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***** 2023 Houston Astros Season Thread *****
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Last: 11 mo ago by texasaggie2015
Hang on Javier!
I'm going to hang my hat on my initial hate the from the start of the season. Those DAMN Oxy patches have screwed us this season. What purpose do they serve? They don't match our colors, and Oxy has ZERO reasons to ***** themselves out for advertising.
It has? Or you just seem to notice those and not the ones where positioning helps?MisterFurious said:
Because it's killed the Astros. They set up and all a team does is hit where it's pitched. Easy outs find created holes.
Our BABIP on ground balls is middle of the pack.
Bingo.
For whatever reason, Houston pitchers don't favor/pitch to the shift. Case in point, last hit for Baltimore…if you're shifting for a lefty, don't throw off speed to outside edge. That's pitching right to the hole in your D.
Javier is showing the rookie what is up.
He escapes the traffic
Phew
Now score some runs
Now score some runs
Sure if you pitch to your shift then you cut off half the plate and make it easy on the hitter.MisterFurious said:
For whatever reason, Houston pitchers don't favor/pitch to the shift. Case in point, last hit for Baltimore…if you're shifting for a lefty, don't throw off speed to outside edge. That's pitching right to the hole in your D.
Get this man some run support!
Let's reward CJ's strong start, boys!
I will forever think of them as the company who overpaid for Anadarko
Wheels still on, now let's run then over
Diaz will give us the leas this inning 
You're probably right, and I might just notice when they shorten swings, and then the pitch is in the wirst location for it. They've done it twice today.
Go
It's pretty hard to hunt inside edge in a two strike count, fair?
leadoff walk
Rangers stomping Red Sox.
So win today or you might be staring at 3rd place
So win today or you might be staring at 3rd place
gotta score AB here
Breggy goes wild!
I'm sitting third base line and you can see from here so clearly just how uncompetitive all those pitches Abreu just whiffed on were.
LOL. Agreed!Danwell Home said:
I will forever think of them as the company who overpaid for Anadarko
WTF was Abreu swinging at
Needed that wild pitch with 1 strike so Abreu could bunt Alex over
right-handed heavy lineup vs. right-handed pitcher with great slider...
no bueno
no bueno
Holy crap Abreu is bad ... not even remotely close
Guy misses the strike zone completely with Bregman prompting Abreu to swing at every pitch when none were in the zone.
tjack16 said:
Rangers stomping Red Sox.
So win today or you might be staring at 3rd place
Third place in the division.
No place in the playoff standings
Beau Holder said:
I'm sitting third base line and you can see from here so clearly just how uncompetitive all those pitches Abreu just whiffed on were.
Paying him $20 MM next year and 2025 is going to hurt
Abreu batting in the top half of the lineup is just a killer.
Sure. I get exactly what you are saying. I get your point.MisterFurious said:
It's pretty hard to hunt inside edge in a two strike count, fair?
I just don't think it's a major problem for us overall. Maybe there is room to improve it in certain situations. Scouting reports for different counts to impact positioning. Need to nerds to extra nerd out there.
I feel that high scoring games don't work in our favor but low scoring ones do. Let's hope this rings true today
Its up to puddin