this, our rangers streak, our road woes over the past year... not coincidence. it's pure mental midgetry. it's an insult to fans that the front office's solution is to do nothing.
The really bad thing is, look at the 40 man roster. Name one person that you would actually like to see them move up. Musgrove is pretty much it. I mean, it's a sad day when I wouldn't mind seeing Singleton get a shot because I'm tired of seeing Tyler White in the lineup.
Hunsicker thrived in that environment building around the edges of the roster, Luhnow thus far has had one player from his drafts make the big leagues and contribute everyday. His major moves to get Gattis, Gomez, Giles, and Kazmir have not paid off as intended or at least sold at the time of the moves. It might be all on Luhnow but it's not like he's some baseball savant whose cracked the code to winning either. I never said replace him but he might need some help evaluating a major league team.
Root should just start having fun with this clown show just to entertain the fans. When a runner gets thrown out at the plate zoom in on Pettis with the wah wah waaaah sound effect!
My apologies, I forgot about McCullers so there's two. Some moves have gone well like Harris, Neshek, Gregerson, and McHugh. When the majority of your high profile moves don't produce as advertised, it masks all of the other good. Crane might be cheap but he isn't going anywhere so the GM has to work within that constraint and produce a winning team. It's not meant to be easy, otherwise there wouldn't only be 30 GM positions available. However, you have wonder what's going on when you can't get most of your major league trades right.
Gattis with no RBI's tonight and he left 7 runners on base. You just can't have that from you DH. The Astros left 21 runners on base tonight. Hard to win like that.
Yes, but the players combined to leave 21 on base because some were on base for multiple hitters. 17 base runners and 3 runs is awful. The inability of this team to score from 3B with fewer than 2 outs is terrible.
you're right, but while he hasn't been his dominant self from last year, he's still been virtually unhittable against us. he still has a ridiculous K/9 and pitches better at home. he's also pitched against potent offenses all year. our offense is not that good, and if correa is out again, makes us even less of a threat. only thing we have going for us is his increased walk rate and his susceptibility to giving up HRs. that no wins after 6 innings stat is insane. no wonder we never comeback against the rangers and other similar crappy bullpens
