Not true Veterans are used to the day-in day-out grind. It's the youngsters or part time players that are not used to playing every day and will be more likely to experience fatigue. Diaz and McCormick will be playing every day in the Playoffs. checkmate.
Astros aren't really tied..at least I don't feel like they are. We need to finish at least 1 win above them because Mariners have the tie-break. In my mind we're 2 losses behind.
Lol. I get you and i believe you get me, as well. However for clarities sake.... I am comparing Maldy to college OSU RB starter Thurman Thomas, playing ahead of a significantly better player who btw, ended up enshrined in the HOF as arguably the best to ever play his position. Catchers that can hit like Diaz are extraordinarily rare. Edit: Maldy is not going into any HOF, to be certain, if that's your point, which makes Dusty's decisions all the more puzzling. Cheers!
Pressly's mom has said directly the pitchers want Maldy despite her son having a 0.00 ERA with Diaz...
I'm old enough to remember when chasing home field advantage throughout the post season was the standard... ...but maybe it is good we won't have home field this year.
I think at this stage, we have to be focused on winning the division and ensuring that we don't play in the Wildcard round. Playing that extra series is very risky.
I can't see the Astros using one of their 3 best leverage relievers as an opener. I would still think it's Javier and Brown 3rd/4th on either order. Have France / Urquidy lined up at first sign of trouble. Stuff over moxie in the playoffs. Just need the four of them to get through the 5th of 2 games. Pressly, Abreu, Neris, Graveman, Montero and possibly Maton for the other 8 innings.
Dusty bringing up strikeouts and diminishing a player to fit his own playtime decisions instead of bumping up and praising the player he did play (other than “he’s hot right now”) is an example of some of the worst managerial actions I’ve seen. And I mean that across ANY industry. It is so flat out “I don’t like this guy” and not about making the team better. Absolutely wild and those comments should be addressed. Also, if not all OPS “fan stuff” then what? Please tell us why you play the other players instead of forcing your reasons for why you don’t play McCormick/Diaz. This reminds me so much of the coach in Money Ball it’s insane. Except the coach in money ball had a legit young talent playing first base. Dusty has Maldy and Dubon…
As someone who has experienced terrible management in the workplace firsthand, the way Dusty tears down Chas in order to justify his actions, rather than bump up the players he is playing instead indicate that this is a personal vendetta. imagine someone asked your boss: “hey why are you taking RPR off that project, he has done really well on almost every task you have given him, whereas “other colleague” who nailed it on the most recent project hasn’t done much else” and instead of responding with “we’ll actually, other colleague has a really good reputation with the guys on this new project so I went with him” Your boss instead says “don’t forget, RPR came in late a couple times last month, and the projects he did well on were not just him either” like that is just ridiculous, petty, and poor managing.. P.s. sorry if the example makes no sense, I have an idea in my head but it probably relates more to something at my job than everyone’s..
It is so amazing that no amount of success with one guy and failure with another makes anyone at all interested in changing their mind. It’s bizarre.
Keep in mind this was immediately after Press and Maldy blew that save and both were getting shitted on by Astros twitter hard. I think she was just defending them both as a duo.
Oh yay!! Glad to know we're still a thing here... thought this may never see the light of day again by the way that series was so strategically managed and how the greatest mgr in Astros history managed to sure mindfcuk the talent outta those rascal rangers!
