third catcher. I'd be surprised if Tucker is sent back to Round Rock no matter his spring results, but he could use a hard hit or two sometime soon. He doesn't have a whole lot of been-there-done-that credibility to which he can point.

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2018 & 19 Spring Training Stats: 73 ABs, 1.056 OPS


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Our bats have definitely not set Florida on fire to start this spring. They'll knock the rust off soon, no doubt.

I'm starting to take note of Tucker, though. He is 0-15 so far with numerous routine fly balls and even more ground outs to second base. The April roster has 11 position spots already locked and- assuming 13 pitchers and 13 fielders- the last two will be chosen from Straw, Tucker, maybe Toro or a third catcher. I'd be surprised if Tucker is sent back to Round Rock no matter his spring results, but he could use a hard hit or two sometime soon. He doesn't have a whole lot of been-there-done-that credibility to which he can point.

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Knew I'd trigger you with that comment, haha. I still say he would do well to start hitting the ball harder, regardless the outcome. I didn't see any loud contact last week.

So they've got 23 days to get something laid down and grown in?

Guess that explains why it looked so bad this past weekend.

A tournament like that is always going to do major damage to a high quality field.

A field designed for 1 game a day/every few days isn't going hold up to 3-4 a day

Maybe. But the outfield was in pretty bad shape and that included a lot of areas that wouldn't see a lot of traffic even with that many games.

Damn Yellich about to get a $200MM deal.

First Harper, then Trout, and now Yellich driving George's price way up.

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Damn Yellich about to get a $200MM deal.

First Harper, then Trout, and now Yellich driving George's price way up.

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Difference is, George has 3 years minimum on all those guys listed

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Ag_07 said:

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Damn Yellich about to get a $200MM deal.

First Harper, then Trout, and now Yellich driving George's price way up.

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Difference is, George has 3 years minimum on all those guys listed

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And he's not nearly as good as Trout or Yelich