[Official] Mariners @ Astros

He induces more groundballs than any pitcher in baseball (not named Keuchel) so expect the infield too be busy

 

He goes down for the season requiring hip surgery

 

so his arm is durable then?

 

Durable as an Edsel with a lit piece of dynamite taped to the hood.

 

That is a reference that might even be from before @Deckard's time.

 

Christ..........

 

More than his hip.

I'm optimistic about Morton, and think he is going to give us some great starts, I just realize he'll probably get hurt at some point.

 

So will the Rockets or Astros be on Root tonight? Both are listed to be on. Anyone know?

 

Haha welp, I wasted my one call in game 2 of the season. Not really wasted, as Marwin's HR ended up being the game winner, but you know what I mean. Y'all are going to have to pick me up for the rest of the 160 games, and I'll try to save my mojo for September/October.

Let's go Astros, earn it!

 

Not sensitive just real first week of the season and some guys are already complaining really.

 

We're just two games in, so I am definitely trying to temper my expectations, but what a great start to the season. My two biggest concerns coming into the year were Keuchel and McCullers. They both have ace potential, but they were also hurt/ineffective last year. If they stay healthy and pitch to their capability (hell, even if they pitch 75% of their ceiling), we should be in great shape. Both were tremendous.

Also, on another note, how about this when McCann hits a HR or does something good:
Yes.Mc.Cann!

(sports is the last place for politics in my opinion, so I'm not making a political statement one way or the other, but I do think it has a nice ring to it)

 

looking forward to seeing MorLIT pitch tonight.

 

Root Sports has an alternate channel on all services:

Comcast Xfinity: 710HD. DIRECTV: 674-1. AT&T U-verse: 697/1697HD. Coastal Link: 331.

 

If harden aint playing, then bouncy ball gets the commercial breaks. Also looking forward to morton, hope he can break the injury prone label.

 

I like it, but typically pitching and [getting] lit is not a great combo, so my early go-to for Morton is:

I'm looking forward to Morton making the M's salty tonight.

Alright folks, y'all have been a great audience!

 

So far so dominant

 

Astros recruiting kids to ask for home runs. This was the solution all along.

 

Thanks man!

 

ESPN: How to enjoy the Astros, the most-fun-to-watch team in baseball

 

McCullers looked filthy last night. Best stuff in the league filthy. Watching the game, nothing was hit hard off of him at all. I'd love to see the statcast numbers, but really it seemed like damn near every ball in play was softly hit, and all but 1 or 2 was a grounder / chopper. Only reason his pitch count was up there was pure bad luck. If he can stay healthy there's no reason he won't be in the Cy Young conversation. If Morton is as good as his spring training / rumors indicate...our weakness could be this year's strength. Hard not to get excited.