The Shay Whitcomb era begins

Seems like a good guy. Hard worker. Puts his head down. Brings his lunch pail to the office every day. First one in last one out type of guy. Sneaky athleticism.

Did I miss any?

 

That’s just a tad ambitious. Seager struck out at about half the rate Whitcomb did in AAA, while he was 4 years younger. If you’re looking at an absolute best case scenario for Whitcomb, I’d say Paul Goldschmidt is a good comp, but that’s his 99th percentile outcome.

 

Quick thought - Ian Happ as a comp?

 

Damn if he can hit like Paul Goldschmidt... fans should be thanking that the stars keep shining on the Astros, and the league is fcked for another 5yrs+

 

THIS WILL BE A DAY LONG REMEMBERED

Great route runner. Heady guy. Good locker room presence.

 

Happ is a switch hitter but yeah as a 90th percentile outcome it makes sense.

Breakdown of chances of outcome comps:
1% Paul Goldschmidt or better
10% Ian Happ or better
30% Chas McCormick, Brandon Drury, Ryan McMahon, Lane Thomas, Garrett Cooper or better
40% Patrick Wisdom or better
50% Mike Ford or better
75% Jack Mayfield or better
90% Nick Pratto or better

 

Or Tucker. Very few come in on fire like Alvarez or Pena.

 

Guy has completely flipped his K-rate and SLUG since last season. The difference has been amazing.

Let's see the MLB translation....
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Let's pray the rosary tonight.

 

True, but Bregman was smoking the ball, just right at fielders.

 

Damn only 30% chance he’s as good as Chas? Dude is destined to suck then.

 

The refusal to bring in a legitimate bat at the deadline could end up being the one thing that prevents us from truly competing for another ring this year. To lose Tucker, have no real clarity on his return, and routinely trot out Singleton, Chas, Meyers, Dubon, Cabbage, and a bunch of unheralded rookies is such a slap in the face to the potential of this year's team. The fact that they're trotting out a new rookie a week to very limited success speaks volumes.

 

"refusal" is perhaps not the right word... unless you were willing to part with Hunter Brown (which was the Rays asking price of the Astros for any of their hitters).

There's markup... and then there's markup for the Astros.

 

Just play Caratini more and put Alvarez in LF. more. Hopefully Whitcomb can come through until, if Tucker gets healthy.

 

Or the first 200 ABs of any of the 7 full mlb seasons he has played in.

 

I just can't believe Dana Brown didn't do his job and get us a bat at first base or a corner OF.

 

Amazing he made 2 all star appearances considering how bad his first halves have been year after year. But his 2nd halves have been awesome enough to have 4 seasons with MVP votes.

 

He gone.