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[Official] Rays @ Astros

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Castor27, Aug 17, 2015.

  1. mick fry

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    Just turribul!
     
  2. rocketpower2

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    Eeeesh Colby. That AB had six balls.
     
  3. BMoney

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    They need to fire the hitting coach right now. The Astros look like hot garbage.
     
  4. juicystream

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    People were just complaining about Castro getting too many starts and that Conger needed more ABs. lol.
     
  5. kaleidosky

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    i'm confused. is baseball a game where streaks can happen?
     
  6. RedNation

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    Castro and Conger should have spread out their streaks. Got hot at the same time
     
  7. roxallways

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    Three terrible ABs. Conger and Rasmus with wild strikeouts and Altuve flailing away for a weak popup on his AB. This lineup has very few professional hitters who give you quality ABs on a consistent basis.
     
  8. Nook

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    Astros need to address 1st obviously but catcher as well. Conger's bat is passable but his glove has really disapointed.
     
  9. Nick

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    Minors wil always be stocked based on successful drafts and trades during non-contending seasons.

    I don't think Luhnow is taking this year for granted at all (hence why they were ready to give up a lot for some big names)... but I would also say he's already lost on the Carter decision (he did predict he'd be in consideration for MVP this season), and the Fowler- Valbuena/Straily trade is mainly a wash (and definitely mitigated by Correa's early ascension and the Lowrie signing).

    They've tried to address the position... after Carter failed, and Valbuena hasn't done much... thank goodness for Marwin playing 1B for the first time ever.

    Not going to expect much for Carter this off-season... more than likely non-tendered.
     
  10. BMoney

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    They are getting good contact on Harris.
     
  11. rocketpower2

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    Honestly Castro is fine as the starter. League average offensively and good defensively.
     
  12. mick fry

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    No soup for you!
     
  13. samtaylor

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    Another MarWIN perhaps?
     
  14. Nick

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    Lowrie going to get a gatorade dousing.
     
  15. mick fry

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    I thought you were out of chips.
     
  16. BMoney

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    They are not throwing fastballs. The Astros are making no adjustments. Fire the batting coach.
     
  17. tellitlikeitis

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    I don't recall seeing this Rays reliever ever throwing a fastball tonight.
     
  18. mick fry

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    Gomes is pitching pissed off.
     
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    If you know Gomes is going to throw nothing but off speed pitches why wouldn't they just look for off speed pitches every single time ? That baffles me
     
  20. Nick

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    Nah... the Gattis call was a definite push... BABIP was a huge part of that run (from his continued grounders that found a hole to Lowrie's bloop double).
     

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