If you need a distraction, Mariners are up 1-0 bottom of the third vs. KC. An unearned run the difference so far.

Royals on pace for 96 wins this year so far.

Farmer1906 said:

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Singleton gets a day off at first vs RHP. Oops.

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Is it oops, though?

He should absolutely appeal if he did nothing wrong.

redline248 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Singleton gets a day off at first vs RHP. Oops.

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Is it oops, though?

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Yes, I trust the larger sample size and the general rule of thumb.

Dubon 2022-2024: 71 wRC+ vs RHP, 125 wRC+ vs LHP

Singleton has mostly stunk in the bigs except for recently.
AAA 2022-2023: .444 wOBA, .430 xwOBA vs RHP, .350 wOBA, .301 xwOBA vs LHP.

Farmer1906 said:

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redline248 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Singleton gets a day off at first vs RHP. Oops.

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Is it oops, though?

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Yes, I trust the larger sample size and the general rule of thumb.

Dubon 2022-2024: 71 wRC+ vs RHP, 125 wRC+ vs LHP

Singleton has mostly stunk in the bigs except for recently.
AAA 2022-2023: .444 wOBA, .430 xwOBA vs RHP, .350 wOBA, .301 xwOBA vs LHP.

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Yeah.

I wonder if it was scheduled day off or maybe just riding a trend? Oh well, we still ought to be able to pound this guy.

redline248 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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redline248 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Singleton gets a day off at first vs RHP. Oops.

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Is it oops, though?

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Yes, I trust the larger sample size and the general rule of thumb.

Dubon 2022-2024: 71 wRC+ vs RHP, 125 wRC+ vs LHP

Singleton has mostly stunk in the bigs except for recently.
AAA 2022-2023: .444 wOBA, .430 xwOBA vs RHP, .350 wOBA, .301 xwOBA vs LHP.

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Yeah.

I wonder if it was scheduled day off or maybe just riding a trend? Oh well, we still ought to be able to pound this guy.

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Also, Dubon scares me with these low expected #s. I haven't dug into why just yet.

vs RHP

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f1ghtintexasaggie said:

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He should absolutely appeal if he did nothing wrong.

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If he appeals and doesn't win, he ends up delaying the suspension which could mean missing multiple starts. Its better to miss 1 than potentially 2

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I realize that, but now he's conceded that he cheated without fighting it at all. Given our recent history, you'd think that would matter more than one additional start both to him and the organization. The dude is an outside Cy candidate right now. Would I put money down that he will continue his excellent start to the year? Absolutely not. But now with this, and especially not even fighting it, he has not shot, even if he dominates the rest of the year.

All that assuming he actually did NOT cheat. That's just how I feel.

Appeals grant reduced suspension all the time?

Because he's a slappy. You have to be Luis Arraez to be overly valuable with that approach.

redline248 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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redline248 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Singleton gets a day off at first vs RHP. Oops.

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Is it oops, though?

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Yes, I trust the larger sample size and the general rule of thumb.

Dubon 2022-2024: 71 wRC+ vs RHP, 125 wRC+ vs LHP

Singleton has mostly stunk in the bigs except for recently.
AAA 2022-2023: .444 wOBA, .430 xwOBA vs RHP, .350 wOBA, .301 xwOBA vs LHP.

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Yeah.

I wonder if it was scheduled day off or maybe just riding a trend? Oh well, we still ought to be able to pound this guy.

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Like Bregman does his wife...

Not appealing is the smart play since he's already presumed guilty by most. Don't let MLB drag this thing out more. I just wanna know what "foreign substance" was on his glove.

I am still so confused about this sudden joke about Bregman and his wife - where did this come from? I have been at the games this week, so did I miss something on the broadcast?

Something was slightly mentioned post game. I tried finding the interviews and had no luck. So I can't say exactly. But basically assumed he got some.

Thread turned it to reverse cowgirl and somehow that expanded to the brown eye except those aren't the same.

Just checking in with these guys
Springer BA .201 OPS .572 HR 3 19-23
Correa BA .274 OPS .791 HR 2 24-17

SpaceCityAg05 said:

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I am still so confused about this sudden joke about Bregman and his wife - where did this come from? I have been at the games this week, so did I miss something on the broadcast?

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Only thing I can figure is this interview bout "figuring something out this morning" along with the look.
I think he was just really happy he figured out a better swing.

Alex Bregman on his breakout game pic.twitter.com/k0BVPSrCqQ

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) May 14, 2024

SpaceCityAg05 said:

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I am still so confused about this sudden joke about Bregman and his wife - where did this come from? I have been at the games this week, so did I miss something on the broadcast?

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After the opening game against the A's, breggy was interviewed by Julia and asked what he thought changed. He made an offhand comment about just coming home from a long road trip and his wife and he stopped himself before digging an even deeper hole.

I joked that his resurgence was due to reverse cowgirl action.

And here we are.

More from GM Dana Brown on Blanco pic.twitter.com/WjcHdwtIOl

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) May 15, 2024

McCormick went 0-for-4 with a strikeout at DH today for Double-A Corpus Christi. He'll take tomorrow off and play again for the Hooks on Friday.

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) May 15, 2024

Shawn Dubin is the Astros' only reliever guaranteed to be available tonight. Seth Martinez threw 52 pitches on Sunday and could maybe give an inning. Tayler Scott and Josh Hader both went two innings last night. Montero, Pressly and Abreu have both gone two days in a row

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) May 15, 2024

Asked for updates on J.P. France (shoulder) and Forrest Whitley (elbow), Astros general manager Dana Brown said "I don't foresee them coming back soon to this club because they have some obstacles they have to get through."

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) May 15, 2024

Gotcha - bunch of pervs just having fun on the thread - THAT I totally believe!

I was wondering where it came from and gained steam so quickly.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Shawn Dubin is the Astros' only reliever guaranteed to be available tonight. Seth Martinez threw 52 pitches on Sunday and could maybe give an inning. Tayler Scott and Josh Hader both went two innings last night. Montero, Pressly and Abreu have both gone two days in a row

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) May 15, 2024

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Assuming this means Framber gets 100 pitches tonight no matter how well or poorly he does.

Beau Holder said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Shawn Dubin is the Astros' only reliever guaranteed to be available tonight. Seth Martinez threw 52 pitches on Sunday and could maybe give an inning. Tayler Scott and Josh Hader both went two innings last night. Montero, Pressly and Abreu have both gone two days in a row

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) May 15, 2024

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Assuming this means Framber gets 100 pitches tonight no matter how well or poorly he does.

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That kind of pressure should do wonders for his psyche going into the game. Anybody have Maldy on speed dial?

EastCoastAgNc said:

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MLB has a major problem with consistency and the umpires

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Maybe to you. The MLB doesn't think they have any problem at all with their umpires.

Was there not a reliever in Sugar Land that could sub for Martinez or Dubin?

Marvin said:

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Was there not a reliever in Sugar Land that could sub for Martinez or Dubin?

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Maybe they're gonna get one of em to blow it out tonight and then send him down.