Lucky for us, Yordan will heat up right as Tucker goes ice cold for a month.
"H-A: In return for the flattery, can you reduce the size of your signature? It's the only part of your posts that don't add value. In its' place, just put "I'm an investing savant, and make no apologies for it", as oldarmy1 would do."
- I Bleed Maroon (distracted easily by signatures)
A lot of truth to this - we've seen it in the past. Yordan has always been a bit of a streaky hitter (but usually winds up near .300, 30 HR and 90+ RBI) - we need his power outage to be repaired - call CenterPoint?
I was told last night that the Astros are bracing for the worst in regards to Urquidy and Javier. Both expected to miss significant time.
They think the Javier injury has been a problem since 2023. Either he hasn't been honest or the team has horribly mismanaged it. I think it's the latter.
I was told last night that the Astros are bracing for the worst in regards to Urquidy and Javier. Both expected to miss significant time.
They think the Javier injury has been a problem since 2023. Either he hasn't been honest or the team has horribly mismanaged it. I think it's the latter.
I don't disagree, but getting either one of them back in any capacity certainly helps. McCullers in the bullpen for longer relief type situations would bolster the bullpen. I am more bullish on Garcia, guys come back from TJ all the time. Hell JV did it at 40 and was still nails last season. Given McCullers injury prone history, I'm not holding my breath for him.
A 2017 this day in Astros history that really makes you miss when we used to make every other team our *****.
The Astros complete a 22-7 month with a 17-6 destruction of the Twins, totaling 40 runs in the three-game sweep. George Springer muscles two homers including a 473-foot blast that just missed the third deck. At 38-16, Houston owns the best record in the majors.
Notes: Scored in every inning but the 2nd and 4th, including 11 runs from the 7th to the 9th. Springer 4-for-4, Correa 3-for 6, Gattis 4-for 6, and Nori Aoki! 1 for 3 Team hit 6 HR in the game Our pitchers for the game? Paulino, Hoyt, Sipp, Reymin Guduan, Michael Feliz
Another fun one from 1975
Houston erupts for twelve runs in the eighth inning, setting a club mark, during a 15-3 bombing of Philadelphia. Wayne Twitchell, a former high Astros draft pick, had allowed two hits in seven innings before the collapse. Pinch-hitter Cliff Johnson belts a double and a home run for three RBIs during the frame but the league later rules that the homer cannot officially be a pinch hit since he batted earlier in the inning
Notes: JR Richard got the W. Tug McGraw got the blown save with 5 ER in 1/3 of an inning Then Gene Garber gave up 4 ER in 1/3 of an inning.
the top of the eighth with the Astros down 2-0 went:
Jose Cruz singled to left Doug Rader bunt single to third, Cruz to second Rob Andrews stuck out looking (1 out) Pinch hitter Bob Watson singled to center, Cruz scored, Rader to second (2-1 Phillies) McGraw replaced Twitchell Cliff Johnson pinch hit for Greg Gross, doubled to to left, Rader & pinch runner Wilbur Howard scored, (3-2 Astros) Roger Metzger grounded out (2 outs) Cesar Cedeno intentionally walked Milt May singled, Johnson scored. (4-2 Houston) Enos Cabell singled, Cedeno scored (5-2 Houston) Jose Cruz walked Garber replaced McGraw Rader singled, May scored (6-2 Houston) Boswell pinch hit for Andrews. Boswell singled, Cabell and Cruz scored (8-2 Houston) Wild pitch Howard singled, Rader and Boswell scored (10-2 Houston) Johnson homered, Johnson and Howard scored (12-2 Houston) Metzger grounded out to first.
In the ninth, May drove in Cedeno and Cabell hit a 2-run bomb.
I was told last night that the Astros are bracing for the worst in regards to Urquidy and Javier. Both expected to miss significant time.
They think the Javier injury has been a problem since 2023. Either he hasn't been honest or the team has horribly mismanaged it. I think it's the latter.
Interesting. At least it would explain some things with Javier's performance.
I was told last night that the Astros are bracing for the worst in regards to Urquidy and Javier. Both expected to miss significant time.
They think the Javier injury has been a problem since 2023. Either he hasn't been honest or the team has horribly mismanaged it. I think it's the latter.
Given how pretty much every starting pitcher nowadays gets TJ at some point I was always worried Javier would need it sooner rather than later
Another Spencer note: Why doesn't he throw his sweeper more? He get shelled the first game, and has only thrown it more than 10 times in a game once since. The expected stats on it are good:
I was told last night that the Astros are bracing for the worst in regards to Urquidy and Javier. Both expected to miss significant time.
They think the Javier injury has been a problem since 2023. Either he hasn't been honest or the team has horribly mismanaged it. I think it's the latter.
I believe they're still weighing options/opinions on Javier. Between the two guys, he's the one that seems to have some sort of glimmer of hope that it's not as bad as they fear. But he's likely missing significant time whether it's TJ or not.
I believe they're still weighing options/opinions on Javier. Between the two guys, he's the one that seems to have some sort of glimmer of hope that it's not as bad as they fear. But he's likely missing significant time whether it's TJ or not.
What is getting all the pitchers? MLB has a big issue that needs to be addressed when it comes to the health of their pitchers.
I believe they're still weighing options/opinions on Javier. Between the two guys, he's the one that seems to have some sort of glimmer of hope that it's not as bad as they fear. But he's likely missing significant time whether it's TJ or not.
The pessimistic side of my brain read this as CJ is going to rehab, it won't fix the issue, and he will need surgery in the spring that will knock him out until mid '26.
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I'd guess it's a combo of pitch clock, no tacky stuff, and emphasis on spin.
I also wonder if how pitchers are handled so softly is having a negative effect on things. Rather than build strength and stamina they're just only pitching less innings.
I believe they're still weighing options/opinions on Javier. Between the two guys, he's the one that seems to have some sort of glimmer of hope that it's not as bad as they fear. But he's likely missing significant time whether it's TJ or not.
What is getting all the pitchers? MLB has a big issue that needs to be addressed when it comes to the health of their pitchers.
Compensating for no spider tack?
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
I believe they're still weighing options/opinions on Javier. Between the two guys, he's the one that seems to have some sort of glimmer of hope that it's not as bad as they fear. But he's likely missing significant time whether it's TJ or not.
What is getting all the pitchers? MLB has a big issue that needs to be addressed when it comes to the health of their pitchers.
Compensating for no spider tack?
I have seen videos on that. If that is the case then who cares if they use it.
One of the stat geeks here can put it together and see if offensive numbers have really climbed that much since spider tack is no longer used. I doubt it is that big of a change.
I almost question if the offensive numbers have gone down since pitchers have a little less control.
I'm not sure what any of that means or how to maximize the strengths...lol
To me, it's a young guy figuring the league out. Similar to him figuring out MLB hitters are still really good when behind in the count with 2 strikes. He's got to figure out MLB hitters are really good with men in scoring position.
I believe they're still weighing options/opinions on Javier. Between the two guys, he's the one that seems to have some sort of glimmer of hope that it's not as bad as they fear. But he's likely missing significant time whether it's TJ or not.
What is getting all the pitchers? MLB has a big issue that needs to be addressed when it comes to the health of their pitchers.
It's not an MLB issue. Pitching in 2024 is throw as hard as you can, with as much spin as you can, all the time every pitch. Human arms aren't built for that. Someone posted an article several weeks ago with players and team doctors commenting on it. Pitchers generally are fine with the idea of blowing their arms out ever 5 years as long as it lands them a $100MM contract.
I'd guess it's a combo of pitch clock, no tacky stuff, and emphasis on spin.
I also wonder if how pitchers are handled so softly is having a negative effect on things. Rather than build strength and stamina they're just only pitching less innings.
Pitch clock may have some to do with it, but I honestly believe the pitcher injuries are due to the emphasis on spin and throwing gas. Everything is max effort. Arm angles are changing to increase spin and gas. Not a lot of over-the-top deliveries any more for these young guys.
I think Paul Skeens is going to need TJ within the next 3 years. He has a very flat throwing motion.
The pitch clock definitely plays a large role in the abundance of recent injuries, because everything is max effort all the time without an appropriate period of rest between. There's a reason to rest between sets in lifting, e.g.
The pitch clock definitely plays a large role in the abundance of recent injuries, because everything is max effort all the time without an appropriate period of rest between. There's a reason to rest between sets in lifting, e.g.
The pitch clock may be exacerbating the situation, but you correctly pointed out everything is max effort all the time, and that is the root of the issue.
I believe they're still weighing options/opinions on Javier. Between the two guys, he's the one that seems to have some sort of glimmer of hope that it's not as bad as they fear. But he's likely missing significant time whether it's TJ or not.
What is getting all the pitchers? MLB has a big issue that needs to be addressed when it comes to the health of their pitchers.
Speeding up the clock between pitches and the emphasis on spin rate at high velocity.
I think the mentality of the pitchers based on how they are being used is also a factor too. When every starter was going out there expecting to go 9 innings unless something went wrong, they knew they had to pace themselves and mix in some lower effort pitches to make it. They took it personally if they had to get pulled, so they paced themselves to make it less likely.
With guys going out there expecting to pitch 6-7 innings, there is a lot more temptation to just let it fly on every pitch knowing that the manager is ready with a quick hook as soon as you start wearing down.
Add in the velocity and spin rate issues already mentioned and it is easy to burn out your arm a lot faster.
MLBPA needs to do something for pitchers. At the very least, pitchers should get paid more in arbitration than hitters because of how short their careers are becoming. Allowing teams 14 pitchers makes sense as well with other rules in place to avoid it slowing down the game. Changing pitchers between innings, for example, has no impact on pace of play.
If we can increase to 14 pitchers then things like tandem starts becomes more feasible. It's a little silly now that you're either a starter going 6 innings or a reliever going 1. There's also often a weird gap of "starters" going maybe 100 innings in the minors and then jumping to the bigs and not being able to give 130+ innings. I would look at this as a training or rehab program. You have a top 2 or 3 of experienced starters who are traditional then you have 2-3 starts in a rotation that are tandem. Those guys only go 4 innings either because they are young and developing or coming off significant injuries. Eventually the idea is they come into your rotation as normal starters. It also has the advantage of if one of your normal starters gets hurt you can pick a tandem guy to go an extra few innings for awhile until that guy is back so it's less of an ordeal.
