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Posted
Just now, kevwun said:

I texted my friend he was gonna ground in to a double play.  Good call moving him back up in the order.

But the A's have all those lefties!!!

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4 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Bold prediction:

we lose out on a perfect homestand because Abreu comes up in a critical spot and strikes out or GIDP or Dusty fails to pinch hit for Maldy in the 7th or 8th and he does the same 

Oh look 

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Posted (edited)
1 minute ago, UTexasFight said:

Oh look 

That's like predicting if you fall into a pool you're gonna get wet. Not very impressive

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I’ll take a sweep any day no matter how we do it. But this offense has to pick it up. It’s crazy how bad they’ve been this year and thank God our pitching is elite. If we could hit and score like the rangerettes we would be 46-0.

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Posted
4 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

They should rename it the Maldonado line. 

I already christened .150 as the Maldonado line last year but maybe it didn't take

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1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

Somebody in the FO is going to have to force Dusty's hand.

This has to happen at some point. You can’t just keep penciling in the literal worst everyday player in baseball into a critical spot just because he used to be good. We’re almost 30% of the way through the season; this isn’t a “slump,” there is something fundamentally wrong with him and there is no rationale for batting him 4th while he figures out how to fix it.

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9 minutes ago, kevwun said:

There's no fixing father time.

Right. But he’s going to get time to try to adjust to it. I’m just saying it is professional malpractice to bat him cleanup while there is no reason to believe he’s going to be productive any time soon. It’s not Dusty’s fault that Abreu has completely fallen off a cliff; it is Dusty’s fault that he continues to bat in one of the most important lineup slots every day.

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34 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Right. But he’s going to get time to try to adjust to it. I’m just saying it is professional malpractice to bat him cleanup while there is no reason to believe he’s going to be productive any time soon. It’s not Dusty’s fault that Abreu has completely fallen off a cliff; it is Dusty’s fault that he continues to bat in one of the most important lineup slots every day.

Whose fault is it maldy plays 90% of the time?  3 putt. That’s who. 

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Posted
18 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Judging by this thread, one would think the Astros were on a 7 game losing streak, not a winning one. SMH

I call it closetojumping syndrome. 

Posted
54 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Judging by this thread, one would think the Astros were on a 7 game losing streak, not a winning one. SMH


keep Abreu at 4 or 5, we need his bat for a long playoff run. We’re stuck with  him and that contract 

I thought Diaz should have caught yesterday. Keep bringing him along. Maldy’s bat is heating up. 

Fingers crossed for all 3 of our rookie starters. Scouting will soon catch up to them. We’ll see how they react 

keep healing up

we are in the thick of it, with a wounded squad. Dusty and the staff are doing a great job. Remember people being upset when Strom left ?

I think blanco is the next man up to get spot start 

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2 hours ago, WBT said:

I already christened .150 as the Maldonado line last year but maybe it didn't take

To be fair, Mendoza hit below .200 in 4 of his full seasons to merit the line being named for him, while Maldonado has never hit below .150. Yet. But .190 would be pretty accurate.

Fun fact: Mendoza has the higher career batting average.

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Posted (edited)

He's gonna end up skipping AAA if he keeps it up and Brantley doesn't come back soon.  Also, that is a 4' outfield wall.

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Posted
1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:


keep Abreu at 4 or 5, we need his bat for a long playoff run. We’re stuck with  him and that contract 

 

fans GIF
 

I don’t follow the logic. Because we’re overpaying him and because we hope he’s not useless in the playoffs, we should continue to put him in the middle of the order now? He’s been worse than Maldy at the plate. It’s not bad luck: his expected stats are worse than Maldy’s.

There is not a single reasonable explanation for slotting Abreu higher in the order than Tucker. In what universe would anyone want Abreu to come to bat more frequently than Tucker? Hell, he should probably bat behind Pena and Chas too, but that is less egregious.

If Dusty insists, flip Yordan and Bregman and move Tucker to cleanup to get your r-l-r-l in the order. But for the love of god, stop deliberately handicapping your lineup every day. The FO needs to intervene if Dusty is truly too stubborn to see it. 

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I haven’t watched sports center in years. Looooot wnba highlights / talk, zero Astros highlights or even the score 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

fans GIF
 

I don’t follow the logic. Because we’re overpaying him and because we hope he’s not useless in the playoffs, we should continue to put him in the middle of the order now? He’s been worse than Maldy at the plate. It’s not bad luck: his expected stats are worse than Maldy’s.

There is not a single reasonable explanation for slotting Abreu higher in the order than Tucker. In what universe would anyone want Abreu to come to bat more frequently than Tucker? Hell, he should probably bat behind Pena and Chas too, but that is less egregious.

If Dusty insists, flip Yordan and Bregman and move Tucker to cleanup to get your r-l-r-l in the order. But for the love of god, stop deliberately handicapping your lineup every day. The FO needs to intervene if Dusty is truly too stubborn to see it. 


we’re winning 

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Posted (edited)

Ride it out until it needs to be changed. Have to hope for the best here 

when it happened, I knew it was the better move but I would have been much happier with yuli and a rookie Diaz backing him up. Wish we would have followed the heart strings on this one. 

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