[Official] Astros @ Rangers

Welp......

 

Here we go, it’s unbelievable.

 

I complain about this all the time. As a visiting team, I’d leave the starter in the bullpen the first inning and have him stay loose if the inning goes long.

 

Just a rough series.... idk

 

Verlander is looking more like Zoolander.

 

So you bring him in in the 2nd inning regardless or you let it play out?

 

I miss the old JV ! He was unhittable and I always felt the stros would win with him on the mound. Father Time?

 

Solid play by Straw to avoid two runs from scoring...

 

Good play by Straw... just wish we weren’t giving up another run in the process

 

Nice play by Straw to keep that 3rd run from scoring

 

No....he pitches the bottom of the first, but he’s not sitting in the dugout for 20 minutes while the team is batting.

 

Look at Straw! We should have opened it up in the first but let them off the hook, oh well we have a game now.

 

Better hope we didn't give him a CP3 contract...oh wait

 

There should be some data out there about how road pitchers do in 1st innings vs home pitchers or vs their other innings, no?

 

Oh I gotcha

 

They need to leave Oklahoma...

 

Would have to start implementing that when a player is first called up.... Verlander is a creature of habit and he's not going to go back out to the bullpen (or just stay there) in case its a long inning.

I just think a lot of pitchers (even the great ones) can be prone to early inning trouble while they're getting a feel of their stuff, regardless of the time sitting. Hence why "openers" seem to be a good idea, even though newer data is saying its just prolonging their "feeling out" inning by one.

 

Or...it's 1000000 degrees and it's tough to get going.

 

That could be an issue but he’s not been very good his last few starts. Hopefully he will come around

 

I have no data other than watching, but it seems that pitchers tend to have trouble when sitting a long time in the first inning.