That's how you use a challenge. Best challenge of the year. That's why you don't waste them earlier in the game.
Yeah, I’m willing to take the risk of getting burned. I’m with you on luxury bench player or maybe even a fringe starter in CF.
Lope - 2 TOR - 1 Great game by Burrows, basic stats at least. Today makes 3 straight appearances without allowing multi-run. Baby steps. Very good series win after dropping the first with Hunter. Trammell needs far more action. 4 consecutive series WINs 4 games below 500 2.0 behind SEA Keep your body ready for the Lope Show.
20-13 in the last 33. That is more than just a hot week of play. Having Brown and Hader back is a part of that. Im still not buying in - too many holes, but let’s see what happens at the deadline. If I were the owner of the Mariners, I would be livid. No excuse to be .500
At the end of the day, the AL is incredibly weak. Assuming Crane is willing to spend the money, you almost owe it to Altuve and Yordan to truly go for it. Altuve has given us the best era of Astros baseball and who knows how many more chances we’ll have with him.
A “luxury” bench player would be like having a stud DH ala Alvarez, David Ortiz, Brantley type clutch masher… that with 1-2 TOR SP1/SP2 is my trade deadline wishlist. Stash Alvarez & the other stud DH/OF in the outfield and play your top 9 BA hitters in a playoff series… get your JV-type groundball pitchers and you dont need to maximize defensive output— leave that to the IF. Pena SS Paredes 3B Alvarez DH/LF Altuve 2B/DH Walker 1B - TBD stud DH/LF - Diaz/Vazquez C Smith RF Meyers/Trammel CF
