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Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« on: July 08, 2016, 05:31:39 pm »
Your lineups for tonight's tilt:

Athletics

2BJed Lowrie (S)
LFKhris Davis (R)
RFJosh Reddick (L)
3BDanny Valencia (R)
CStephen Vogt (L)
DHBilly Butler (R)
1BYonder Alonso (L)
SSMarcus Semien (R)
CFBilly Burns (S)

OAK: Daniel Mengden (R)  (1-4, 3.48)

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RF George Springer (R)
2B Marwin Gonzalez (S)
DH Jose Altuve (R)
SS Carlos Correa (R)
3B Luis Valbuena (L)
CF Carlos Gomez (R)
1B A.J. Reed (L)
LF Jake Marisnick (R)
C Jason Castro (L)

HOU: Collin McHugh (R)  (5-6, 4.50)
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2016, 08:04:45 pm »
Been a long time since I've seen a team just completely overmatched by pitching like the Astros are tonight. They don't stand a chance.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2016, 08:06:01 pm »
Quote from: HudsonHawk on July 08, 2016, 08:04:45 pm
Been a long time since I've seen a team just completely overmatched by pitching like the Astros are tonight. They don't stand a chance.

The Astros gave him up for Kazmir last year.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2016, 08:08:24 pm »
Quote from: Jacksonian on July 08, 2016, 08:06:01 pm
The Astros gave him up for Kazmir last year.

Way to twist the knife.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2016, 08:09:08 pm »
BTW...2-0 A's, nobody out in the 4th...
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2016, 08:12:41 pm »
Mengden appears to have better stuff than at least 2/5ths of the Astros' rotation.


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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2016, 08:13:19 pm »
My advice is to start drinking heavily.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2016, 08:13:56 pm »
Quote from: hostros7 on July 08, 2016, 08:12:41 pm
Mengden appears to have better stuff than at least 2/5ths of the Astros' rotation.


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He's got better stuff than all of them. It's not even close.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2016, 08:18:38 pm »
Gracias, correa!


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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2016, 08:18:59 pm »
Correa!  Cuts it to 3-2
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2016, 08:20:22 pm »
That was helpful.

I don't know what Mengden is throwing to the lefties, but it acts like a screwball, starting inside and then moving back over the inside corner. It's a nice pitch.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2016, 08:22:01 pm »
Quote from: austro on July 08, 2016, 08:20:22 pm
That was helpful.

I don't know what Mengden is throwing to the lefties, but it acts like a screwball, starting inside and then moving back over the inside corner. It's a nice pitch.

Probably turns over a 2 seam fastball.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2016, 08:23:14 pm »
I didn't realize mengden could touch 94-95. Not second guessing any of the trades, merely commenting, but we have certainly dealt away a surfeit of high end pitching talent for a team with two legit, top of the rotation pitchers last year (and 0.5 this season).


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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2016, 08:24:41 pm »
Notice how quiet Gomez was in the box that last at bat?  That's when he gets good swings.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2016, 08:27:47 pm »
Quote from: hostros7 on July 08, 2016, 08:23:14 pm
I didn't realize mengden could touch 94-95. Not second guessing any of the trades, merely commenting, but we have certainly dealt away a surfeit of high end pitching talent for a team with two legit, top of the rotation pitchers last year (and 0.5 this season).

I thought that the Kazmir trade was a good one at the time, although it pained me to see both Nottingham and Mengden go. But I think as the years go by we're going to regret that trade.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2016, 08:46:15 pm »
Quote from: HudsonHawk on July 08, 2016, 08:13:56 pm
He's got better stuff than all of them. It's not even close.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2016, 08:46:54 pm »
Man I love Marisnick's instincts.  Now if Springer can punch that run across...
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« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2016, 08:47:17 pm »
Quote from: Reuben on July 08, 2016, 08:46:15 pm
Your penchant for hyperbolic, definitive statements rarely fails to amuse.

Which Astros starter has better stuff?
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2016, 08:48:20 pm »
Astros with the bases juiced...nobody out...
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2016, 08:48:38 pm »
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Which Astros starter has better stuff?

McCullers?
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #20 on: July 08, 2016, 08:48:53 pm »
Marwin ties it up with an RBI single...bases still loaded, still nobody out.
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« Reply #21 on: July 08, 2016, 08:49:25 pm »
Quote from: HudsonHawk on July 08, 2016, 08:47:17 pm
Which Astros starter has better stuff?

Kazmir. 
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« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2016, 08:49:42 pm »
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McCullers?

I'd listen to a case for McCullers...but that's it.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2016, 08:50:07 pm »
Altuve with an RBI...4-3 Astros...runners at the corners, one out...
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2016, 08:51:51 pm »
Quote from: Jacksonian on July 08, 2016, 08:48:38 pm
McCullers?
Exactly. Mengden easily tops him in the facial hair category, though.
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« Reply #25 on: July 08, 2016, 08:52:11 pm »
it would surely be nice to have a crooked number.
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« Reply #26 on: July 08, 2016, 08:52:32 pm »
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Exactly. Mengden easily tops him in the facial hair category, though.

I'm not a fan of McCullers's hipster haircut either. 
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #27 on: July 08, 2016, 08:53:42 pm »
Correa with a baserunning boner...runs them out of a potential bigger inning...But Astros up 5-3.
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« Reply #28 on: July 08, 2016, 08:55:29 pm »
Baffling move by Correa. Altuve was already at 3rd, there was no need to draw a throw or anything... no clue what he was thinking there.
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« Reply #29 on: July 08, 2016, 08:57:08 pm »
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Baffling move by Correa. Altuve was already at 3rd, there was no need to draw a throw or anything... no clue what he was thinking there.

Yeah, that wasn't a great move. At least Altuve didn't have some horrible collision at the plate.
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« Reply #30 on: July 08, 2016, 08:57:28 pm »
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Baffling move by Correa. Altuve was already at 3rd, there was no need to draw a throw or anything... no clue what he was thinking there.

Yeah, you draw a throw to prevent a throw going home and plate a run, but not to prevent a throw to 3B like that.
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« Reply #31 on: July 08, 2016, 08:57:32 pm »
Valbuena is locked in.


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« Reply #32 on: July 08, 2016, 08:58:04 pm »
Well, Neil got his crooked number...Astros up 6-3
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« Reply #33 on: July 08, 2016, 08:58:50 pm »
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Valbuena is locked in.

He wasn't on the previous two AB's. But I'm glad that he seems to be able to put those bad ones behind him.
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« Reply #34 on: July 08, 2016, 09:01:32 pm »
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I was looking at Astros stats today... Valbuena had an almost identical AVG/OBP/SLG line to Correa for the year. Both about .260/.359/.460. - in fact, Val was a few OPS points better.
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« Reply #35 on: July 08, 2016, 09:01:47 pm »
Ashby doesn't know the difference between interference and obstruction.  And proud of his ignorance. 
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« Reply #36 on: July 08, 2016, 09:10:14 pm »
I think it would take me no less than 27 guesses to spell Rzepczynski even if given the country of origin.


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« Reply #37 on: July 08, 2016, 09:16:41 pm »
Bloop single and walk bring the tying run to the plate with nobody out...and that's it for McHugh...
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I think it would take me no less than 27 guesses to spell Rzepczynski even if given the country of origin.

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« Reply #39 on: July 08, 2016, 09:22:58 pm »
Given the new rules at second, why can he slide into second with his lead leg two feet in the air like like that?


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« Reply #40 on: July 08, 2016, 09:23:25 pm »
A's score a run on a passed ball...6-4, runner at 2B...one out...
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Given the new rules at second, why can he slide into second with his lead leg two feet in the air like like that?

It's the "against the Astros" special dispensation instituted by Bud Fucking Selig.
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« Reply #42 on: July 08, 2016, 09:27:53 pm »
Nice job by Giles.  Castro cost a run, but Astros still up 6-4 at the stretch.
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« Reply #43 on: July 08, 2016, 09:32:30 pm »
I used to think it was greedy, but now I desperately want to be within 4 games of the fucking Rangers by the end of July.
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« Reply #44 on: July 08, 2016, 09:40:25 pm »
Ashby is a logician of the highest order: Mazara helped the Rangers, so Bregman can help the Astros. 
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #45 on: July 08, 2016, 09:42:38 pm »
Now the shit sniffing Rangers are leading the Twins.
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Ashby is a logician of the highest order: Mazara helped the Rangers, so Bregman can help the Astros. 

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« Reply #47 on: July 08, 2016, 09:50:26 pm »
Gregerson back to slinging filth in the 8th.


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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #49 on: July 08, 2016, 10:06:00 pm »
Boy Springer looked pathetic that at bat.
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« Reply #50 on: July 08, 2016, 10:12:21 pm »
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« Reply #51 on: July 08, 2016, 10:14:41 pm »
Man, that wan't even a 55-footer, more like a 50-footer.
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« Reply #52 on: July 08, 2016, 10:16:23 pm »
Harris can't put guys away...now 7-6 with nobody out...
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« Reply #53 on: July 08, 2016, 10:16:42 pm »
Well, that certainly sucks.
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« Reply #54 on: July 08, 2016, 10:17:16 pm »
Now, it's just like a 1-run save opportunity. Let's close this out.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #55 on: July 08, 2016, 10:21:10 pm »
Harris getting ahead, but just cannot put guys in the book.  Lowrie up as the go-ahead run...one out.
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« Reply #56 on: July 08, 2016, 10:23:41 pm »
Lowrie with a double...tying run at 3B and go-ahead run at 2B

And Harris out...Feliz in for the worst save opportunity there is.
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« Reply #57 on: July 08, 2016, 10:26:14 pm »
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« Reply #59 on: July 08, 2016, 10:26:49 pm »
And there's the blown save and blown lead...A's up 8-7...still one out...
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« Reply #60 on: July 08, 2016, 10:27:16 pm »
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« Reply #61 on: July 08, 2016, 10:27:35 pm »
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« Reply #62 on: July 08, 2016, 10:27:43 pm »
Four extra base hits so far this inning...
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« Reply #63 on: July 08, 2016, 10:27:46 pm »
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« Reply #64 on: July 08, 2016, 10:28:32 pm »
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« Reply #65 on: July 08, 2016, 10:28:34 pm »
Another hit...9-7 A's....what a fucking pathetic inning.
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« Reply #66 on: July 08, 2016, 10:29:24 pm »
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« Reply #67 on: July 08, 2016, 10:30:55 pm »
Feliz getting royally fucked by the umps now...
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« Reply #68 on: July 08, 2016, 10:31:43 pm »
A's get five runs in in the 9th...Astros now trailing 9-7 headed to the bottom.

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« Reply #69 on: July 08, 2016, 10:34:50 pm »
One pitch, one out as Marwin tries to bunt his way on but is out 1-3
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« Reply #70 on: July 08, 2016, 10:35:16 pm »
Altuve singles...tying run to the plate in Correa...
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« Reply #71 on: July 08, 2016, 10:39:34 pm »
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Correa strikes out on the ol' 48-footer, but reaches on the wild pitch...runners at the corner...Valbuena up as the winning run...
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« Reply #75 on: July 08, 2016, 10:40:21 pm »
Holy Shit!!!

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« Reply #78 on: July 08, 2016, 10:40:55 pm »
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« Reply #81 on: July 08, 2016, 10:41:02 pm »
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« Reply #82 on: July 08, 2016, 10:41:17 pm »
The best thing about this is the Rangers sitting in their locker room and watching it.
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« Reply #83 on: July 08, 2016, 10:41:49 pm »
VAL-FUCKIN-BUENA!!!!!!
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« Reply #84 on: July 08, 2016, 10:42:28 pm »
Boys, that was a helluva 9th inning.
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« Reply #85 on: July 08, 2016, 10:42:34 pm »
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Hinch and Luhnow look like geniuses right now for sticking with Valbuena after that awful start to the season he had. Everyone was calling for him to get kicked to the curb.
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Hinch and Luhnow look like geniuses right now for sticking with Valbuena after that awful start to the season he had. Everyone was calling for him to get kicked to the curb.

Plus Will Harris owes him a beer.
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« Reply #88 on: July 08, 2016, 10:46:53 pm »
Valbuena doesn't hit HRs that just get over the outstretched reach of the OFer.
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Valbuena doesn't hit HRs that just get over the outstretched reach of the OFer.

Oh come on! It landed in the first row... of the upper deck!
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« Reply #90 on: July 08, 2016, 11:19:00 pm »
I woke up just in time for the blast. Woo hoo!
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« Reply #91 on: July 08, 2016, 11:34:20 pm »
We may be at the end of Harris' magic. If he cannot get his curve over, his fastball is meat.

What a finish!

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We may be at the end of Harris' magic. If he cannot get his curve over, his fastball is meat.

Yeah, I'm starting to worry if the inability of the starting staff to consistently go deep in games and that fluky run of extra-inning games is wearing down the bullpen...
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Yeah, I'm starting to worry if the inability of the starting staff to consistently go deep in games and that fluky run of extra-inning games is wearing down the bullpen...

It's looking disturbingly like last Septembrr. The All-Star break may give the guys enough of a rest to straighten things out for a while, but I'm afraid another late-season decline is probably ahead.
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« Reply #95 on: July 09, 2016, 08:09:47 am »
Astros with a higher OPS than Valbuena:

Altuve

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It's looking disturbingly like last Septembrr. The All-Star break may give the guys enough of a rest to straighten things out for a while, but I'm afraid another late-season decline is probably ahead.

My aren't you cheery...and after a win like that.
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« Reply #97 on: July 09, 2016, 08:52:33 am »
Harris gave up his first hit other than a single in 37 games, and it has caused us to hit the panic button on him? I agree he looked like shit last night with a mediocre fastball up and an ability to locate the curve, but again first hit other than a single in 37 games.

I think the bullpen is deep enough that it allows Hinch to potentially shuffle a few roles around and keep it fresh. Also, Hoyt is still in AAA. Maybe Sipp will improve to his mean.


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We may be at the end of Harris' magic. If he cannot get his curve over, his fastball is meat.

What a finish!
I don't recall him even throwing a curve last night. Not many, at least. But nearly every single fastball was up.

It will be interesting to see who is closing games by the end of the year: Harris, Gregerson, or Giles. I suppose Feliz has a shot, too, though it was not a good audition last night.
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Harris gave up his first hit other than a single in 37 games, and it has caused us to hit the panic button on him? I agree he looked like shit last night with a mediocre fastball up and an ability to locate the curve, but again first hit other than a single in 37 games.

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No panic at all. Mostly realistic about his ability and ceiling. He is nowhere near as bad as he was last night, but I do not think he is a long term closer either.
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Re: Athletics @ Astros July 8, 2016
« Reply #100 on: July 09, 2016, 09:22:49 am »
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I don't recall him even throwing a curve last night. Not many, at least. But nearly every single fastball was up.

It will be interesting to see who is closing games by the end of the year: Harris, Gregerson, or Giles. I suppose Feliz has a shot, too, though it was not a good audition last night.

He tried several, but they were nowhere near strikes, and most bounced.
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« Reply #101 on: July 09, 2016, 09:29:52 am »
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I suppose Feliz has a shot, too, though it was not a good audition last night.

I imagine he was in no way mentally ready to pitch that inning and had to warm up in a hurry.  Learning experience I hope.
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My aren't you cheery...and after a win like that.

Scandinavian temperament. You know me: I'll stop bitching when I'm dead.

In the last 7 games, the Astros have allowed 34 runs; the pen has been charged with 14 of those (I don't know how many inherited runners got charged to starters). Frankly, I thought it was worse than that, and if you look at it simply on a pro-rated innings-pitched basis, the pen probably allowed runs at about the same rate as the starters. But the offense is going to have to do a lot of work if the defense is going to average 4.85 runs allowed for any length  of time.
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« Reply #103 on: July 09, 2016, 12:58:53 pm »
I had consoled myself after the top of the ninth by remembering I had Ryan Madson on my Mihoba fantasy team and at least I would get points for a save.
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Everyone's talking, few of them know
The rest are pretending, they put on a show
And if there's a message I guess this is it
Truth isn't easy, the easy part's shit
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