Giants 8, Astros 1
W: Heston, L: McHugh
So, the Astros lost again. They are 7 games over .500 and 4 games in first. You may think I should still be hopeful, but I kind of am not. I did notice this current streak of playing shitty baseball and only winning 2 out of the last 8 games is almost the complete opposite of the 10 game win streak they had earlier this year. So many people were wanting to trade for more pitching and let’s call Correa up, etc. Well, I think this season is somewhere in between the 10 game win streak and the 2 wins in 8 games column. This team has potential to be amazing and it also have the potential to stink up a bathroom.
What brought on this kind of thinking you probably are not wondering. Well, this morning as I’m walking into the office, I pass one guy that says bring up Correa and I just smile and keep going. Correa is not going to turn this team into the 10 game win streak type of team alone. Yes, he may help, but one player a team does not make. I believe this team will have offensive woes as long as they continue to lead the league in strike outs (1st in AL, 2nd in MLB). If you put the ball in play then you at least have a chance it will drop for a hit or the fielder throws it away. But standing there taking pitches or swings and misses does not help.
I guess I’m tired of their bad baseball of late. I believe I know what this team really is and I rather hope what I believe is wrong (in a good way for the team). I just want them to play good solid baseball. I want half the strike outs and error free play. Is that really too much to ask?