***** 2023 Houston Astros Season Thread *****

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In reply to Texaggie7nine • 9:16p, 8/22/23
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Texaggie7nine said:
Did he just decide 2000 is enough?


He has 4 hits over 2k, 3 coming the last 2 games. He's batting .317. He's the last person you should be complaining about.
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In reply to irish pete ag06 • 9:17p, 8/22/23
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irish pete ag06 said:
Dug in on Pena's fangraphs the other day. Was actually encouraging. His BB% is up and K% down.



His power is fallen off because he's hitting a crap ton more ground balls. Which I know has been noticed on here. I've noticed it. Pitchers are getting him to roll over a lot.


He's getting eaten up by fastballs this year... after he pounded them last year.



I could see a player who's trying to improve their approach from a free swinger to a more calculated pitch taker see this happen to them. You see more pitches and maybe take too many good pitches early, then end up feeling like you have to swing at worst pitches deep in the count.

I feel like the trajectory he's on though, with how young and athletic he is will see him improve. Adding 3% to BB% while shaving 3% off Ks is a great sign. This will eventually lead to better contact and more barrels usually.

Circling back to the increased ground balls. I wonder how many of them have come with 2 strikes and him swinging and putting in play a pitch that's out of the zone that as he matures he'll lay off of.
I'll be damned... look at that.

2 strike counts... his ground ball ratio is astronomical.

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9:17p, 8/22/23
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Sox May not get a close call the rest of the night
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In reply to Texaggie7nine • 9:17p, 8/22/23
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Yes. Once he went to the plate and put his foot down outside to mark the zone you knew he had already been tossed. That called getting your pound of flesh.
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9:18p, 8/22/23
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Lol
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Red Sox defense is horrible

can't turn the double play
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9:18p, 8/22/23
Nothing like playing the sox to boost our self esteem on our defense.
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9:18p, 8/22/23
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I mean

I wish that we would see that fire from dusty from time to time
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9:18p, 8/22/23
It's been a while since I've seen a worse defense
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9:18p, 8/22/23
These guys are embarrassing the sport of baseball. I've never seen a defense this bad
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9:18p, 8/22/23
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Cora should be more concerned with his defense
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9:18p, 8/22/23
Feel like I'm watching the Little League World Series with some of these plays
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9:18p, 8/22/23
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These guys make some dumb mistakes ..
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In reply to cap-n-jack • 9:19p, 8/22/23
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cap-n-jack said:
It's been a while since I've seen a worse defense

How are they over .500 with this quality of play?
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In reply to irish pete ag06 • 9:19p, 8/22/23
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irish pete ag06 said:
irish pete ag06 said:
Dug in on Pena's fangraphs the other day. Was actually encouraging. His BB% is up and K% down.



His power is fallen off because he's hitting a crap ton more ground balls. Which I know has been noticed on here. I've noticed it. Pitchers are getting him to roll over a lot.


He's getting eaten up by fastballs this year... after he pounded them last year.



I could see a player who's trying to improve their approach from a free swinger to a more calculated pitch taker see this happen to them. You see more pitches and maybe take too many good pitches early, then end up feeling like you have to swing at worst pitches deep in the count.

I feel like the trajectory he's on though, with how young and athletic he is will see him improve. Adding 3% to BB% while shaving 3% off Ks is a great sign. This will eventually lead to better contact and more barrels usually.

Circling back to the increased ground balls. I wonder how many of them have come with 2 strikes and him swinging and putting in play a pitch that's out of the zone that as he matures he'll lay off of.
I'll be damned... look at that.

2 strike counts... his ground ball ratio is astronomical.



That 2 strike swing ain't cutting it. He's so worried about the slider and sweepers that he's not able to do damage with the fastball.
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9:20p, 8/22/23
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Half ass effort from both guys
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9:20p, 8/22/23
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HORRIBLE D
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oppo RBI single for Yainer

airmailed throw to the plate
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Cue the yakkety sax muzak
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In reply to Boiling Denim • 9:20p, 8/22/23
Boiling Denim said:
Feel like I'm watching the Little League World Series with some of these plays

This is not hyperbole
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 9:20p, 8/22/23
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Yep. There's no stats that I can find, but I wish we could see is in the zone and out of the zone swing % in that 2 strike count. I bet he's chasing bad.
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9:20p, 8/22/23
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This defense is absolutely atrocious.
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My god these guys suck at D
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9:20p, 8/22/23
HAHAHAHAH of course they overthrow the catcher by 10 ft
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Yanier just hits
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9:20p, 8/22/23
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Never seen a mlb team this bad at defense
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9:20p, 8/22/23
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MOAR!
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These guys are not very good at baseball.
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9:20p, 8/22/23
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Diaz makes me pay ..
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9:21p, 8/22/23
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Red Sox look like they don't want to be in Houston

weather is too hot
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9:21p, 8/22/23
Some little league defense by Boston.
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9:21p, 8/22/23
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My 10-year old: "They've made a little league amount of errors."
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9:21p, 8/22/23
How is a major league ball club this bad on defense?
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In reply to Beau Holder • 9:21p, 8/22/23
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Probably because they're hitting a cool .280 or so with RISP and won some close games because of it. Pitching is meh and defense is, well...you know.
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9:21p, 8/22/23
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what?

Tucker is not out
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