Sometimes it messes with the hitter (hitter has to take?), having a guy like Straw trying to steal (on which pitch!?!). Does that take away from Bregman? Dunno.
I hear Joe Smith should be ready for return sometime this month? If not him, maybe Guduan, I think he's done well in AAA lately, and there'd be no lefties in the pen if Valdez is moved to the rotation.
Framber is an enigma. With his unpredictable control and not-blistering speed, you'd think he'd be a real candidate for getting tagged at some point in a game. But every time I see him (including live last year), he soaks up innings like a sponge. He's got some wicked movement, but he just kind of plods through these innings and before you know it, he's thrown 4 scoreless. I think he and James should be nicknamed the Tortoise and the Hare of the Astros pitchers. Except, it's a compliment to James as well.
