Watching Brown and Arrighetti develop in the big leagues has really been something. So much credit to the coaching staff, and to the pitchers themselves having the mental wherewithal to battle through their early struggles.
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If I were a pitcher with either a future contract to think about or HoF consideration, I would be telling my agent to see how I can be an Astro.
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Third try: This
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It worked the first time!
ETA we got your meaning
What I saw was only the last word
Dubon is an outfielder btw. That dude is clearly our new Spiers/Marwin.
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He has been much better this year than last, and its not just the fantastic catches the past few games.
Per baseball savant, he has improved his reaction, burst, and feet vs average this year.
Reps help.
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I still can’t believe he’s not out for the year with a broken collar bone/torn rotator cuff. Dude’s a stud.
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The Last Word is a fabulous cocktail.
Hello from the wine grape Harvest!!
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Mr Spaghetti, last 9 starts
2.77 ERA 71K 18BB in 55.1IP
In August
5 starts 1.95 ERA 47K 10BB in 32.1IP
After July 2nd(10 starts ago) vs the Blue Jays his ERA was 6.13, his ERA today is 4.63
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I know he was called up early due to the many injuries to the Astros starters. What was the Bus Ride’s projections on when he would have been promoted to the Majors prior to that?
If he’d pitched well at AAA I’d have expected him midseason. He got the call early for sure, but instead of developing in the minors he did it while getting shelled by major league bats. Huge kudos to him.
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Answering my own question a bit, here is The Bus Ride’s chatter, starting with some great observations by @Duman in 2023:
Someone mentioned this earlier but it’s worth repeating - the fact that a couple of these guys got to the major leagues and promptly got their asses handed to them but didn’t get broken mentally deserves tremendous accolades. Maybe the guys just have such confidence in the way the organization develops pitchers that they just listened to the feedback, kept doing what they were told to do and ignored the results, but man, this isn’t spring training, this isn’t AAA, this is a team that expects to compete for a World Series berth every single year. I can’t really remember watching a guy go from being nearly terrible in May and June to totally fucking lights out blackout curtains no nightlight pitch black don’t even open your eyes in August. It doesn’t make a whole hell of a lot of sense. But that’s what we’re watching.
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He can spin it pretty nicely.
x2. With Arrighetti and with Brown. And, even a derivative with Kikuchi.
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This is very well said, Chuck.
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And the change in Blanco '23 to '24, too.
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Credit Dana Brown for identifying Blanco should start and whomever taught Ronel “El Cambio.” His changeup has made all the difference for him.
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Well said, @chuck. Hunter Brown’s turnaround from that dreadful start in Kansas City to a staff ace has been nothing short of remarkable. I wasn’t sure he was going to figure it out and live up to his prospect promise, but he sure has.
Same with Arrighetti since his start on July 7 versus the Twins.
If you are a pitcher looking to rehabilitate your career, you should tell your agent to get you to the Astros.
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