I am all for the WBC as long as the Astros are not in it...................this injury is so US, well I guess Dana was playing 3D chess knowing this could happen and now Correra can play SS and Parades to 3rd...............it all makes sense now Hopefully this doesn't come back to bite us in the butt
Spring Training stats: Astros games: 1-2, 5-6, 6-6, 4-1, 0-5, 4-9, 4-4, 2-5, 3-4, 3-3, 3-1, 4-2, 0-2 (in progress) 37 runs scored through 13 games: 2.85 runs/game 50 runs allowed through 13 games: 3.85 runs/game Early indications are more hitting problems than pitching or defense.
I don’t put any stock in any ST stats other than velocity readings. The rosters are too inconsistent and the players are not playing enough to generate reliable data. So other seeing how hard guys are throwing and hitting there’s no much to take away. My #1 takeaway from ST so far is McCullers might actually be able to contribute (up to 95mph) and Imai looks good (up to 96.5 today). A team might get shutout and then you look at the box score and they played A ball guys against big leaguers 2/3 of the game. Or a team might have gone off but then you read the opposing pitchers were all only throwing 1 pitch type.
I agree. However, I do you wonder what changes, if any, our batters have been making since changing hitting coaches. The only tangible change I can tell so far is taking more pitches.
true but wouldn’t it be nice if we had some surprise breakouts and big bats that go everyone excited ? Instead the offense looks lethargic . Sigh
It’s a little disappointing to see that Cam Smith is not raking. If his job is truly under competition, he is not winning anything yet.
Disappointing but what do we really expect? He hit for like 3 weeks last year. He was woefully bad outside of that brief period, especially the last 2 months or so.
It's still Spring Training, right? Just checking because the whining is already at regular season levels.
But to be fair, it isn't like anyone else is threatening to take his job away from him And I know small sample size yada yada yada...spring training yada yada yada But it wouldn't hurt for one of our regulars to get a hit at some point
3 weeks lol April/May .744 OPS June .848 April/May/June combined he had a .785 OPS He was terrible from July onward, but saying he had "3 good weeks" is laughable. In fact it's a much worse statement than his play after the ASB
I wasn’t all that serious with the 3 weeks (I think it’s clear that was an offhand estimate). However, upon inspection, it really wasn’t much more than 3 weeks. It was maybe 6. His OPS outside of may and june april- .679 July- .563 Aug- .447 Sept- .679 (after losing starting job) he had a good 2 weeks in may and a good june. He was pretty horrible the other 20ish weeks of the season. I’m all for Cam reclaiming RF but I would like to see him actually earn that spot this year.
