[Official] Athletics @ Astros

Javier can never control his pitch count

 

@Ziggy used "bozo" in a thread recently, and it reminded me that I don't use that word enough

 

FFS WTF what is this ump watching??

 

Blue is not having a good day behind the plate.

 

They are few and far between

 

Been a real bad crew this series.

 

Man Chaz just missed that. Crushed a liner in his first AB also

It's like night and day versus lefties for him.

 

Its funny that after almost 2 seasons, most people on here still call him Chaz.

 

I thought his name was Chazy Fiz?

 

Just caught up on dvr

LOOKIN’ PRETTY GOOD!

 

Mancini with flashing some great glove work.

 

It's

 

Javier with his ERA below 3 again. Temporarily, at least. May this not be a jinx.

 

Indeed.

 

Irvin is living a dangerous life, a lot of long flyouts today.

Methinks there's certainly something to his mediocre xFIP.

 

STOP THE WAVE

 

Yuli has had dWAR below replacement every year but his first. He isn't suddenly below replacement level. His pick ability just keeps him close, not well above average.

 

I like him, but I just noticed he's been horrible with RISP for his career, for reasons I can't explain. He's also much, much better against +.500 teams than the unders. [I misread the B-R table]

 

dWAR is a positionally adjusted stat.

There's not a first baseman in the league that has a positive dWAR