I like Kendall Graveman. He’s going to make a huge difference for this team as long as he stays healthy.
That was nasty.
Tried to quick pitch him
Why the fuck is he PH his only other catcher???
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Come on, Pressly! Why?!
Whew.
Relievers stepped up tonite
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Nice win.
The Giants are relentless. You can see why they are having a great season.
At least Tucker kept it in play.
I find you amusing. You say they complain and this is your next post.
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I noted that also. Chuck is a prize, and I love his posts. Most of them, anyway; I do not love ‘em when he goes after me.
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apropos to nothing, Toro was 3-5 last night, but no homers. Good for him.
ETA: I am doing the Express game tonight with Capps, and the Express will honor the Austin Black Senators, which had Willie Wells for a time. I hope I remember to tape the Astros because I want to see Greinke hit. I wanted him to PH last night in the 9th. Wasting Castro for one meaningless PH AB when we have only two catchers was foolish.
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I agree that saving your last catcher ( especially when you just traded your emergency catcher) is a cardinal rule.
I’m sure Grienke was begging to do it also.
The only thing I can think of is Estrada was scared.
Scared of making a move that Dusty would not/ has not done.
Scared that Grienke would injure himself hitting or running when he had not had a PA in nearly 2 years.
Yep, the fear of injury is a valid reason to not PH Greinke, but it does not justify burning Castro in a meaningless AB.
Giants announcers are good teachers, like ours, teaching about the game as they work.
They observed that this was the 1st time all year they had faced a team w/ only three regulars on the bench… They attributed it to roster transition, w/ 2 pitchers just arriving from trades, bringing the bullpen to 10.
I also wondered about a Grienke PH, keeping Castro in reserve.
Who was the emergency catcher?
That Altuve guy is pretty good.
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Toro
He’s a keeper!
Thankful someone finally let the little guy into an Astro tryout…
Risky move, glad it worked.
Yep, he gets on streaks when he is All World.