Does he go straight back to the leadoff spot, or do the additions since he was injured change that?Springer, Altuve, CarGo, Correa? Or Altuve, Cargo, Correa, Correa, Gattis, Springer?
Or Altuve, Cargo, Correa, Correa, Gattis, Springer?
I would like to see at least one LHer in the top 4 of the lineup against a RH pitcher. Really, it doesn't matter. Hinch will mix it up almost daily.
Love where you are headed with this one, but I think we should spread out Correa's two spots in the order. First, so that he isn't on base when his spot comes up again, and second so it isn't super obvious to the ump and opponents. My choice:Correa, Altuve, Springer, Cargo, Lowrie, Correa, Altuve, Springer, Cargo.
Ugh, you got to get Gattis and his horrendous OBP lower in the order.
You are fucking batshit crazy. Take your OBP and go home. That is not why he is on the team.
That's easy. Tucker bats 4th against righties. Though there is a possible other candidate. That's an impressive right/left split. SSS but over 2x better against righties
I'm well aware that he's on the team to get RBIs. But his all or nothing approach better fits a spot lower in the batting order. Putting guys like Lowrie who collects RBIs and gets on base for the next guy. It's my opinion that after Springer returns, Gattis should hit 6th. 7th on games Tucker plays. He'll still get his RBI opportunities batting 6th.
Yeah, definitely. Just ignore what the whole point of having your big RBI guy in the 4 hole is all about and move him down the 6 or 7.Pots for manager!
Why is what he's saying so crazy? It would be one thing if Gattis were clearly the best RBI guy on the team. Sure, he has the most RBI to this point, but you could argue that springer, Correa, Tucker or even Rasmus are better - all have SLG% as good as Gattis or better. Hell, even Conger and Lowrie have a higher SLG% than Gattis right now. One possible lineup once Springer returns:AltuveGomezCorreaSpringerTuckerGattisLowrieValbuenaCastroThat doesn't seem so crazy to me, and there's an argument to be made that Lowrie should be higher.
For those interested, this is a ranking of Astros by the percent of time they've driven in a runner on base this year:Jose Altuve - 18.3Carlos Correa - 17.4Evan Gattis - 16.8Hank Conger - 15.2Chris Carter - 15.1Preston Tucker - 15.0Colby Rasmus - 13.9Jonathan Villar - 12.2Jason Castro - 12.0Jed Lowrie - 12.0Marwin Gonzalez - 11.4George Springer - 10.4Jake Marisnick - 10.4Luis Valbuena - 10.3The data was taken from BP.
GIven that Gattis often hits 5th (like tonight) he will likely be hitting 6th (or 4th or 5th) many games once Springer is back.
Wouldn"t RISP be a better stat for RBI producers? Ashby just said Tucker is hitting .176 with RISP.
Leave the top 3 the way it is this is of course against left handed pitchersAltuveGomezCorreaSpringerJed LowrieEvan GattisPreston TuckerChris CarterHank Conger
That's a whole lot of sucktitude at the plate in the bottom...
The top 3 has remained the same since Gomez arrived 10 games ago.
Not today. Shaking it up with Tucker in the 2-hole and Gomez 4th.
Not sure why you wouldn't put Gomez in between Lowrie and Rasmus for a little S R L action. But this lineup seems pretty strong either wayETA. Though Gomez's speed likely factors stringer than the left/right thing
Springer cleared to swing the bat today.
He's been swinging a fungo for a few days. Do you mean a real bat or do you mean striking balls?
Both, apparently, starting Friday. Per Jdjo: He started swinging a fungo bat early in the week. Then he hit off a tee and had five swings at balls that were flipped to him Friday.Springer progressed to hitting soft tosses Saturday. He’s optimistic about taking batting practice next week.
Anyone have info on why George Springer didn't play yesterday? http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t482&t=g_box&gid=2015_08_30_sanaax_coraax_1
