R-Dog said:W said:
Dusty is just awful
gave away another game via a horrendous lineup
That is what frustrates the **** out of me. We are 100 games into the season and still approaching games like it's spring training.
OPS does not lieAggie8587 said:
Fun fact - coming into tonight, we have 3 of the worst 20 individual OPS figures of all major league qualified hitters:
Abreu - 11th worst @ .647
Peña - 15th worst @ .667
Dubon - 19th worst @ .673
Maldy would be easily the worst in the league at .523
tjack16 said:R-Dog said:W said:
Dusty is just awful
gave away another game via a horrendous lineup
That is what frustrates the **** out of me. We are 100 games into the season and still approaching games like it's spring training.
To me we are approaching games as if this is 2017-2022 and we have 10+ game leads in the division.
it's absolutely maddening.R-Dog said:W said:
Dusty is just awful
gave away another game via a horrendous lineup
That is what frustrates the **** out of me. We are 100 games into the season and still approaching games like it's spring training.
Farmer1906 said:txags11 said:
You do realize without him, we're probably lucky to be .500.. he's in a slump..happens..
Without one below average hitter with a 0.9 WAR we're 5-6 losses worse?
Not sure that checks out.
Beau Holder said:Farmer1906 said:txags11 said:
You do realize without him, we're probably lucky to be .500.. he's in a slump..happens..
Without one below average hitter with a 0.9 WAR we're 5-6 losses worse?
Not sure that checks out.
But with a manager who gives a crap we are 5-6 wins better.
this has to be driving Bagwell crazyBurn-It said:
No reason why Yordon isn't in Oakland. Absolutely stupid.
W said:
and speaking of the manager...
a little mistake in the 1st inning had huge consequences in tonight's game
not sending Kessinger on a full count...led to Pena's GiDP
thus the bases were empty when Tucker doubled on the first pitch
that was a major blunder
(to be fair maybe Kessinger missed the sign)
W said:
and Yanier has ridden the pine the last 2 games
R-Dog said:
10 runs scored in the series. 8 via the HR. So against the worst team in the league, we've manufactured 2 runs in 3 games. That's brutal.
AggiEE said:R-Dog said:
10 runs scored in the series. 8 via the HR. So against the worst team in the league, we've manufactured 2 runs in 3 games. That's brutal.
Hard to score runs when Dusty puts together garbage lineups
The bane of this entire season
cc10106 said:W said:
and Yanier has ridden the pine the last 2 games
I haven't watched a lot this week and just saw he's only been in the lineup 2 of 5 games these last 2 series. What a joke, especially after nearly tieing the game tonight.
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Outfielder Michael Brantley hit on the field Saturday for the first time since before the All-Star break in his continued attempt to rejoin the Astros after shoulder surgery. "It went well, obviously another step in the right direction," Brantley said. "I'm doing well. I understand it's a process. As a competitor, you want to get out there as soon as possible, and you have to be smart in the same sense. But all is going well so far."
Brantley, who last played for the Astros last June, has encountered multiple pauses in his rehab process. He started a minor-league rehab assignment in May but was shut down after he had a setback. Brantley resumed on-field batting practice in mid-June, then was shut down from baseball activities again earlier this month. He took part in early hitting Saturday but did not hit during full-team batting practice before the Astros played the A's at the Coliseum.
"We're going to start ramping up here," Brantley said. "It'll be day-to-day. Like I said, we're heading in the right direction. BP today, we assess again tomorrow, hit again tomorrow and we'll go from there."
Next steps for Brantley would likely include full pregame hitting and live batting practice. He has been running and throwing. Brantley was tentatively slated for a live batting practice in early July but didn't progress to that point before being shut down from baseball activities again.
General manager Dana Brown told the Astros' pregame radio show last weekend the team is "hoping that we get him back one way or the other," but did not offer a timeline for a potential return.
"It's just about the process of building up currently," Brantley said. "No one wants a setback, but I did have it and I'm just trying to stay positive and continue to move forward."
JDUB08AG said:
Getting Altuve and Yordan back will do wonders for this team. Getting Brantley back even for the last month gives us a bat that I trust more than our AAA fillers on our current roster.
astros4545 said:JDUB08AG said:
Getting Altuve and Yordan back will do wonders for this team. Getting Brantley back even for the last month gives us a bat that I trust more than our AAA fillers on our current roster.
Having Brantley as a pinch hitter in September October would be a very nice piece to have and all I'm asking for at this point
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