Well there is one way not to get into the bullpen. What a dominant performance by Cole. Very impressive.
Anybody else see the Dbacks starter pull out the piece of gum from his pocket, stick it in his mouth, and then go with the fingers to the gum? I wonder if Tyler Bauer will be calling out any other organizations.... somehow I doubt it
I may be wrong, but that's the best in Stros history by a good bit. Unit in '98 and Wilson in '68 were both 89s. eta: forgot about Scott's no-no. 98 Kerry Wood's 20 K 1 hitter against us in '98 is the highest in MLB history, 105. eta#2: Sunday is the 20th anniversary of that game.
I figured that Kerry Wood game had to be the top game score. 20 K's and 1 baserunner, gonna be tough to ever top that.
Wood's 105 was the highest 9 inning game score. That being said... The two highest game scores ever recorded both occurred in the same game: the famous 26-inning duel from 1920, Joe Oeschger scored 153 and Leon Cadore scored 140.
Keuchel is probably pissed because that Brinks truck never made it to his driveway and it is on the way over to Cole's house with some extra cheddar.
Didn't know I needed to specify "modern history", or non-dead-ball era, but point taken. That game got started late because of rain and they played the last several/many innings in the dusk with no lights. The game took 3:50 minutes to play 26 innings.
Makes you wonder with the way he's been playing since basically the tail end of last season till now, there will be a lot less Brinks (if any) showing up in DKs driveway. Almost as if he keeps struggling, the Astros might have a chance to retain him on the cheap. Although if he's struggling with his location and command idk why you'd want to sign him if at all.
The comment about the 26 inning game was just trivia. Clearly pitchers that pitch into extra innings have an advantage. Harvey Haddix had a 107 for his 12+ inning game where he lost a perfect game in the 13th.
Keuchel is not pitching good. He's still pitching better than half the starters in the majors including such guys as Quintana, Darvish, and Stroman. He's not going to bring in 200 million, but Alex Cobb still brought home 57 million. What Keuchel gets should be enough Brinks for anyone to scratch out a living for the rest of his life.
Not sure how this devolved into worrying about Keuchel's financial security for his life. In the end, the Astros are fortunate that Keuchel is declaring himself to have limited upside for a long-term contract, and they didn't get bogged down with a pre-arb extension to buy out some FA years. They'd probably be able to work something out beyond this year that is both reasonable and win-win for both sides, provided he doesn't have any real arm trouble. I'd rather have a mediocre lefty in the starting lineup than a young/unproven pitcher that still is a big unknown in terms of health and mental fortuity (looking at you, Frankie Tuesday).
If he's healthy, I could see him getting a 3 year deal at 45-55 million plus some health related incentives that would push it to 60.
You're right. Though, I still think it is too early to call for the demise of Keuchel. He'll never win another Cy Young, but he's also going to have games that guys hit ball to warning track instead out of the park like his 10 innings or so.
