This sentiment is somewhat justified because Aces usual face Aces. Teams set their rotation. However... Hamels entered 3.94.. then followed mostly worse. Astros might only win 95 instead of 110. Still time for 110 though.
Another Verlander gem, wasted. TWENTY-FIVE Wins is still possible -- first pitcher in almost 30 years -- but season/opportunity is narrowing. 19-Wins and CY is still acceptable.
i was only being like a quarter serious but that's not always the case about ace vs ace. i mean after the first couple weeks or so, most rotations are pretty random because you have rest days, pitchers getting sent down, etc... but just from today: scherzer got 3 runs, but he drove in one himself. his opponent koch has been pretty lucky according to peripherals, also far from an ace.. sale got 3 run support, but one was because the catcher gave up a triple on an error. sanchez hasn't really been good this year either, far from their ace. i feel like part of aces not getting run support is psychological from the hitters' perspectives though.
With Springer day to day it may only get worse as we see more of Gattis/Jake/fisher. If this isn’t the time to bring up some of the AAA guys then I don’t know what is
Good thing run scoring sequencing isn't predictive. Not saying Astros won't continue to have high or no scoring games, saying that very tough to fix a problem when there aren't players that specialize in sequencing there hits with other players. Only thing to do is get better players for back of lineup, but that is doubtful to impact the 5 RHBs that tend to go off together or not at all this year. Yankees had a big problem with scoring a lot in wins or just not enough in losses last regular season (i.e., something like 7 games difference in wins and projected wins if they had a typical distribution of hits). Edit: lights out closers have been only thing I know of that has been demonstrated to have a drastic affect on sequencing intraseason (~2 wins). Very few closers can string together multiple years of being lights out.
It's amazing to think that we essentially lost every road game in the playoffs last year.... ...but if I remember correctly, we had weird home/away splits in the first half of last season as well.
we need a caravan filled with Jd davis and ted tuckers heading to Texas! It will eventually level off but it's frustrating watching the team's outstanding starting pitching come away with losses and no decisions. last year I suggested pink flamingos in the outfield. I'm out of ideas for the regular season.
Its painfully obvious that these guys are getting too much love from their partners/spouses at home...
Regarding this home/road split issue, I thought id hunt down who bucks the trend (who actually is better at home). (home/road OPS) Reddick-.860/.618 Fisher---.749/.651 Jake-----.592/.373 That is it. Two of our three lefties, but McCann is better on the road. Switch hitter Marwin is about the same at home/road (no one else is). Looking over team stats, while home-runs are about equal, in every other aspect of the offense, the numbers are significantly better on the road (overall). Our pitching is better on the road as well. Team (ERA) Road: .216 Home: .295 It turns out we give up about 1/2 a run more per game at home. On offense, we score 1 fewer run per game. So 2/3 of the problem is the offense scoring less, 1/3 that our pitching is worse (but still very good).
I know everybody likes to b**** about Jake/Fisher... but honestly, the offense should be good enough to withstand their incompetence. They're also easier to replace if/when they decide to call guys up. I'm far more concerned about the consistency of Altuve, Correa, Bregman, Yuli, Marwin game-in/game-out.
Wow just wow. Gotta look to do something to spark this team offensively, no? Can’t keep running guys out there at the bottom of the order that cannot get it done for one. Don’t want to panic, but I feel like it’s time to add a bat or two.
It is on the road. The worst of those guys is Correa. He is .172/ .267/ .328 at home. Isnt he engaged? Only Reddick (.300), Springer (.273) and Altuve (.260) are batting >.235 at home. Yea, there is definitely a problem here. http://www.espn.com/mlb/team/stats/batting/_/name/hou/split/33
See Jim's post above. A few bottom of the order guys are the only ones hitting better at home than the road.
Oh I agree it’s pretty much across the board. I just think if you add one or two capable hitters it will make the other guys pick it up. Guys will most likely see better pitches if you have more talent throughout the lineup.
What pitches they are seeing doesn't account for the home/road disparity. Agree that adding talent couldn't hurt.
What's crazy about our terrible home record...is that the team ahead of us, the Angels, are having a worse time at home...
