Honestly I don't think he can reach those pitches. He's got short arms and he's choking up. Yeah he's close to the plate but to get to those outside pitches he's going to have to reach and take it away.
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There was a Fangraphs article in 21 or 22 that I read that talked about the reason he was so selective is b/c he knows what he is. A dead pull hitter. He's always hunted and done damage to pitches he can pull in the air.Ag_07 said:
I'm not a hitting guru so I won't pretend to be knowledgeable on his mechanics and what not but I think Bregman is too selective.
Yes he has an exceptional eye and command of the zone but it's almost to a fault.
He watches borderline pitches that yes they're balls but they often times get called strikes. While these are balls they're just outside the zone and hittable. I wanna see him swinging at those and doing damage.
Too often I feel like he's up there looking for a walk rather than inflecting damage.
I would suspect that the Astros know whether or not his bat speed is dropping...and I would think they wouldn't move him back up to 2 if bat speed was the reason he can't hit right now.
Ag_07 said:
I'm not a hitting guru so I won't pretend to be knowledgeable on his mechanics and what not but I think Bregman is too selective.
Yes he has an exceptional eye and command of the zone but it's almost to a fault.
He watches borderline pitches that yes they're balls but they often times get called strikes. While these are balls they're just outside the zone and hittable. I wanna see him swinging at those and doing damage.
Too often I feel like he's up there looking for a walk rather than inflecting damage.
I've often thought he's been prioritizing walks over hits. He misses when it's over the middle/gets under them… and although he has an ELITE eye… he's depending on the umpire being elite as well. With the recent track record of MLB umps you can't bank on them calling every AB correctly. I'd love to see him hit a borderline outside pitch into right field (like he did in the 2022 WS against Alvarado)
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— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) April 24, 2024
Joe Espada said he tinkered with the top of his lineup "trying to get Breggy in a spot where he's been successful in the past, trying to get him going."
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) April 24, 2024
You can't say Espada isn't willing to try.
Mathguy64 said:
You can't say Espada isn't willing to try.
I'd try leaving Abreu in Houston on the next road trip. Or pulling a Home Alone 2 and putting him on the wrong flight when you go to Mexico
He actually hasn't batted 2 in the line-up except for last year alone. He's either been 3 or 4 most of the career with the Astros.f1ghtintexasaggie said:Beat40 said:
You're going to have to try it for more than one series though. It's like a 3 series move if you're going to make it.
If this were a truly new spot to him, then, yes, I'd agree with you. But he's bat 2 in our lineup for what, the last 3 years? Directly in between Altuve and Alvarez. At some point you're going to have to pull the plug, and I don't know about anyone else, but my patience is wearing thin with the vets not named Altuve making bank but not producing near what they are garnering.
If it were me, I give him 5 games there and reevaluate. No days off.
Chandler: "i have no indications that they are going to move on from Singleton or Abreu imminently"
I can only hope he is severly misinformed
I can only hope he is severly misinformed
Loperfido has to be hitting at least .500 with a sub-5% K rate in AAA first
Beau Holder said:
Loperfido has to be hitting at least .500 with a sub-5% K rate in AAA first
No one is saying that.
Beat40 said:He actually hasn't batted 2 in the line-up except for last year alone. He's either been 3 or 4 most of the career with the Astros.f1ghtintexasaggie said:Beat40 said:
You're going to have to try it for more than one series though. It's like a 3 series move if you're going to make it.
If this were a truly new spot to him, then, yes, I'd agree with you. But he's bat 2 in our lineup for what, the last 3 years? Directly in between Altuve and Alvarez. At some point you're going to have to pull the plug, and I don't know about anyone else, but my patience is wearing thin with the vets not named Altuve making bank but not producing near what they are garnering.
If it were me, I give him 5 games there and reevaluate. No days off.
I stand corrected.
He pointed to Trey Cabbage as a candidate to get called up.Beau Holder said:
Loperfido has to be hitting at least .500 with a sub-5% K rate in AAA first
He's on the 40 man, that's the "logical" candidate
So. O/U on the number of runs given up in the first 2 innings?
I'll say 4.5.
Go.
I'll say 4.5.
Go.
Mathguy64 said:
So. O/U on the number of runs given up in the first 2 innings?
I'll say 4.5.
Go.
Under. Think he goes 4 innings 4 runs but they are spread out
I'll say under. We give up 4
Let's have some fun!
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I will take the over
Under. He'll go 4 innings, 5 runs, with multiple of those coming in the 4th inning.
Breggy 0 for last 17
If the on field product doesn't make it hard enough to watch the last second break ins from commercial while the pitch is being delivered is annoying.
'stros go quietly in the top of the 1st
Well that couldn't have been much worse.
Glass half full.
Glass half full.
At least we ran his pitch count up to like 7
W said:
'stros go quietly in the top of the 1st
Scheduled post.
Oh boy
You just have to laugh. It's all we got.
Where the eff was Jon going?
good life on Spencer's fastball
Singleton doesn't like the cold
Literally nothing we do is positive.
It's comical how many bad things happen to this team.
It's comical how many bad things happen to this team.
Comedy show
Black hole at first
WTF ARE YOU DOING DANA GDIT
WTF ARE YOU DOING DANA GDIT
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