what a disaster

W said:

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what a disaster

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You talking about this season so far or just today?

This has been a road trip from sheol.

Reminds me of exactly what Baker said...We won't start anything but we aren't gonna take anything either.

both seems like the appropriate answer.

hello 3rd place in the West

Im thinking Cintron was ready to go. He told him to come on.

That walk to the dugout by correa kind of says it all.

fair to wonder if the players have already lost confidence in Dusty after just 2 weeks.

so many of his moves have backfired

So when are we able to say games are "must win" now? Seems like the next 3 against SF are

The Astros are not good right now. This road trip has been a disaster. The Astros need some home cooking.

But, let's put things into perspective. This is not the Astros team we all were expecting. Again, injuries have decimated this team. Couple that with a couple slow starts by Springer, Altuve and Bregman, you have a recipe for disaster. Plus, they've had five games against elite pitching staffs. The new extra innings rules have also done no favors.

This article lays it out: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/astros-facing-largest-divisional-deficit-since-2016-three-reasons-why-houston-is-off-to-a-slow-start/

It's too early to write them off, but they have a hill to climb. Also, Oakland cannot keep this up. They will cool off.

Altuve is hitting .182 in 66 at-bats.

in the context of the 2020 season...that's not a small sample size.

he has 12 hits including 5 x-base hits.

and that shows what the problem is. Where are the singles?

I think the A's have already locked up the division.

they have played 1 series vs. each team: Rangers, Angels, Mariners, and Astros.

and posted a 12-2 record.

and in those 14 games...the most runs they have given up in any game is 4

In all seriousness though ... if we don't win at least 2/3 against San Fran we are in deep trouble.

also...Oakland got a favorable NL West draw.

only play the Dodgers 3 times

Next 10 games are against SF, Seattle and Colorado

No reason we shouldn't go 7-3 at least in that stretch. Especially given that Alvarez might be available for the tail end

Just need to tread water and wait the reinforcements.

Yordan, Diaz, Urquidy, Peacock, and Devo

No one is gonna win many games with a pitching staff of A and AA players.

bearkatag15 said:

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LOL...

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Dude can go lick taint

"A person I respect has been told." Sounds like a journalist. A respected friend of mine heard it from my best friends sister who heard from someone else who saw him at 31 flavors after the game.

The baserunner is going to say all kinds of things to avoid a longer suspension and also do more damage to the Astros.

Marvin said:

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If Citron deserves to be suspended for anything, it's for this abysmal hitting display we've seen so far.

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Imagine he gets suspended for five games and then offense has a five game explosion and win streak

bearkatag15 said:

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Jesus! Still letting the world know you're Latino after all these years.

Pretty sure every culture in the world get pissed off if you refer to their mother in a " bad way".

Sort of like Cliff Booth telling Bruce Lee in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" that if anybody accidentally kills anybody in a fight they go to jail. It's called manslaughter!

Trade alert... Osuna to long term IL, opens up a 40 man spot for the new guy

Someone will have to be sent down to make room for him... Shouldn't have a hard time picking someone, there are multiple candidates.