As always, no PBP in the thread. If you need that try one of the gamecast sites. Keep discussion to this series. If it is not about this series it goes somewhere else. 4-22 Nelson Figueroa, RHP (0-2, 7.31) vs. Yovani Gallardo, RHP (1-1, 4.62) 7:10 on FSH 4-23 Brett Myers, RHP (1-0, 2.39) vs. Shaun Marcum, RHP (2-1, 1.90) 6:10 on FSH 4-24 Wandy Rodriguez, LHP (1-2, 5.48) vs. Randy Wolf, LHP (2-2, 3.18) 1:10 on FSH
That was the sloppiest defensive inning of baseball I've ever seen. Bill Hall had two errors, Downs missed an easy grounder and C-Los bobbled a ball that allowed a run to score. If we're gonna have players at the mendoza line (Hall, Lee) we may as well have young players or strong defensive players (e.g. Adam Everett) be fielding.
Hey folks, I am not really an Astros fan and I don't have access to their games as I don't live in Houston, but following their firesale last year my interest in them has resurfaced. I see that Wallace has been batting .300 for the first time this year and I'm particularly interested to see how he's been filling the gap at 1B. How is his glove at first? How is his plate discipline? What do you guys project his upside as being?
A very reasonable comparison I've seen is Sean Casey. Brett Wallace will hit for average but probably not typical corner-power. If he has a few seasons in the 25hr range like Casey I'd be happy.
Someone mentioned, when we traded for Wallace, a John Olerud comparison...I'd be thrilled if that happened. I can see consistent 20-25 HR years while batting .300 and with an OPS of around .900.
Olerud is Sean Casey plus some. I just looked at his stats and Olerud had one absolute monster season in '93 (.473 OBP) Olerud's lifetime slash line was .295/.398/.863 Casey's lifetime slash line was .302/.367/.814 I think the Olerud-esque career is an absolute ceiling but the Casey-esque career is a semi-reasonable hope. Wallace's minor league slashline was .304/.375/.863 so I expect him to land closer to Casey than Olerud.
Wow, lost somewhere in the turmoil of the Astros season is the fact that 5 starters are in the neighborhood of .300 right now (Bourn, Sanchez, Pence, Wallace and Q). This is totally mitigated by the fact that 3 starters are neighboring the Mendoza line (Lee, Hall, Johnson). For a second there I thought if we dropped Lee and Hall we could content in the Central but then I looked at STL's team stats. They have 3 non-Pujols hitters above 1.000 in OPS and 3 starters with ERAs of less than 2.17. It's actually shocking they're not better than 11-10.
What a great managerial job is doing Mills. He's bringing Lyon again in the 10th. I would like that Lyon blow it again, that, two time in a game.. That way Mills can get his a$$ fired quicker..
This game is ridiculous. Defensive lapses all over the field Q stealing a base (first career) Lyon hitting an RBI double (first career hit, maintaining his career 1.000 obp)
