Would've made plenty of sense to give him more starting chances this season, but you're probably right long-term.
Correa has to swing at an 0-2 fastball down the middle of the plate. <captain obvious> - Captain Obvious
It's a tough call. This is his 8th game (most in high leverage situations) this month. As a starter, he'd have 3 or 4.
Pitchers have caught on. The slide step, even a slight one, is a neutralizer as long as you have a competent catcher.
OK, the A's 2B (or SS?) is essentially blocking the bag on tag plays at 2B. He's setting up 2 feet in front and daring the runner to slide into or around him. Marwin b!tched about it, Altuve just b!tched about it. The next guy needs to go in hard with spikes, he'll stop that stuff post-haste.
I'm saying he doesn't have the arm or the repertoire to be a starter now. His 90mph fastball + change combo looks a hell of a lot better when its a 95mph fastball + change. If he can get his breaking ball to be anything other than "show me" stuff...?
definitely should win "team cy young" this year. still am interested to see if he gets some ROY votes