Got two seats today in good location (down lower level, 3rd base line- 25 rows up- good seats). Free to first person who wants them. This might be something that happens from time to time in this thread here. Some Brit or Aussie went to his first game ever last year in them I believe. No hassle, no money no strings. I have them for my business and with the late start to the year I didn't have time to get all my clients that wanted seats round up throughout the year and I gave them away through a contest on another site and both the guys who won were out of towners and couldn't go. 2 seats first come first serve.
Is it though? It's retroactive to the beginning of the year. LMJ is throwing off flat ground right now. It's April 18. I don't think anyone had any believe that he'd be back before June 10th- which is when he's eligible to come off the DL. Even if he started throwing off a mound tomorrow he'd have at least 6 weeks to build up before he's ready to pitch. That's 40 something days. 12 days already gone. This doesn't mean there was a setback or anything (there might have been- I don't know) it could just be basic and simple math. I said I want LMJ on the hill by August 1st and I'm happy with that. Still have 45 days until I'm getting worried (absent more bad news coming out).
Per MLBTR it can be backdated to his original IL placement of 4/4, so he can be eligible to come back in the first week of June. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022...ance-mccullers-jr-to-60-day-injured-list.html
Thanks. Yeah- if he can come back on June 3rd we are just talking about math right now, not necessarily any set backs or something to be discouraged about.
I didn't say it was unexpected, but missing this much of the season is bad news in year 2 of an extension.
I guess when you said awful news and the 60 Day DL I assumed you had a different feeling from us knowing this was coming for the last month or so. I am actually feeling good about this as a guy whose pretty dialed in on another board of mine said out for the year about a week before the news broke in the mainstream press.
I am a little disappointed not one reporter appears to have asked Click directly about Baez. For now I expect Baez and Blanco to be the casualties when rosters shrink at the end of the month.
We are top of our division and 4 of our best hitters still haven't got it going yet. Only Alvarez is his normal self and he was out for half of our games so far. I think we are in good shape. The only worry I have is Altuve. He has been hitting like total crap and he's now injured. Hopefully he can fix what's ever broken while he is rehabbing.
Hopefully, he won't be taking up a roster spot. Probably just holding on to him for now in case of a blowout game or two.
Despite a shiny ERA, the Astros pitching staff is off to an inauspicious start First, the Astros are apparently not keeping opposing hitters off-balanced. Through their first nine games, they’re 22nd in Whiff rate and 26th in Chase rate. Generating swings and misses is generally important, but it’s downright crucial if hitters are seldom offering at pitches outside the strike zone. In addition, Astros pitchers are struggling in an unexpected area: inducing ground balls. In 2021, they collectively ranked 7th in ground ball rate with a 45.6 percent clip, according to Baseball Savant. So far in 2022, they’re 27th in that department, with a percentage of 37.2. It could explain why the staff’s Barrel rate has increased and is in the middle-of-the-pack, whereas in 2021 it was one of the lower marks across the league. The cherry on top may well be a strikeout-to-walk ratio that’s among the ten worst in baseball. https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2022/...itching-staff-is-off-to-an-inauspicious-start
These rookies are off to the hottest starts 9. Jeremy Peña , SS (Houston No. 1 prospect) and Jose Siri, OF (Houston No. 14), Astros The Astros just keep churning out hitters. If you read any coverage of the Carlos Correa saga this spring, then you almost certainly read Peña's name as someone they believed could step into Correa’s position admirably. He has certainly done so, with a .345/.375/.621 line in the early going. Siri isn’t playing every day but is also raking to the tune of .333/.400/.556. He’s already walked more times (twice) in 20 plate appearances in 2022 than he did (once) in 49 PAs last year. And Seth Beer is #8 https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/2022-mlb-hottest-rookies-through-april-17
