[Official] Astros @ Tigers

skubal is making this lineup look like a minor team.

 

Did people forget last season that easily?

First it was little off season with no WBC. Then it was dead arm. Then it was "out of shape". Then he's pitching game 7 of the ALCS....

He's here for awhile thanks to Brown's extension (or is that Bagwell? Jackson? Biggio?).... and they've been trying to figure out how to use him since 2020.

 

5.15 ERA for Astro starting pitchers. No wonder they’re about to be 11 games under.

 

so we just going to ignore 2022?

 

clearly it did for the balls that actually found the zone that got tattooed.

 

Lead off double and he stays there.

 

the yuli special

 

He wasn't a full time starter in 2022 either. If you can pick/choose the quarter or less of the season where he's feeling great, he has success. Nobody knows when or how those months are going to happen (except maybe Click who tried to keep him as an Andrew Miller-clone bullpen role).

I was very happy he finally decided to have an off-season diet/training program. But when he had the "neck pain" (i.e. - fatigue/over-use) just 1-2 months into the season, it reinforced my previous concerns about his ability to be a full time starter.

 

...which is the difference between pitching and throwing.

I suggested pitching

 

There's always knitting

 

W T F????

 

Espada politely asking the ump to kick him out of the game again?

 

I don’t think he’s ever gotten into an argument with his wife. Or kids…or umps….

 

now the defense is failing the pitcher. smh.

 

The problem is Diaz didn't try. Y'all can ride Diaz's dick about his bat, but his handling of pitchers has BEEN TERRIBLE.

 

Our gloves have Vaseline and KY jelly in them? Can’t hold on to the ball.

 

jake rogers has no jawline.

 

Well we found a way to keep Hunter Brown away from imploding in the 1st inning.

 

Brown looking mighty!

 

Diaz not hitting that great, either.