Were the stolen bases on Bloss or did they just pick the right pitches?

uh-oh, some issue going on?

His fastball was sitting at 91 all game and I was told he consistently hits 94-95. Makes me wonder if he had fatigue going into the game or was too jacked up pregame and wore himself out.

home plate ump is out of the game

Breggy Popup said:

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f1ghtintexasaggie said:

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At what point is it because we aren't preparing these guys for the rigor of MLB play?

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Pay attention to the rest of the league. Pitcher injuries are rampant.

My opinion is it is the focus on max effort, max spin and all the various pitch shapes coming out of pitching labs.

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I don't know the extent of the league (though what I have paid attention to seems higher than normal?), but I can't help but wonder if it's an organizational thing. Maybe the new people have a different philosophy than Lunhow had about training pitchers? Did we have as many injuries prior to 2020?

In this kid's case, you never know if it's training or just increase in work. How old is he?

Maybe I'm reading into it but I thought the kid looked uncomfortable multiple times tonight stretching and wincing etc. sadly it didn't surprise me when we had to come out with the trainer

Yes things have changed. The sweeper has become en vogue and teams have pushed harder and harder for spin on pretty much everything. It's basically just us keeping up with the jones'.

Has the TV indicated what's happening?

In the stadium no one knows why the huge stop in middle of inning

Bloss threw 36 pitches in the 3rd inning

that's a lot -- stating the obvious

Replacing the home plate ump

FrioAg 00 said:

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Has the TV indicated what's happening?

In the stadium no one knows why the huge stop in middle of inning

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Home plate blue injured and being replaced.

MaxPower said:

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Yes things have changed. The sweeper has become en vogue and teams have pushed harder and harder for spin on pretty much everything. It's basically just us keeping up with the jones'.

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I know spin has been king in baseball for a while, and I don't dispute that it likely has lead to more injuries. I was just wondering if the Astros, specifically, have changed the way the train/prepare pitchers. For example, I read about a story where Lunhow wanted the minor league pitchers doing long toss, and one of the minor league coaches told him no, that's dumb and Lunhow fired him. So, with the "back of the baseball card" crew back in charge, I wonder if things are different.


(I make now claims as to whether or not long toss helps or hinders pitchers in terms of preventing injury)

Twisted Helix said:

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I think Blum was politely saying why the **** did we bring him out for the third.

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Playing devil's advocate, here, but if he sits after 3, it doesn't necessarily prevent him from being hurt a few days later.

He was regularly hitting 94 in this game

Dub; nice hit

Dubon singles

I predict we will need to score about 6 runs to win

Sac fly

I predict we score about 4 less than that.

Damnit


Corners 1 out

They are going to small ball us to death

2 ground balls in the exact same spot this inning

Good lord, when was the last time we had a hit like they do. Finding every hole

O's have 9 hits -- all singles

Sometimes this little infield shifts kick our butt!

finally a grounder to a fielder

Needed that DP

Bats need to get it started

Breg on the pond for the big fella

Bregman singles