OK. Someone tell me some advanced stats which indicate bad luck. Like when Tucker started out slow, but it was because he was hitting them hard, but right at people.
POS LAST, First OBP SLG OPS+ 2B DUBÔN, Mauricio 327 385 98 3B BREGMAN, Alex 354 343 96 DH ALVAREZ, Yordan 388 543 156 1B ABREU, Jose 267 270 50 RF TUCKER, Kyle 390 469 139 SS PEÑA, Jeremy 298 464 108 LF JULKS, Corey 303 432 102 CF MEYERS, Jake 329 359 93 C MALDONADO, Martin 250 234 37 IR CF McCORMICK, Chas 383 500 144 2B ALTUVE, Jose 387 533 160 DH BRANTLEY, Michael 370 416 101
I don't understand moving Pena down now? Unless Dusty still expects Brantley to be #2 when he returns and he hopes Pena will keep hitting in 6th. Move him there hot and hope he stays hot?
“Abreu’s awful first month in Houston must prompt at least some serious concern. Nothing about it felt like bad luck. A .242 expected batting average and a .354 expected slugging percentage all but confirm that. Abreu slashed .237/.269/.272 and did not once seem like a hitter on the precipice of a breakthrough. He stopped hitting the ball hard, chased outside the strike zone at almost a 38 percent clip and struck far too few line drives.”
Chandler Rome put out a piece saying 1) Abreu says he's not seeing the ball 2) Astros hitting coaches have found an issue with his hands and head that are negatively affecting his swing and results.
Maybe he needs contacts because there isn’t much positive contact from his swing. I saw where Urquidy is on IL. Bielak called up.
Hindsight is 20/20…but here goes…. Maybe they should have resigned Diaz. He would certainly be better then Hensley. Granted Dubon is an option when Altuve returns. Ditto for resigning Yuli. Forget Abreu. Ditto for signing Vasquez. Forget Maldy.
1. Has he tried opening his eyes? 2. Where is Carlos Beltran when you need him? Beltran, a special adviser to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, met with Gurriel during the series. Beltran told the 34-year-old Cuban to look at the baseball with both eyes. "Carlos helped me a lot," Gurriel said Tuesday night through an interpreter. "He told me to look at the ball with two eyes and not with one eye. Just making that adjustment has helped me out." Listening into the answer, Alex Bregman — a fine Spanish speaker — contributed that Gurriel's stance was somewhat closed off. He's opened the stance more, Bregman said, and seeing pitches is easier.
Let's just go for broke. Get KC on the phone: Chas McCormick, Ryne Stanek, Jacob Melton (#2) and Spencer Arrighetti (#9) For Salvador Perez and Vinnie Pasquantino Including Stanek keeps the Astros under the 1st CBA Threshold
Lol at moving Peña down Moves him to 2 hole and he gets hot, so let’s move him down lol Abreu is a cleanup hitter, we have to show confidence in him…I can hear it now
