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  On 5/31/2018 at 12:11 AM, cabowabo said:

Has there been any studies as to the effectiveness of the shift? I see just as many balls hit in the vacated areas as I do hit to the shifted area.

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I know there are ups and downs during a season, but with the bullpen turning wins into losses, our offense hot and cold, and every break seeming to go against us, it's not much fun to watch right now. I got spoiled quickly.

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It would have been nice  to have resigned Beltran another year. Could use a guy like that right now on the bench. He was a great influence on these young players last year.

Also, I hope the way Hinch is coaching is for the long haul. A lot his moves so far have been questionable. Seems like he is over managing.

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  On 5/31/2018 at 2:45 AM, Helobious said:
Well I guess I won't be posting in here again unless these teams meet up in the postseason. Looking forward to an ALCS rematch, if you guys make it that far. 
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The loss today I can digest. Severino is a witch, and I pretty much assume every Keuchel start is a loss now. It makes yesterday's loss more maddening. At some point, you have to consider putting McHugh is the starting rotation and put Keuchel in the pen. 

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We are in great shape. Offense will come around and Hinch will figure things out. We have one of the best records in the league with a bunch guys under performing. Look for Luhnow to make some tweaks during the season and then the Yankees will be our post season bitches again.

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  On 5/31/2018 at 3:27 AM, cabowabo said:

The loss today I can digest. Severino is a witch, and I pretty much assume every Keuchel start is a loss now. It makes yesterday's loss more maddening. At some point, you have to consider putting McHugh is the starting rotation and put Keuchel in the pen. 

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What did Keuchel do wrong today? He got a ground ball that is an out on 29 other MLB teams.

He has pitched 74 innings so far this season, and the offense has supported him with 35 runs during those innings. 9 out of his 12 starts, the offense has scored 2 runs or fewer while he was pitching. The other 3 starts 29 runs in his 21 innings of work. The boom/bust nature of this offense is a bigger reason he's 3-7 as opposed to his performance.

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Yes this week has sucked and this team definitely has some holes it will need to fill but we all need a big dose of perspective every now and then.

Keuchel is fine. Not great, not poor. Just fine.
And that’s fine on this 2018 team so far. His biggest “issue” may be that he’s part of a rotation that has three guys that could very well start the all star game right now if there were enough spots.

So far this year he has a 3.65 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP. That is EXACTLY his career average for those two stats.
The problem is he’s battling expectations of matching 2015 and/or the start he had last year in his walk year.
Unfortunately, he’s backed up to his overall career average when other guys in the rotation we weren’t expecting to be as lights out are blowing past him.

And all of that is fine...for now. Maybe not so much if Morton, Cole, JV come back to earth.

But for a dose of perspective, it still blows me away that our starters the last six days in May 2017 were:
Keuchel
LMJ
Musgrove
Peacock
Fiers
Paulino

Last year we rode some career offensive years by a few guys to a title (with some clutch pitching mixed in when it mattered). This year maybe we ride some career years on the mound by a few guys to a title (with some clutch offense when it matters). It don’t make a shit to me.
That’s part of what I love about this game.

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  On 5/31/2018 at 3:13 AM, UTexasFight said:

Keuchel is on pace to lose 20 games...on a team that is on pace to win 100.

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In 4 of his losses, Houston scored 1 run. In one of those, they were shut out. Projecting that across a season is just as much an indictment of the team, which may be valid too.

 

The last 2 by Keuchel were shit games, for sure.  Altuve forgot how to hit( LOL) for a couple weeks too.  There may be just the right peer pressure and surrounding talent to turn Dallas around.

 

 

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It’s all well and good to call out management for not adding a key piece before the deadline. But less than a year later, you’d better be pulling your own weight. 

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Not sure how many of you, if any, are memorabilia collectors but I found a pretty good deal on an authenticated Kyle Tucker bat that you may want to pick up now if you think he is gonna be worth a shit in the majors because it won't be this cheap again.  

https://www.fanatics.com/Kyle_Tucker_Houston_Astros_Fanatics_Authentic_Autographed_Rawlings_Blonde_Big_Stick_Bat/t-14990807+o-1254+d-31664437+f-3772652+z-9-114146052?_s=GPA_CA&sku=9789849&targetid=pla-299684801902

 

Also there is a Tristar show coming up July 6-8 - just waiting to see the list of people who will be there, but I am sure many Stros will be in attendance again.  So yall will be able to go get your Keuchel autographs  

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  On 5/31/2018 at 2:45 AM, Helobious said:

Well I guess I won't be posting in here again unless these teams meet up in the postseason. Looking forward to an ALCS rematch, if you guys make it that far. 

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says the bandwagoner of a team who isnt even leading their division

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  On 5/31/2018 at 8:39 PM, Hank Chinaski said:

Am I the only one who would rather see Davis than Marisnick? It's difficult to describe how awful Marisnick has been at the plate this year. But a 51:1 K:BB ratio pretty much describes it.

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I think Hinch is the only guy who disagrees with you. Unfortunately, he's the only guy making out lineup cards. 

It's not that Jake will never have another surge with the bat. It's just that if said surges represent 5 percent of his opportunities, we're in for (more) long stretches of  offensive ineptitude with this guy. Let's just move on.  

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  On 5/31/2018 at 8:39 PM, Hank Chinaski said:

Am I the only one who would rather see Davis than Marisnick? It's difficult to describe how awful Marisnick has been at the plate this year. But a 51:1 K:BB ratio pretty much describes it.

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agree completely.  I think Jake should only be called upon as a 9th inning defensive replacement. I think right now you can make a strong argument that he is the worst offensive player in MLB (not counting pitchers), although Chris Davis is trying like hell to get in the conversation.

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Hinch resting his best players playing the best teams in the AL is retarded. He knew this stretch was coming, and could have gotten these guys rest before this stretch. McCullers going need a shutout tonight to have a shot at winning with this lineup.

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So after tonight, all of the big names have had their night off, correct?

It’s nice of Hinch to allow Fresno to take the bottom half of the batting order tonight and test their skills against the best team in baseball.

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  On 5/31/2018 at 9:02 PM, UTexasFight said:

So after tonight, all of the big names have had their night off, correct?

It’s nice of Hinch to allow Fresno to take the bottom half of the batting order tonight and test their skills against the best team in baseball.

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Altuve has played in every game this year.

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kemp and jaKe need to flip flop. i seriously don't understand why we're playing marisnicK at all, jaKe marisnicK is terrible at batting. 

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  On 5/31/2018 at 8:54 PM, HtownHorn said:

Hinch resting his best players playing the best teams in the AL is retarded. He knew this stretch was coming, and could have gotten these guys rest before this stretch. McCullers going need a shutout tonight to have a shot at winning with this lineup.

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Agreed. He could have allowed guys to take a night off against Oakland or Arlington, or waited until we got past the toughest stretch of the season. 

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  On 5/31/2018 at 12:11 AM, cabowabo said:

Has there been any studies as to the effectiveness of the shift? I see just as many balls hit in the vacated areas as I do hit to the shifted area.

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Nah, all of MLB is just winging it

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  On 5/31/2018 at 9:15 PM, Player said:
Agreed. He could have allowed guys to take a night off against Oakland or Arlington, or waited until we got past the toughest stretch of the season. 

This is the 10th game of a 13 consecutive game streak. Just happens to fall against tough opponents. Baseball season is a marathon not a sprint.
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  On 5/31/2018 at 9:54 PM, Fozzz said:

Hopefully this will get Tucker going.  His power has been pretty disappointing this season, especially for the PCL.  

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I went to the game in ABQ last night...both HRs were crushed, about 420' to right-center. Granted, ABQ is basically like playing at Coors Field, but he mashed both. And yeah - hopefully his power bat starts to heat up.

Also, AJ Reed is still fat. 

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