Yahoo sports doesn't have any report about Verlander's "almost" no hitter, at least none that I could find. The Astros are grossly under reported.
Here are some quotes as I appreciate the content and know they need money to keep producing it... ----- “We’ve really opened his eyes, I think,” Verlander says. “Some of it’s the analytics. But a lot of it was some of the stuff I had learned through my career and Dallas had learned. All the idiosyncratic baseball knowledge of how to pitch and use your strengths. Just talking to him about his strengths. “That’s one thing they do really well here — they show you your strengths. As easy as that seems, it’s not. Once you know your bread-and-butter, then you can really go down this deep path of how to use that to the best of your ability.” ------ “I hired some new (specialists),” Cole says. “I put more effort into movement patterns and creating stability. I never had a problem creating horsepower. But stopping in a sustainable way (decelerating his arm), there was room to be desired.” ----- “If it was one thing, we would give it to every minor leaguer we have and have an abundance of success stories,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch says. “But we experiment. And we allow the player to experiment. The feedback is both ways. “When you have players like JV and Cole, established guys who are still learning — what do you think (rookie right-hander) Corbin Martin is going to do when he gets here? What do you think Pressly is going to do when he comes over? They build off that.” ---- “Some of that is me,” Cole says. “Some of it is learning some of those moves from Justin of watching other guys who have sustained it for a long time. It’s hard not to learn in that clubhouse. It’s such a unique environment.” ----- “Even going back to college, I used to get so mad,” Verlander says. “Guys would throw a ‘heavy’ ball. You’d hear that — the catcher is catching some guy and he’s like, ‘Man, that’s heavy.’ And I’m throwing to him and asking, ‘Is that heavy?’ And he’s like, ‘No, that’s really light.’ “I’m like, ‘F—! How the f—- do I get this heavy ball?’ But I’ve come to find out, and what has probably made my whole career, is this riding fastball that is the opposite of a heavy ball. Back then, I was searching for that. And it’s like no, what has made me unique is my spin and the way I stay behind the ball.”
The Astros hit quite the doldrums last year until the A's caught them. As long as the Yankees and Twins are keeping up, it'll keep the Astros motivated through the summer to keep home field advantage.
espn has totally disrespected them yet again today by making the Brantley article the lead on their mlb page, not the front page.
Wasn't a no-hitter, shutout, or complete game. Yes, it was a very well pitched regular season game against a very mediocre team...but not headline worthy.
Stupid yahoo sports https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-power-...-throne-as-baseballs-best-team-151506444.html
....and then Stanton has a setback in his rehab. The Twitter comments make Tyler White look loved here.
Dude, when one of them sat down at the beginning, he was like “I love verlander. We just need to be sure to get 2+ runs because he’s gonna give up one hit and it’s always a home run” We were all mad at him when it happened.
Don't be alarmed... only a solo. Not saying the offense couldn't overcome worse, but I like having great stats -- pitching and hitting. Stats, stats, stats
