I know the Astros are trying to catch lightning with one of these guys, but perhaps it is time to make a trade for a starter and a reliever. I don't know what happened to Devenski, but he is not good.
As reported in the GZ, Sneed is up, Framber is down. Smith moved to the 60 day IL to make room on the 40 man.Busriders: What's the story on Sneed?
Uhhhh, Devo came in and murdered the Pirates for two innings. He was extended thanks to Framber being a black hole of bullshit last night, and ran out of gas.Shitting on Devo after 2 monster innings of relief work is a little questionable.
Busriders: What's the story on Sneed?
Is Cy young?
I'll show myself out....
Agreed. He looked very good the first 2 innings and and he got burned by a Vlad Sr style cricket double and a homer. They mentioned on the broadcast that he hasn't thrown more than 2 innings in a game since 2017. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Well, he may pitch for a while today. Peacock has already given up 2 in the first and the Pirates are still batting....Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
He is a character - lives the off season in Alaska hunting and being a substituent teacher3rd round pick of the Brewers in 2014. He was acquired from the brewers in the Villar trade after the 2015 season. Fastball /change pitcher
The cold climate presents challenges for his baseball workouts. Fortunately, Sneed has friends that own a lodge that's closed in the winter, so he sets up a mattress in the basement and plays toss against it to keep up with his mechanics."I'm only throwing about 40 feet," Sneed said. "I'm not worried about what the ball's doing, I'm worried about what my body is doing, and then when I come out and throw to more distance on my bullpen and sides and stuff, the ball is doing naturally what I need it to do."
A character indeed! Ice cycles in his beard, cutting down trees while living in Alaska during the summers, I wonder if he can also DH.Is his workout limited during the summer? Could that explain some of his "wildness", er, .....in terms of pitching?
Cy's description of his off season workout routine made me curious:
I found this short video of one of his workouts in Alaska.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFxzohbXLSo
I was reading this article and thought a bit about Sneeds multiple trips up and down and what a hassle that must be:https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/cy-sneed-optioned-to-triple-a-by-astrosThen I thought about the articles in the beginning of the thread where he is a substitute teacher in the off-season since the AAA salary is so low ($2,700 per month for 6 months). His prorated salary for his 30+ days of service time in the bigs is over $100K now. What a great boon for him. These upcoming September callups sure must be financially important for the non bonus babies.
Being on the 40-man is good for the major league minimum salary as well, regardless of where you're playing.
