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No.

Apparently Gregerson sucks, needs to be traded, demoted, released or something like that.

One simply does not escape the "GARM".

 

Not when the Astros lose, and often not when they win.

 

They'd be 38-2 if Correa was the opening day SS and 40-0 if they had drafted Bryant.

 

Or maybe the fact that it was against his former team. I remember him struggle not too long ago against the A's as well. Trying to do too much

 

Gosh dangit guys! If this was the GARM there'd be an "Official Fire AJ Hinch" started before opening day. Altuve's heart would be questioned daily. And there would be 7 threads telling us Player X sucks. Also we'd be talking about the offseason in the middle of the year.

 

Gregerson was mowing people down before this personal issue started, since then he's gotten hit in all 4 outings. Fortunately we haven't lost any of the games.

Hopefully he can get back to his earlier form.

 

Bats came alive!

 

Plus an entire country full of Korean posters asking why Conger hasn't gotten more starts, followed by a contingent of posters accusing them of being COF.

 

I'm so proud of the team so far this season... just think about it, to be sitting here talking about our best ever 40 game start to a year is spectacular!

I've gone from starting the season with optimism about finishing .500+ to now genuine nerves over whether we can do something truly special this year.

Wowser. Credit to everyone involved and long may it continue!!

 

Frankly, I think we would be off to an even better start if AJ would put in Conger. Everyone knows that he would be better starting than coming off the bench. But who is surprised...

 

I don't know why the Astros keep going to the bad swinging Castro when Congsanity is on the bench. Congsanity is all about pitch framing. That is the only skill that matters for catchers.

 

Oh my, we've got ourselves a Congtroversy brewing.

 

Congtroversy beer....St Arnold's make it happen!

 

Yeah, I'm worried about the guy. I really wonder if he's very focused on baseball right now. We may never know what his personal leave was for, but Gregerson's refusal to talk about it makes it seem pretty rough.

 

And Fields could also close

 

This talk of the Garm and the Rockets. The similarties between the 2 teams respective systems is a strange thing to watch.

The Rockets just want layups, FT's, and 3's, and are trying to eliminate the long loved mid range jumper.

The Astros just get walks, HR's and strikeouts, and are trying to win without using...the hit. Seriously we rank 1st in HR, 4th in walks, and 2nd in K's. We have very respectable offensive numbers overall (9th in runs, and 12th in OPS) yet we amazingly rank 29th in hits this year (dead last by a comfortable margin in singles per game). I doubt we stay that low by years end, but still I think there is a very real chance we end the year with a top 10 offense, while ranking near the bottom in hits, which I imagine has to be extremely rare, if not unprecedented.

 

What was the personal issue? Do we know that?

 

And the fact that he had to leave for a 2nd time, if even just for a day. It's something serious and g-d forbid the guy struggles a bit because of it. I think it's worth giving him a few days off just to rest and gather himself.

 

Nothing has been publicly disclosed.

 

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