That is so brutal. I cannot imagine being a fan of a team who loses the lead more than half the time.
The two years are not really comparable defensively with the shift taken away. I think it will take a couple of more years for those stats to become meaningful again.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/j-p-france-embraces-his-inner-underdog/ Excerpts below, with full article at the link. France: “Unique. It’s not going to be a heater that’s blows by a hitter. The way it moves is kind of different. With a lot of guys, you’ll see a four-seamer that has seven to 10 arm-side run, whereas I’m like three run to one cut. At the same time, I’m more of a pitcher who works around his offspeed, as opposed to working off of his fastball.” .... [On the 4S fastball] France: “Well, even if it has, say, two to three run, I feel like to a hitter that’s going to almost perceive like it cuts. For instance, the ball might stay over the middle of the plate where they thought it might be outer third.
Down the stretch they come- 2 weeks left talking scenarios. apple: Spotify: https://spotify.link/vJosSe5keDb Amazon https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8...eks-to-go?ref=dm_sh_8AojU28Hd4i9X4ZSOR1ZTldUJ
FanGraphs has the Astros as having the 8th best odds of making the playoffs, but 2nd best to win the World Series. Injuries are part of why the Astros rank relatively low on making the playoffs and high on World Series odds, but FanGraphs projections are meeting in the middle of who most fans want to play and who Dusty actually plays (i.e., the team FanGraphs is projecting playing going forward likely is a much better team than has been on the field average lately).
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
