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Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Hey Now!, Sep 3, 2015.

  1. msn

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    Good points, including the run differential bit.

    Here's hoping. :)
     
  2. Hey Now!

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    Valbuena's year makes no sense to my brain...

    Here are his monthly OPS totals:
    May: .548
    June: .883
    July: .593
    August .813

    And so far, he's continuing his every other month trend with a .468 start to September.

    I can't completely dismiss his overall numbers - but I have a hard time defending a player who's that wildly inconsistent. 1B has been a giant hole for this team all year.

    But it looks like Gomez has (fingers crossed) righted whatever was wrong (.327/.377/.564/.941 his last 14 games with 7 2Bs, which is a full-season pace of 65). If so, that gives the Astros three viable bats. Now we need Springer back to full strength - those four can carry a line-up that has a bunch of streaky players - as long as the streaky players aren't collectively cold together...
     
  3. Rocketman95

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    He's going to be awesome in October.
     
  4. Nippystix

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    I like how this man thinks.
     
  5. Rocketman95

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    Eh, serious baseball again has turned me into a complete bi-polar sports spaz.
     

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