Most good AL teams can work these type of innings (seems like the top of the 6th has taken about an hour alone).
I've been saying this for years now, when will Wesley Wright get the boot? How can a pitcher this mediocre have such a long career?
Porter left Norris in there with a 115pc and guys on base. Then the relief staff came in. We all know what happens then.
He's dominated lefties his whole career. Last year, they had a sub 0.500 OPS (and sub 0.200 BA) against him. The previous year was ridiculous - lefties went 1-for-30 against him. If he keeps that up, he'll have a very, very long MLB career.
The Astros organization has many issues, many problems. There are some good, and some great portions of the organization. There are also some terrible parts at this time . . .if you listed the top 100 problems of the Astros organization, Wesley being able to get lh hitter out would not be one of them . . just sayin
4 strikeouts. Wow. I thought the Astros would give people the impression that Bartolo Colon somehow turned back the clock or something. Oh wait, he did turn it back last year. Then he got busted for PEDs. Anyway, the Astros have now fanned 60 times through 5. The 2010 D-Backs were at 37 strikeouts after 5 games.
I tell that to myself after Cubs losses such as the one the Astros just had. The worst closer in baseball blew another one for us.
Certainly - but that's more the fault of the team than him. They *should* be using him as a lefty specialist instead of asking him to do things he clearly can't do.
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