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That's not necessarily true. The Astros were on TV pretty universally in Austin in the past, but no longer (as were the Rangers - both have Austin...
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Was it stupid? He's a $30MM pitcher who's signed for $17MM because the Astros knew he'd be injured for part of it - that was baked into the value...
That's only because all the bullpen pitchers are on pace for some crazy number of appearances because the SP has been bad. A day ago, Pressly was...
The Astros have never traded away key pieces of their team while in contention, and its unlikely they will start now. Counting on a bunch of...
Except last year, it wasn't. It was one of the best teams in baseball. This year, it's not been an up/down team either - they've been outright bad.
A year ago on the day of your post, the Astros were 18-18. The proceeded to finish 90-72, playing 18 games over 0.500 baseball for the remainder...
If 33 PAs is enough of a sample size to judge, I'm not sure why 14 would be so outrageous. Pretty sure people were criticizing Maldy at 14 ABs...
To be fair, this is sort of a meaningless stat without knowing if those first pitches are strikes or balls. If he was throwing strikes, then not...
Diaz had a .143 postseason OPS last year - a little better than half of 2024 Jose Abreu (0.269). Though you are technically right that he wouldn't...
Probably because Derozen doesn't keep quitting on teams and teammates, demanding trades, telling people he's "the system", or accusing GMs who did...
Loperfido has a 0.600 OPS (Maldy was 0.606 last year) and has struck out in 5 of his 10 at-bats. Perhaps you should follow your team a little more...
Also, he has an OPS lower than Maldonado did last year and has struck out in half of his at-bats.
Tampa Bay is the team that was most known for using openers and they often used to run guys out there with ERAs in the 2's. Not elite in the sense...
It's easy to look at the pitchers doing well now and say "well they should have picked up Lugo!". But he easily could have an ERA of 5 like many...
Openers aren't used to paper over terrible pitchers. They are used to get an elite reliever to face the 1-2-3 of an opposing lineup. Who is the...
If only Dana had done what the fans wanted and signed Montgomery and his 5+ ERA or, even better, Snell and his 11+ ERA plus being injured. I'm...
The roster is fine. They have basically the same players as last year, plus a supposedly elite closer minus a few middle relief arms that are...
If Hader needs to be babied this much - can't pitch several nights in a row, can't pitch multiple innings, can't throw 30 pitches after having...
Has Loperfido actually ever bunted? He's a free swinging guy - I doubt they were focusing on bunting with him at any point in the minors, and I...
