****2020 Official Houston Astros We Don't Have To Cheat To Beat You Season Thread****

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In reply to Farmer1906 • 10:25p, 9/21/20
Think the easiest answer is just to play your best players with 7 games to go since you don't have anything wrapped up.

Have some killer instinct and bury the team directly behind you.
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In reply to linkdude • 10:28p, 9/21/20
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linkdude said:
I'm done...why is Bielak in the game...


Because with this offense down 4 in the 8th we might as well have a position player pitching.
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10:29p, 9/21/20
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This team is embarrassing right now.
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10:33p, 9/21/20
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6-0 Mariners now with bases loaded, none out.

What happened?
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10:34p, 9/21/20
If Brantley or Tucker get a day off tomorrow...

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In reply to Gap • 10:38p, 9/21/20
Gap said:
6-0 Mariners now with bases loaded, none out.

What happened?
Quick recap.

-Lance dazzles for 6 innings.
-Walks first batter of 7th.
-Altuve boots the GIDP, error.
-Of course next hit is a double down the line one the first pitch.
-LMJ gets two strike outs.
-Lance gets to 2 strikes on White, but is over 100 pitches. Hangs a curve that White blasts for a 3-run HR. 4-0.
-8th inning Bielak gives up 2 runs after drilling a guy in the head

-Offense: Only Tucker and Altuve allowed to hit a double each. Everything else singles. No clutch hits to drive in runs. No Springer to take advantage of a guy that stays in the zone. Not playing our best players against a team we need to beat.
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In reply to Beat40 • 10:40p, 9/21/20
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Great summary. Thanks.
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10:46p, 9/21/20
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Was it just me or did the double that started ruining our night look foul? The replay showed it landed pretty far foul past the bag.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 10:49p, 9/21/20
Farmer1906 said:
Was it just me or did the double that started ruining our night look foul? The replay showed it landed pretty far foul past the bag.
If you go back and watch the video from the AtBat app, it looks clearly like it went over the 3B bag, just the lower left corner.

At least looks that way to me.
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11:46p, 9/21/20
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I'm still pissed off about this one.
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4:49a, 9/22/20
So Springer didn't play because statcast said he might get hurt?

I just don't see Dusty being the one that decided statcast was the tool to decision making. Is this a Click thing? Leftover from Hinch & Luhnow?
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5:05a, 9/22/20
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The Astros play with zero fire and passion outside of Springer. Altuve hasn't brought it this year, Brantley jogging out of the box. Bergman's a no show in 2020. Power numbers have cratered with a crap ton of warning track fly balls.

Just a ho him dud of a team.
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6:11a, 9/22/20
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6:39a, 9/22/20
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On pace for a pedestrian 81-81 season. 25 game difference from last season.
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 6:57a, 9/22/20
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Mathguy64 said:
On pace for a pedestrian 81-81 season. 25 game difference from last season.


And we only had Greinke and Alvarez for half the season last year. We also had a much easier schedule this year.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 7:30a, 9/22/20
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7:42a, 9/22/20
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This team is just unclutch as shlt. Can't get a base hit with RISP until the 9th when we're down 6-0.

We've seen them no show for big series, big games, and big at bats. Whatever the reason in big spots they clam up and disappear.
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8:43a, 9/22/20
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Everyone get their bets in now.

Who played too hard last night and has to sit out to avoid injury?

I'm going with "nobody".
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8:53a, 9/22/20
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Thinking about how close Tucker was to hitting that clutch double

He had really good swings last night


I'm ready to completely flip the lineup, after never having a problem with Springer at leadoff

Breg
Brantley
Springer
Tucker
Correa
Yuli
Altuve
Machete
extra
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 8:56a, 9/22/20
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I was going to post this exact question. I expect after a 3 hit night Brantley gets today off.
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10:47a, 9/22/20
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I get resting guys around double-headers and occasionally during a normal season, but during this shortened season (especially with all the injuries) it seems stupid. Even more infuriating is the "let's rest the hottest hitter on the team" strategy. I don't think we've had a stretch where more than 2 hitters were really hot at the same time this year.

If Brantley is out of the lineup today, my head might explode....
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In reply to redline248 • 10:55a, 9/22/20
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To be fair

Brantley had 3 knubbers that all fell as hits
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10:57a, 9/22/20
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If Crane hadn't jumped the gun and tried to please the media goons, AJ and Luhnow would be 2 months away from rejoining the team and righting the ship.
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10:59a, 9/22/20
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Well Statcast indicates that that type of contact 3 times in one game can possibly have an impact on your hands so he'll need a day off just in case that manifests itself into a hand injury.
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11:01a, 9/22/20
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No dusty will wait until the going into the last day of the season when we are tied with the mariners in the standings... then he will rest guys. "It's been a long season, they deserve some rest"
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In reply to Big Al 1992 • 11:01a, 9/22/20
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Crane fired them because they lied to him and didn't do what was told when he told to make sure we weren't caught up in anything like that.

Those relationships were never gonna work after that.
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11:04a, 9/22/20
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Yuli down to a .701 OPS.--- he cannot hit in front of Tucker

Correa at .700
Reddick at .668
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In reply to W • 11:05a, 9/22/20
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W said:
Yuli down to a .701 OPS.--- he cannot hit in front of Tucker

Correa at .700
Reddic at .668


I think our motto this season is kill em with singles.

The only guys with decent power numbers are Springer and Tucker.
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In reply to astros4545 • 11:14a, 9/22/20
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astros4545 said:
To be fair

Brantley had 3 knubbers that all fell as hits
How do I even find the statcast stuff on hits?
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In reply to redline248 • 11:19a, 9/22/20
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redline248 said:
astros4545 said:
To be fair

Brantley had 3 knubbers that all fell as hits
How do I even find the statcast stuff on hits?

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search

Here is the data from lastnight

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/michael-brantley-488726?stats=gamelogs-r-hitting-statcast&season=2020
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In reply to astros4545 • 11:20a, 9/22/20
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astros4545 said:
To be fair

Brantley had 3 knubbers that all fell as hits
Well 2 knubbers. EV of 69.0 and 75.5. His last was 102.4. But yeah he managed two hits out of 3 as junk.
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In reply to astros4545 • 11:30a, 9/22/20
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astros4545 said:
To be fair

Brantley had 3 knubbers that all fell as hits


Other teams have been getting those against us all year .. I'll take cheap hits over hard hit outs.
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12:09p, 9/22/20
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12:43p, 9/22/20
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How is Toronto -21 run dif yet 2 games above .500?
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In reply to Ag_07 • 12:43p, 9/22/20
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Ag_07 said:
Crane fired them because they lied to him and didn't do what was told when he told to make sure we weren't caught up in anything like that.

Those relationships were never gonna work after that.

And that's why Crane needed to go.
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