He also owns both of our hits in Game 1 of 1998 against Kevin Brown. As for Maldonado, I believe it's a combination of a change in scenery, and having Stassi/McCann sharing a good chunk of the load with him. Blummer talked about this during one of the broadcasts, I believe. His BA, SLG, and OPS are higher this year as an Astro than they were as an Angel (though his OBP is down, due to him drawing fewer walks). In 78 games as an Angel, he hit 5 homers. In 41 games as an Astro, he hit 4.
terrible. you dont bring that energy to a family oriented team, especially when you're new to a championship one. gtfoh with that
Astros definitely coached him up and credit to him for making some adjustments. Per the article, "The Astros have encouraged Maldonado to be more aggressive early in the count, hunting first or second-pitch fastballs." We've definitely seen him do that. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sp...n-Maldonado-on-the-upswing-as-he-13181555.php Nice quote from Hinch: "When we got him he was a little bit passive and he's got a little bit more aggressive in his time here and gotten into attack mode. When you hit at the bottom of the order, especially as a catcher, and you're not expected to hit .280 or .300 or .320 or whatever that is, you have to make sure you maintain your strengths."
Bregman's only two WS homers came in games 1 and 4 (both losing efforts). I think they meant ALDS Game 1, where Bregman and Altuve went back-to-back in the first, and Springer also added one later. Edit: Wait, Game 1 only had Bregman, Altuve, and Correa homer https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU201710050.shtml Springer's ALDS homer was in Game 2, not Game 1. I think Game 5 was the only playoff game last year where all three homered.
Whoever made that chart is way off. I knew something didn't look right, turns out yesterday may be the first playoff game where we (Springer, Altuve, Bregman) qualify.
This. He's got a hot bat right now, but not sure how he'll do long term. Stassi is erratic, but think he's the small side of a platoon. I'd like Grandal, but Maldonado would be fine to keep. Hits like Realmuto without the speed. Great catcher defensively.
If only he hit what would have been a grand slam in Game 3. It JUST missed flying out of the park. Then, it would be a 7-game streak, and it would have been 6 (consecutive) WS games with a dinger for him.
It was decent. I was there. If you wanna b*tch about people not being loud. Get your a$$ there and be loud yourself.
