Mathguy64 said:

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So let's assume we get Odo back July 1. Do we go back at a 6 man rotation? I expect so.

Now assume you get LMJ back mid August. Surely he goes to the pen for long relief. He won't be stretched out and I can't imagine you can get him ready to go long. Maybe they get inventive and use him as an opener? Luis could benefit here as he really should never see a lineup a third time. Let LMJ open for him. If you get 1.1 or 1.2 out if him and then use Luis for 5.1 or 5.2 now you are into the 7th or even 8th.

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We need Lance to be able to start in the postseason, and rehab stints are the best way to get him stretched out. If he comes back in August while the minor league seasons are still going, there's no reason he can't start.

McCullers said he was up to 93 mph. “That’s a really good sign,” he said https://t.co/9nxmzWiK7l pic.twitter.com/LGxO3JTdJI

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) June 25, 2022

Lance talks about it

#Astros lineup with Cristian Javier on the mound against Gerrit Cole: pic.twitter.com/pqItBnpSEa

— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) June 25, 2022

Yuli gets the day off

It sounds like Jeremy Peña will be activated Sunday.

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) June 25, 2022

Nice to give JJ a start before he goes back down

spadilly said:

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AL Standings:

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The AL #1 Seed gets a bye to the ALDS where they face the winner of ALWC#1 and ALWC#2. This is looking increasingly more likely that WC#1 and WC#2 will be salty AL East Teams (right now Toronto and Boston).

AL #2 Seed (currently Houston) gets a bye to the ALDS where they face the winner between the Division winner with the worst record and WC#3. This is looking increasingly more likely to be the winner of the AL Central (right now Cleveland).

Doesn't matter if the Blue Jays have a better record than the Astros. Doesn't matter if the Blue Jays have a better record than AL Central Champ Guardians/Twins/White Sox.

The path of the #1 Seed is looking much tougher than the #2 Seed this year. I wouldn't be surprised if this format didn't favor the #2 Seed most years.

Astros have a nice lead(?) of 7.5 Games back of the Yankees for the #2 Seed and 6 Games ahead of the Guardians.

Just win for now. But the #2 Seed looks like the best situation for October.

Astros runs per game by month:

April 3.81
May 4.17
June 5.10

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) June 25, 2022

16 of the 17 runs in this series have come via the HR. The Astros and Yankees lead MLB with runs scored via the HR: NYY (51.8%), HOU (50.2).

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) June 25, 2022

Astros have won seven of their last nine games scoring 52 runs and hitting 19 HRs in that span.

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) June 25, 2022

We're becoming very home run dependent

I've been preaching that for 2 months. We have a very high SLG but a low BA.

When we hit HRs or doubles we are a very tough out and we do that a lot. We struggle to sequence hits for runs.

How was that not a swing

agdaddy04 said:

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How was that not a swing

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it was not not a swing

Here we go again with the bull sheet umpiring good lord

That was a swing

Blatant favoritisn off the Yankees. The postseason is gonna be awful if it stays like this

Had no idea King Tuck had so many steals. He is on pace for a 30-30 season.

Cole has got the easy 100 with run today. Gonna be tough. At least they put 41 pitches on him through 2.

Johnsy3 said:

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Yordan BA .317
Castro OPS .316

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awful

Stanton is the 4th place vote getter in the outfield. He had 28 games in the OF and 27 at DH. And he's only completed 10 games in the OF. Yet he's not listed as a DH on the ballot.

Yordan is 29 and 29 and completes 25 of his 29 OF starts. Yet he's not on the OF ballot.

So first team with a hit wins this bad boy?

Freaking Marwin

Rake Meyers on base in the rad dad New Balance cleats

New Jake is in the books.