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Relief Pitching

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Tuk88, Jun 7, 2019.

  1. Tuk88

    Tuk88 Contributing Member

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    Unfortunately this has become a thing... we literally ran out of relievers. Pitch counts in the last 2 days:

    Guduan (irrelevant - see relevant thread)
    Rodgers 63 (and irrelevant - see relevant thread)
    Harris 9
    Pressly 25
    Osuna 25
    Rondon 24
    James 35
    Devenski 46
    Valdez was our one long relief guy, but is now a starter.

    AAA has given up 35 runs in the last 3 games, 43 in the last 4, so slim pickings there outside of Urquidy, who's not quite ready.

    Ok, so we have Harris available for this weekend... who is our long relief guy? How long will Pressly's and Osuna's regression last? Who is our best bet in the minors?

    Yes, it'll all work out, but fun to speculate what's going through the FO's minds right now.

    ps Last night's game was such an epic failure in relief, it was comical. Add in the Keystone Cops routine in the outfield w/ Jake and Uncle Mike, and even Verlander had to smile about it, which was good to see given the total team effort in butchering his win. And yet they still won, just insane.
     
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  2. Wulaw Horn

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    Monday and Thursday off (after hopefully feasting on Baltimore) come at a really good time.
    Game plan would be to give Cole a 10 spot tonight, have him go an easy 7 and then Perez clean up the last 2. Good performance from him tonight and a couple laughers against Baltimore would be a good prescription to reset things.
     
  3. Joe Joe

    Joe Joe Go Stros!
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    Orioles have the Astros right where they want them.
     
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  4. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard

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    I didn't see Tyler White included in the list above...
     
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    Reliever availability:
    Fri/Sun: Perez, Harris, Osuna
    Sat: Devenski, James, Rondon, Pressly

    Perez can go as many innings as needed tonight. If they need more than 3 relievers Sunday they will run James or Devenski out there to probably get hurt. They have Monday off so everybody should be fresh by Tuesday. Not too worried about Pressly and Osuna yet.
     

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