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***** 2023 Houston Astros Season Thread *****
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I would agree that Machete is tired
Yanier should take over
Yanier should take over
The hoops the Astros media are jumping through instead of just saying this team needs to just play better is hilarious
"Team just needs a day off from 17 straight"
"Reds were just a hot team"
"We played too many playoff games so now they're tired"
Any guesses to which one they use next?
"Team just needs a day off from 17 straight"
"Reds were just a hot team"
"We played too many playoff games so now they're tired"
Any guesses to which one they use next?
#ready2rest
Player A:
.222 ISO, .479 Slug, .364 wOBA, 132 wRC+
Player B:
.205 ISO, .457 Slug, .343 wOBA, 120 wRC+
One of these plays every day on another team, and the other spends half the time on the bench.
Player A is Trout, Player B is Chas
.222 ISO, .479 Slug, .364 wOBA, 132 wRC+
Player B:
.205 ISO, .457 Slug, .343 wOBA, 120 wRC+
One of these plays every day on another team, and the other spends half the time on the bench.
Player A is Trout, Player B is Chas
#ready2reinjureFrok said:
#ready2rest
Over the last 3 seasons, Maldonado has had 988 plate appearances. If you set the minimum at 900 PA over the previous 3 years, there has been only one hitter worse than Maldy. Who is it?
Jackie Bradley Jr - wRC+ 40, OPS .513, 911 PA
Jackie Bradley Jr - wRC+ 40, OPS .513, 911 PA
Enough with the rest a guy here rest a guy there nonsense. If everyone is really that tired… take a whole series and play your AAAA lineup. Give everyone who's worth a damn 3-4 days off then reset.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Isn't that what we've been doing already
Player B sure has similar numbers to guys like Adolis Garca, Marcus Semien, Matt Chapman, Gunnar Henderson, Bryan Reynolds, Anthony Santander, & Anthony Rizzo. I wonder why he's not getting love like they do.redline248 said:
Player A:
.222 ISO, .479 Slug, .364 wOBA, 132 wRC+
Player B:
.205 ISO, .457 Slug, .343 wOBA, 120 wRC+
One of these plays every day on another team, and the other spends half the time on the bench.
Player A is Trout, Player B is Chas
It's truly one of the most bizarre things.
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I wouldn't be surprised if they are tired.
These guys are professional athletes, but they are people too.
The ones who should be tired are Bregs, Altuve, Yordan Maldy and Tuck. Add several from the pitching staff and bullpen too.
Play the guys who are fresh now and let the tired guys recharge. Abreu needs to play every day. Yainer needs to play every day. Peña needs to play every day.
The mental mistakes and uninspired play leads me to believe that tiredness could be the case.
Maybe the strategy is to keep it close, keep the major players fresh and ramp up in August and September.
They've completed 6 consecutive marathons, and on top of that, they've played about 2/3 of a season more than the rest of the league during that time.
I'm not excusing it. I'm just saying there may be something to it.
These guys are professional athletes, but they are people too.
The ones who should be tired are Bregs, Altuve, Yordan Maldy and Tuck. Add several from the pitching staff and bullpen too.
Play the guys who are fresh now and let the tired guys recharge. Abreu needs to play every day. Yainer needs to play every day. Peña needs to play every day.
The mental mistakes and uninspired play leads me to believe that tiredness could be the case.
Maybe the strategy is to keep it close, keep the major players fresh and ramp up in August and September.
They've completed 6 consecutive marathons, and on top of that, they've played about 2/3 of a season more than the rest of the league during that time.
I'm not excusing it. I'm just saying there may be something to it.
I agree. They have some serious tread worn off the tire.
I think we should continue to rest guys, but we have to do it in a way that makes sense. You can't rest Altuve, Bregman, Tucker, Yainer, or Chas on the same day. You can't rest Chas vs LHP. You can't rest TED vs RHP. Dubon needs to be the jack-of-all-trades player who fills in for the guy resting the majority of the time. Julks, Salazar, & Kessingger need to rarely see the field. Maybe Julks can PH for Maldy late. Then Salazar catches. Julks & Kessinger can also pinch run. That is pretty much the only role these guys need to play while were struggling and Yordan is out.
I think we should continue to rest guys, but we have to do it in a way that makes sense. You can't rest Altuve, Bregman, Tucker, Yainer, or Chas on the same day. You can't rest Chas vs LHP. You can't rest TED vs RHP. Dubon needs to be the jack-of-all-trades player who fills in for the guy resting the majority of the time. Julks, Salazar, & Kessingger need to rarely see the field. Maybe Julks can PH for Maldy late. Then Salazar catches. Julks & Kessinger can also pinch run. That is pretty much the only role these guys need to play while were struggling and Yordan is out.
Farmer1906 said:
I agree. They have some serious tread worn off the tire.
I think we should continue to rest guys, but we have to do it in a way that makes sense. You can't rest Altuve, Bregman, Tucker, Yainer, or Chas on the same day. You can't rest Chas vs LHP. You can't rest TED vs RHP. Dubon needs to be the jack-of-all-trades player who fills in for the guy resting the majority of the time. Julks, Salazar, & Kessingger need to rarely see the field. Maybe Julks can PH for Maldy late. Then Salazar catches. Julks & Kessinger can also pinch run. That is pretty much the only role these guys need to play while were struggling and Yordan is out.
That's lovely. The is one small flaw in your logic.
The idiot with the toothpick who actually writes the names on the card doesn't subscribe to your newsletter.
Mathguy64 said:Farmer1906 said:
I agree. They have some serious tread worn off the tire.
I think we should continue to rest guys, but we have to do it in a way that makes sense. You can't rest Altuve, Bregman, Tucker, Yainer, or Chas on the same day. You can't rest Chas vs LHP. You can't rest TED vs RHP. Dubon needs to be the jack-of-all-trades player who fills in for the guy resting the majority of the time. Julks, Salazar, & Kessingger need to rarely see the field. Maybe Julks can PH for Maldy late. Then Salazar catches. Julks & Kessinger can also pinch run. That is pretty much the only role these guys need to play while were struggling and Yordan is out.
That's lovely. The is one small flaw in your logic.
The idiot with the toothpick who actually writes the names on the card doesn't subscribe to your newsletter.
Damn. I knew it was missing something.
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For reference:
— Aidan Resnick (@AidanResnick) June 19, 2023
Nola: 10 times in 52 starts.
Cole: 8 times in 51 starts.
Gausman: 8 times in 47 starts.
Alcantara: 7 times in 46 starts.
Burnes: 6 times in 37 starts.
Strider: 5 times in 35 starts.
Scherzer: 5 times in 35 starts.
Ohtani: 5 times in 42 starts.
Could we not turn the Astros thread into F16 please?
RC_57 said:
Interesting...
Chandler Rome on Twitter: "Alex Bregman said Brian McCann called him last night with some advice: move your front elbow up in your batting stance. Bregman went 3-for-5 as a result." / Twitter
And I wonder if he is looking at the ball with both eyes?
Could the Astros keep social political Bs out of my baseball please?
Please don't pretend like it's all isn't interwoven at this point
I didn't even bring up that the space cowboys logo has been "altered"for 19 days so far…
Please don't pretend like it's all isn't interwoven at this point
I didn't even bring up that the space cowboys logo has been "altered"for 19 days so far…
They aren't going to stop. So probably best to move on or stop watching.Lonestar_Ag09 said:
Could the Astros keep social political Bs out of my baseball please?
Please don't pretend like it's all isn't interwoven at this point
I didn't even bring up that the space cowboys logo has been "altered"for 19 days so far…
jah003 said:
Could we not turn the Astros thread into F16 please?
Louder this time
Soooooooo........
Hunter Brown vs. Mad Max tonight
Scherzer got roughed up his last two starts against the Braves and Yankees. Hopefully that trend continues.
Hunter Brown vs. Mad Max tonight
Scherzer got roughed up his last two starts against the Braves and Yankees. Hopefully that trend continues.
RC_57 said:
Interesting...
Chandler Rome on Twitter: "Alex Bregman said Brian McCann called him last night with some advice: move your front elbow up in your batting stance. Bregman went 3-for-5 as a result." / Twitter
Something something… worthless hitting coaches… something.
It's been reported Bregs doesn't work with Cintron/Snitker anyway. He has a private guy to tinker with.
Weird way of saying that. It's fairly common knowledge he's had the same hitting coach since he was a teenager and that's who he does most of his work with.
But any hitting coach worth their salt should still know his swing and be able to offer up recommendations they see in the moment like McCann did.
None of these guys use team hitting coaches exclusively for any work. I'd bet most have someone they work with during off seasons etc
But any hitting coach worth their salt should still know his swing and be able to offer up recommendations they see in the moment like McCann did.
None of these guys use team hitting coaches exclusively for any work. I'd bet most have someone they work with during off seasons etc
He does have a private guy he works extensively with, but he listens to input from the guys on the staff as well.linkdude said:
It's been reported Bregs doesn't work with Cintron/Snitker anyway. He has a private guy to tinker with.
So are the Astros hitting coaches worth a damn?
What, tinkering with a private guy?Lonestar_Ag09 said:
Weird way of saying that. It's fairly common knowledge he's had the same hitting coach since he was a teenager and that's who he does most of his work with.
But any hitting coach worth their salt should still know his swing and be able to offer up recommendations they see in the moment like McCann did.
None of these guys use team hitting coaches exclusively for any work. I'd bet most have someone they work with during off seasons etc
The "its been reported" that makes it sound like people say it but it isnt out in the open or common knowledgeFaustus said:What, tinkering with a private guy?Lonestar_Ag09 said:
Weird way of saying that. It's fairly common knowledge he's had the same hitting coach since he was a teenager and that's who he does most of his work with.
But any hitting coach worth their salt should still know his swing and be able to offer up recommendations they see in the moment like McCann did.
None of these guys use team hitting coaches exclusively for any work. I'd bet most have someone they work with during off seasons etc
He literally has a whole youtube channel that tracks his offseason work etc and the hitting coach is always on there. So I just find that phrasing weird.
redline248 said:
So are the Astros hitting coaches worth a damn?
I feel qualified to answer this.
Or at least opinionated enough… haha.
Or you can just ignore comments that get you so emotional that you have to resort to telling other people what they can't say.jah003 said:They aren't going to stop. So probably best to move on or stop watching.Lonestar_Ag09 said:
Could the Astros keep social political Bs out of my baseball please?
Please don't pretend like it's all isn't interwoven at this point
I didn't even bring up that the space cowboys logo has been "altered"for 19 days so far…
It's possible they aren't.redline248 said:
So are the Astros hitting coaches worth a damn?
It's possible the hitters themselves collectively aren't very good.
It's possible there are good hitters on the team and Dusty isn't using them to their maximum potential.
Or it's possible it's a combination of all 3.
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