it's silly that these guys get on the mound in clutch situations, like chapman against the indians. neshek has shown he can get lefties out better than sipp, at least this season. People take shots at altuve but one questions a decision by the grown ups in jerseys and people take offense. Bring your most trusted. if they fail, they fail but don't get burned by the sipps and chaps. thankfully oso blanco saves the day.
Wow. Dude don't mess around. Blum: "he's taking up real estate here in Oakland. He put his head down like he felt bad for the baseball."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Astros?src=hash">#Astros</a> Evan Gattis torturing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Athletics?src=hash">#Athletics</a> this season. he has 7 HR against A's, no one else in MLB has more than 4.</p>— John Hickey (@JHickey3) <a href="https://twitter.com/JHickey3/status/778712895626502145">September 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since all-star break, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Astros?src=hash">#Astros</a> Evan Gattis is 5th in the AL in HR/AB, hitting 1 every 11.8 ABs.</p>— Adam Wexler (@awexlerKPRC) <a href="https://twitter.com/awexlerKPRC/status/778705768719589377">September 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
What happened to him is a big fat 18 million dollar contract that runs for two more years after this one. Ugh!
Other LH/RH relievers have gotten paid and still performed. I think Sipp may just bounce back next year. Relievers are impossible to predict outside of the multi-million-dollar closers.
A few weeks ago, he said it was his last broadcast in Houston. IIRC, the vibe I got from twitter was that he was moving on, unless I am mistaken.
Lets walk that first batter to make it interesting cmon Luke, I know you want too. Edit, batter swung at ball four and dribbled to the first baseman.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm not done yet!! Unfortunately I won't be back in Houston this year. I'm still an Astro!! <a href="https://t.co/HuI5m9c9xu">https://t.co/HuI5m9c9xu</a></p>— Geoff Blum (@blummer27) <a href="https://twitter.com/blummer27/status/771093001577730048">August 31, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This was my last broadcast in Houston, I will b on all road broadcasts the rest of the year. Wanted to say thank u to the crew here in Htown</p>— Geoff Blum (@blummer27) <a href="https://twitter.com/blummer27/status/771092063307706368">August 31, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
