Man, we really could have used bregman's bat earlier in the season. What was Lunhow thinking waiting this long?
Another way of looking at it is... Had he been called up earlier, he may have already made a full adjustment by now. It's usually a requisite. I don't think the big leagues are overwhelming him. Just is in a major slump/BABIP conundrum.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Bregman is now 0 for 16 to begin his big league career. He is the first Astros player to start 0 for 16 since ... A.J. Reed.</p>— Jake Kaplan (@jakemkaplan) <a href="https://twitter.com/jakemkaplan/status/759553981664235520" data-datetime="2016-07-31T00:59:15+00:00">July 31, 2016</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
No doubt, but hope. You don't get many pitches to hit from a guy like Verlander. The next meatball fastball Carlos Correa watches, i just might lose my ****. First pitch fastball middle-out, swing the ****ing bat.
And we'd instead be having this conversation about Reed since he would've likely been delayed more in that case. And there would have been an open question early on after Bregman came up as to whether he could handle AAA (assuming he still slumped initially) and if it was smart to have him skip AAA. And then there would be an even greater thought to sending him down with a slump compared to now
