[Official] Mariners @ Astros

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TBA/TBA202304260.shtml

Pitcher: Hunter Brown
Catcher: Yainer Diaz

Opponent: Red hot rays.


I rest my case.

 

The dynamics of having rhe pitching whisperer.

 

I never could quite understand all the hype on Brown from last year on CF.

I mean it was great that he was excelling, but I didn't see the overwhelming "stuff" that caused these over the moon forecasts.

 

Astros don't need a decent pitcher at the deadline. They need a really good one.

 

Everybody here took the pitching for granted after last season. All the questions that were brought up have unfortunately held true (everybody won’t be injury free, LMJ is a huge ?, Javier has never pitched a full season, Brown should not be allowed to get close to 200 IP).

 

For ****'s sake why would you leave him out there once it was 1st/2nd no outs?

 

To his credit hes not throwing meatballs. He has decent stuff but their just seeing the ball well

 

Agreed. They keep saying "starting pitching depth", and that to me implies someone slotting in 3-5. **** that. We need another legit ace.

 

We need a #2 pitcher. Framber is going to do his thing, we need someone at that level. The problem is all the high profile pitchers are struggling this year. So if you want a Cease, what the hell are you getting? Not last year's version, that's for damn sure.

So I'm trying to think who would be available and be the right fit?

That won't be any easy chore to pull off this trade deadline by our GM.

We may be looking at guys like a Hendricks from the Cubs or someone along those lines.

 

I'm not ready to give up on Brown yet until he's allowed to pitch to Diaz. The difference has been too night and day. Frustrating all the way around though. I agree that pitching is becoming the number one priority at the trade deadline.

 

You're supposed to add, am I doing this right?

 

Some people here may have been too caught up in the World Series celebration to remember this but Maldy demanded a trade if he wasn't the starting catcher not too long ago after.....he tweeted it and then deleted it... I didn't forget though.

 

Seattle just has our number this year

offense back to sucking. It’s 1 step forward 2 steps
Back with this lineup

 

This is hard to watch

 

This is starting to become embarrassing.

 

go back and watch the game where Brown pitch a shutout against the Rays back in April.

a ray team which was lighting every one up. guess who was the catcher?

 

Dusty gave up at 1-1 with no outs in the 4th.

Good to know.

 

We always seem to catch teams when they're hot. It blows. Mariners have been mediocre as hell most of the season. Not surprised they're putting it together considering the All-Star game will take place at their place after this series. Julio hasn't been great but started picking it up after being named to the HR Derby and All-Star.

 

Mariners dancing all over us.

 

Astros going back to "we can't hit a beachball" mode.