haha. and....i've seen enough. harrell's trade value is getting close to being sapped. package him and lyles? like tomorrow?
Looking at the pitching stats for both teams, we dont have a single pitcher with a ERA below 3.70, the A's have 6. Where is a time machine when you need one?
I can't. Fox is showing Braves games, and this game is blacked out on MLBtv. Not that I care to watch us get our asses kicked again.
Can there be a mercy rule to save further embarrassment for the rest of this game? Even the play-by-play announcers don't feel like calling this game anymore.
Crawfish Boxes (@CrawfishBoxes): Seriously, someone get Gonzalez out of there. We need to use Cisnero as our long man and bring up Josh Zeid for the pen
So.... Matt Dominguez, huh? This power surge is really something. In his 113 PAs last season, he sort of bumbled his way to 5 HRs on a 20% HR/FB ratio and an ISO of .193. Definitely thought that was a giant fluke, but now it doesn't seem so crazy. Through about 170 PAs this season he's now at 7HRs with a HR/FB ratio of something over 10% (haven't seen the updated stats yet). His BABIP so far is actually about .20 lower than his career numbers through the minors/majors. It's becoming increasingly likely that he can be a .250 with 10-15 HR guy with gold glove defense at a premium position. Over the last two years his FB ratios are up and his GB ratios are down, and if things continue he's looking more like a 15 HR guy than the 10 HR guy that ZIPs projected. I would be freaking over the moon if Matt Dominguez hits 15+ HR this season. Goodness.
Well thus far he's hit 12 HR in 337 PA as an Astro, that projects to about 25 over a full season. I certainly don't expect that, but I'm thinking 15 is about expected if not a little conservative. If so, he's becomes a really solid big league 3B. His 2nd AB went about 405 feet, just to the wrong part of the park.
I agree. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>That was embarrassing</p>— Lucas Harrell (@LucasHarrell34) <a href="https://twitter.com/LucasHarrell34/status/338491314356236288">May 26, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Jason Castro is hitting .265/.311/.465 He now leads the team in OPS among qualifying players (JD, Corporan, and Barnes are all higher, but in limited PAs).
I can live with the Carter experiment as there is a decent pay off in power if it works out, but the Pena deal needs to just stop. He is a good glove and decent clubhouse figure, but he is just not producing. I would rather see Wallace get his final opportunity than see Pena continue to play at first. Also, that being said, Wallace has (once again) proven that he can do AAA better than most with his .967 OPS and 8 homers in 32 games. Brett still has a 26% K rate, but that beats the 65% K rate that he had in his brief stint earlier this year. Brett is 26 and seems to be getting an even smaller window with Singleton coming back soon. I would like to see him get a final opportunity and prove that he can handle the inside pitches... this is the time to do it.
I think the question for Wallace is what has he learned in 32 AAA games that he was completely and utterly clueless about to start the year?
Maybe he just needed to change his shoes. But really, I just have no idea how one could do so poorly to start the year.
Castro is 10 for his last 12, with a walk and 2 HR. His OPS is now over .800. If he could just start having more success off lefties.
I went to the game yesterday because the tickets were free. The pitcher (Keyucklee) was pretty good until he got pummeled in that one inning. I was happy they only lost by 4. The game was theoretically within reach. Oh well. I got a pink souvenir cup for a mere $7.25. Good day.
