Hader is paid to close these games out. Can’t let some fat p*rn star no name ball player crush a ball like that to beat you.
Frustrating start for sure but they will be fine. Just get to the second half within striking distance and wait to get healthy. They can trade some surplus pitching at the deadline.
Big mistake to pitch around Justin Turner. He can only hurt you to tie the game, but if you defer like they did, you can lose the game.
There is plenty of blame to go around - but Espada has to do better. let Framber go 8 - no reason to burn Pressly and then pitch Hader for the 4th time in 6 days- completely unnecessary and illogical. Also - keep Diaz in, his bat is great and he is fast enough. Jake Meyers sucks on the basepaths. Espada needs to calm down and stop managing every game like its game 7 - because if he doesn’t calm down, Showalter can come in here and do the job and everyone can shut up and play and be held accountable.
Good news is Briicks only has this year left. Bad news is, the Astros will resign Maldy and move Diaz to 3rd