I'm a particular fan of the quick fry (5-10 seconds) of the corn tortilla before putting the enchilada together. Many places skip that step and you can tell. Even fancy restaurants. That's why cost is not a good judge of what you get. There are many ways to make a bad enchilada, but the good ones hang in your memory like Christmas Morning.
Didn’t see anyone post today’s injury update but Brandon Walter already started throwing. If he really can make it back that would be huge.
I think I prefer Alexander to Gordon in the starting rotation if you want to know the truth. Ideally it’s Walter. Ideal arms September 1: Brown, Framber, Arrighetti, Javier, Walter (Alexander 6th man- we have 4 off days in September- I think the 6th man should only need 1 start- maybe 2 at the tops.) Hader, Abreu, Dubin, Sousa, Okert, Presley, king, Garcia (like to see him as the long man in blow out situations to see if he’s at all someone you snooks be interested in next season) LMj just on the shelf honestly. Neris DFA, sign Presley for minimum.
I’m with you on Gordon. At least Alexander seems to have a plus pitch with his change up. Gordon doesn’t have one.
My hope as of 9/1 (but not my expectation): SP: Framber, Brown, Arrighetti, Javier, Walter RP: Hader, Abreu, Sousa, King, Dubin, Okert 12th man: make McCullers throw 30 curveballs every 3rd day until he retires, then call up Gordon as another multi-inning option. 13th man: call up Ullola and let him strike guys out in low leverage. Pressly, Garcia, and Neris are washed. Ort, Hernandez, Contreras, VanWey, and France ain’t a solution to anything either. Blubaugh has something wrong with him that probably isn’t getting fixed this season. That leaves Rooney and Alexander. I’m not a believer in either guy but I’m willing to keep them on the roster until everybody else is healthy.
There’s really nothing about Alexander that paints him as a meaningfully better SP than Gordon. Batted ball luck has Alexander with a shinier era, but all the underlying stats say they are basically the same quality of player. Gordon walks half as many hitters as Alexander but gives up harder contact. They’re both guys who are fine on the Astros as 5th/6th SP if the rotation had 4 other really good pitchers, and they probably wouldn’t be viable major leaguers under any other pitching coaches.
Isn't exit velo a huge point of emphasis with this era of pitching coaches? Seems like its by design why the Astros think Alexander has something in him
