To be fair, aside from the likely nerves, didn’t they say he found out at 1 AM that he was being called up? He probably didn’t sleep, I know I wouldn’t have. Maybe I heard them wrong earlier though
Anybody got the YOU SAY pitch usage splits? Other teams are going to further avoid trading with the Astros if they can literally figure out what’s wrong with an established player in 2 minutes. JV, CFM, Gerrit Cole, YOU SAY… Struggling pitchers’ agents everywhere should be trying to get their clients on the Astros ASAP.
Kikuchi continues to shine. Astros coaches have made their adjustments, and so far so good. Hader ties Astros franchise record for consecutive saves (24 - Lidge '05). Offense explodes for 6 runs !! Yordan has b2b games with HR -- hasn't happened in over a month. Hopefully an extended slug-period is incoming. Dezenzo has a great game reaching base 3x with 2 hits and 2 runs. Yordan needs to keep rolling along with Altuve and/or Bregs and the bottom guys won't be a complete no show. Arluckton loses the series and Silver Boot.
And losing Strom was thought to be palatable due to how he trained Murphy/Miller. Could also add Blanco’s performance as another example.
I think it’s great that we win the silver boot every year, but then in the only series that matters…….. thanks Dusty
(The Pirates, Rays ones are there too if you want to watch the non-rival ones, lol…. Although the Rays one does feature the Lisa loeb “YOU SAY” as the background).
True about Blanco, but they didn’t turn him around right away. That took years. Also, you can’t really say much about Kikuchi yet. More sample needed. So far looks good. Let’s see where he’s at after 5 starts.
This is the lineup Espada should use on a regular basis. Unless he wants to use Leon or Whitcomb in LF.
The offense looks much better with Caratini and Dezenzo in the lineup. Caratini needs to be catching or DH'ing everyday.
