AggiesAreWe Posted August 4 Report Posted August 4 48 minutes ago, BEARCPA said: Maybe they saw the writing on the wall He definitely was struggling of late but I think his injury (which is why he is currently on IL) played a part in his struggle. He struggled with control the last few starts but still had better ERA than several on the staff. At best I think this was a push. I just think we needed an arm more than we needed a bat. BEARCPA 1 Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted August 4 Report Posted August 4 If Javier (who got the start tonight) can do well the remaining of the season, then this can be a good trade. navydawg31 and myrecordwashorrible 2 Quote
baddog Posted August 4 Author Report Posted August 4 12 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said: If Javier (who got the start tonight) can do well the remaining of the season, then this can be a good trade. I liked Arrighetti, but he had some very early exits. We do need pitching more than OFs. Play just now…..Straw is super fast, but not that fast. Lol Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted August 4 Report Posted August 4 Lose 3-1. Arlington about to lose so lead stays 2.5 to them and Seattle who are off tonight. Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted August 4 Report Posted August 4 Astros had 10 hits tonight but can only score 1 run. Javier actually had a quality start going 6 innings, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits. 2 K's, BB. Astro pitching did it's job tonight. myrecordwashorrible 1 Quote
myrecordwashorrible Posted August 4 Report Posted August 4 5 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said: Astros had 10 hits tonight but can only score 1 run. Javier actually had a quality start going 6 innings, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits. 2 K's, BB. Astro pitching did it's job tonight. Imai may end up being extremely valuable if he can replicate tonight's performance a few more times before the season ends. We shall see. Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted August 4 Report Posted August 4 6 minutes ago, myrecordwashorrible said: Imai may end up being extremely valuable if he can replicate tonight's performance a few more times before the season ends. We shall see. I agree. If Javier can give quality starts and Imai solid innings out of the pen, then I feel much better about our pitching staff. myrecordwashorrible 1 Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted August 4 Report Posted August 4 17 minutes ago, baddog said: I bet we had a high LOB count tonight. Houston had 13 LOB as oppose to Toronto's 3. Pretty much sums up this loss. baddog 1 Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted Wednesday at 02:38 AM Report Posted Wednesday at 02:38 AM 7-2 win for Houston. Another quality start for an Astro pitcher. Wesneski went 6 IP, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits, 4 K's, 2 BB. Sousa and De Los Santos with 3 shutout innings. Houston has now won 12 of last 14. rupert3, navydawg31, baddog and 1 other 4 Quote
navydawg31 Posted Wednesday at 03:02 AM Report Posted Wednesday at 03:02 AM Great time at the Astros game tonight for dollar dog night. 4 hot dogs and 7 beers down. I bought the tickets buddy (the DD) gets to drive. Great trade off, baddog, myrecordwashorrible and AggiesAreWe 2 1 Quote
rupert3 Posted Wednesday at 09:09 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 09:09 PM Lose 5-4 on bad call and challange. Alvarez was safe. Quote
myrecordwashorrible Posted Wednesday at 09:14 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 09:14 PM 2 minutes ago, rupert3 said: Lose 5-4 on bad call and challange. Alvarez was safe. I don't think he go his foot on the bag until after the tag. Even the great ones make mistakes and him not sliding was simply very bad baseball. Tough loss to take today. Real tough loss! Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted Wednesday at 09:15 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 09:15 PM 4 minutes ago, rupert3 said: Lose 5-4 on bad call and challange. Alvarez was safe. That and the fact that Houston didn't score a run when the game was tied 3-3 in bottom of 7th and Astros had runners at 2nd and 3rd with no outs. Another good pitching game gone to waste. rupert3, navydawg31 and myrecordwashorrible 3 Quote
rupert3 Posted Wednesday at 09:22 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 09:22 PM 7 minutes ago, myrecordwashorrible said: I don't think he go his foot on the bag until after the tag. Even the great ones make mistakes and him not sliding was simply very bad baseball. Tough loss to take today. Real tough loss! Quote
rupert3 Posted Wednesday at 09:23 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 09:23 PM I'd argue that lol but that's not why we lost. myrecordwashorrible 1 Quote
baddog Posted Wednesday at 11:51 PM Author Report Posted Wednesday at 11:51 PM 2 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said: That and the fact that Houston didn't score a run when the game was tied 3-3 in bottom of 7th and Astros had runners at 2nd and 3rd with no outs. Another good pitching game gone to waste. This^^^^^^ Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted Saturday at 04:36 AM Report Posted Saturday at 04:36 AM 6-3 win over the Padres. Astros stay 1 1/2 ahead of Arlington and 4 games up on Seattle. rupert3 1 Quote
rupert3 Posted yesterday at 03:15 PM Report Posted yesterday at 03:15 PM Half game up. Arlington wins we lose 3-2 not much happened other than we still leave too many especially at crunch time. baddog 1 Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted 2 hours ago Report Posted 2 hours ago In mid May when Houston was 11 games below .500 (19-30), their team ERA reached a season high of 6.47, the worst in all of MLB. As of August 10, the Astro team ERA is 4.59, the lowest it's been since April. That's roughly 2 runs less. It's still 12th in AL but very much improved. Houston's offense since mid May has fallen off a bit when the Astros were batting .263 as a team and averaging around 5.3 runs per game which led the AL. Now the Houston offense is at .246 team batting average and averaging 4.7 runs per game. Both categories are still top 3 in AL. I stated back at the end of May that I was willing to give up some of that hot hitting if it meant the pitching would get better. I felt that was the key to get Houston winning. Well, Astro pitching has got much better and the hitting fell off some but low and behold they are above .500 and first in division. Pitching is what matters the most in MLB and nobody can convince me otherwise. Quote
myrecordwashorrible Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago 36 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said: In mid May when Houston was 11 games below .500 (19-30), their team ERA reached a season high of 6.47, the worst in all of MLB. As of August 10, the Astro team ERA is 4.59, the lowest it's been since April. That's roughly 2 runs less. It's still 12th in AL but very much improved. Houston's offense since mid May has fallen off a bit when the Astros were batting .263 as a team and averaging around 5.3 runs per game which led the AL. Now the Houston offense is at .246 team batting average and averaging 4.7 runs per game. Both categories are still top 3 in AL. I stated back at the end of May that I was willing to give up some of that hot hitting if it meant the pitching would get better. I felt that was the key to get Houston winning. Well, Astro pitching has got much better and the hitting fell off some but low and behold they are above .500 and first in division. Pitching is what matters the most in MLB and nobody can convince me otherwise. Truly agree with your last point. Give a squad 2 pitchers that are top 15 in the league and 2 quality relievers. Everything else on the squad can be slightly below average and you've got a chance if you can just get in the playoffs. This is of course not the Astros squad this season just a thought in general. AggiesAreWe 1 Quote
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