I think Carter looked meaner last season.
Can't tell if you're completely kidding or not, and I know it's a kinda dumb thing to point out, but he's just got this overall passive, tentative look to him. I'd love to see him have a little swagger, stand up there and look dangerous and take big hacks at all those fastballs down the middle that he often watches or is late on.
The shift is having a bad night tonight.
Jeez, what are they going to do with Springer? Those 2 ABs were terrible, even by his standards.
Fowler butchered the shit outta that play. Now Altuve might be hurt after a futile dive.
Give him some slack. He's just up, and his sulkiness now doesn't mean he'll always suck.
Isn't Rougned Odor a character in Game of Thrones?
God dammit, Carter.
You could say this at least three times a week game.
Wait, did Julia just say that Luhnow said that Singleton could be called up soon?
That's what I heard too.
“We’re not going to put a timetable on him,” Luhnow said of Singleton. “If you look at his development, he missed a lot of time last year. He’s making up for it quickly, and he’s doing well. If that continues to happen, it could be any time.”
Andrus - (Zeid in for Peacock) Ground out to SSBeltre - K swingingFielder - Single to RFRios - K Middle of the 7th. Rangers 4-0.
That was a terrible call on Castro.
Dominguez - Single to CFKrauss - Flies out to RFSpringer - (Dominguez advances on a passed ball) Single to LF, Dominguez to 3rd Carter - (Cotts in for Martinez) K swingingGuzman - (In for Presley) K swingingEnd of the 8th. Rangers 4-0.
Astros set a team record last night with most hits (11) w/o a run.
Plus they had three walks. That's 14 fucking baserunners in 9 innings, and none of them score. That's basically the equivalent of starting every inning with runners at 1B and 2B and no outs, yet you can't punch a single one of them across the plate. How the fuck does that happen? Honestly.
14 baserunners and 14 strikeouts. You at least have to love the symmetry there. At least they've got that going for them.
Along the lines of Reubens observation, the hardest part for me is that the starter who shut them out wasn't all that good. Basically, other then a few good sliders and an occasionally decent change/split, he was making mistake after mistake. Belt high 90 mph heaters and numerous hanging sliders were routinely missing Astros bats.
And like you said, Castro is really off. That might be the most troubling thing - the biggest bright spot from last year, one of the only building-block-type players on the roster, and he's getting routinely beat by ordinary stuff. Whether its his hand being hurt or just a major timing problem, it's a bummer to watch it drag on.
He did hit a 3 run homer on Sunday, fwiw.
He did, but he's been striking out an awful lot.
And he's your #3 hitter, hitting .205/.295/.365, with 46 strikeouts and 10 walks. That's just unacceptable, at any level.
