It's a legit concern that affected Brown, Javier, and France last season. Astros must monitor him and limit his usage. Getting injured starters to return will bring a 6-man rotation and a guy who can throw 3-4 from the bullpen twice a week. Astros already have 3 guys capable 2-3 innings twice a week. Every starter except Framber needs to eventually be limited to 90 pitches or 5-6 innings. Management needs not being foolish like they were last season. They must maximize what they have at their disposal. I believe bull guys throwing 2 innings twice/week is equal to throwing 1 inning 3x/week -- that could equal 40 innings/month off your starters once guys like McCullers and Garcia throw 3-4 innings twice/week.
Pretty sure that's been said at least twice in the past hour. Longboards are awesome. Thanks for the tip though! :}
I do think Loperfido has lit a fire under Chas and somewhat Meyers. Chas has become expendable, so he needs to get rolling and seems like he might. That helps us win games, and helps his trade value. My concern is the SP and mid relief. Maybe Hunter has turned the corner, but you can’t expect Arghetti to continue as his innings increase, same with blanco. And plugging in prospects that aren’t quite ready every 5th day isn’t ideal. Hopefully they can hold up until LMJ and Garcia get back to help or they make some moves. I would really like them to get another high leverage pen arm. Presley 5/6 inning + 2 run lead/mop up Taylor 6th New pitcher 7th Abreu 8th Hader 9th. I also expect LMJ to the pen if JV and Garcia come back looking decent.
He's our saving grace; last year it was JP France, hopefully Blanco continues it deep into the future... not like what happened to France this year. Blanco is much better than France was last year ofc.
I'm sorry but "somehow hit this 420" makes no sense. It was tee'd up, just a lazy middle of the plate changeup.
Even before today Chaz had been getting better swings the last 2 weeks. Getting him going would be nice. Out of superlatives for Blanco, he's been the ace of aces so far this season.
Jose Alvarenga drifted 6000 miles over 438 days at sea from Mexico to Marshall Islands as a cast away. I hope your prepared Buck.
That's an awesome story, I've heard it, there's several others like it. My biggest fear in life is being stranded at sea. That, and being trapped in a cave I can't crawl back out of.
