[Official] Padres @ Astros

Everywhere I go, the people all know.

{or Dawn is breaking everywhere... Dealer's choice}

Edit: everywhere other than the Cafe these days, sadly. Brokedown Palace, indeed.

 

touché lol. Even more frustrating.

 

.500 Dreamz, dude. Espada will never die!

 

Good game and glad to get a series win at a minimum but the offense is still offensive. Hopefully Walker is waking up but now we desperately need Alvarez , Diaz, and Smith to do the same. It’s amazing we have kept the start so close with basically zero bats doing much outside Altuve and Myers (!)

 

You're an idiot. Nothing but negative stuff except Dusty. Why are you even here?

 

Dusty did

 

Diaz, Alvarez, Pena, Peredas, Walker are all underperforming at the plate.

DD

 

Very pleasantly surprised by Wesneski, who seemed like the "throw in" guy in the trade.

 

id argue this is who Pena is at this point

 

He has a .215 BABIP so far this year.

That is not who he is, actually.

 

I'm super worried about Yanier. He just isn't making contact as well as last season and still has poor plate discipline. Alvarez should recover but he isn't making as good of contact either. However his history makes me optimistic. He's never had long cold spells and he stick hits the crap out of the ball.

 

I think both of you are right/wrong

Pena is OPS+ ing a 97 right now . For his career , he is a 99

He does have a lower babip this far , reflecting that he's actually gotten off to a good , but unluckiesh start .

He's been having a fine year for us . Would not say he's underperforming, if anything he's been a bit above expectations with his approach and what he's doing with the ball off the bat - outcome wise he's been right at expectations

 

Bitter till the end when he should have been grateful.

 

How bout y'all be grateful? Buncha spoiled brats.

Dusty had glaring flaws. Hinch had fewer. Esnada has far more.

Best be fixin to suck on it anyone caught spittin on a DynAstric Ring. Talk about entitled.

 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/jeremy-pena-665161?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb

He’s got a .303 xBA and his statcast page is full of red. Maybe it’s just a fluke 20 game stretch but there’s a chance he does have a great season.

 

He is definitely seeing pitches better this season. Still swings at low and away but those pitches are at least close to the plate this season.

 

He is helping lead an aggressive baserunning culture.

Now , he is in great shape , and baseball isnt super physically taxing , but I wonder if he keeps up the great hustle the whole season.

 

the obligatory Dubon game

 

I really don't get why Dubon gets so much grace. He doesn't even have potential and more at bats isn't ever going to make him hit better.