Yes- while he was mediocre to plain bad for April/May/June - in July he had an OPS over .800 and is even better in August with an OPS of .825. Plus there are not a lot of great options until Yordan and Meyers come back… Espada flooded the top of the line up trying to get his 3 best hitters as many at bats as possible. I get the annoyance of Walker and his strike outs and he hasn’t had a monster month yet to off set his poor May, but he hasn’t been as advertised the last 6 weeks.
I didn’t bother to look it up but I could have sworn the tombstone Astros article was in 2005 and way early in the season when they were like 15-30 or something. Either I’m getting Mandela effect or developing memory loss.
You are absolutely correct, of course, it was June '05, and it was Jose de Jesus Ortiz, not Justice. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/18...ind-the-chronicles-infamous-astros-tombstone/
Altuve since July 2 32 games .363 BA 26 Runs 8 HRs 27 RBIs 1.067 OPS That's Yordan 2019 level hitting.
Cam Smith since July 1 32G, 138 PA, 9BB, 41K, 9R, 15 RBI .205 .261 .268 .529 Defense never slumps, though.
