No, he’s not ready for that kind of pressure.
I don’t understand…our pitcher throws them through the other batter’s box, yet their guys don’t swing. What’s up with that?
Jeebus, France. Throw a fucking strike.
The game plan seems to be swing. I don’t care where it is, swing.
I swear I don’t know how we’re above .500
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Back to back walks to the 7-8 hitters.
France is a fucking mess.
Giving a good offense free baserunners is not a recipe for success.
Throw fucking strikes
The 2023 Astros are Jekyll and Hyde. They looked like world beaters in Boston and come home and look terrible against a bad Yankees’ team.
Good job, Dubon.
The problem with this offense is plate discipline. They simply hack, hack, and hack at every fucking pitch, no matter the location, no matter the situation.
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I agree with you. The worst offenders are Diaz, Peña and Abreu. Altuve has never been known for plate discipline, either. It’s amazing that Yainer ever sees strikes.
Heaney has thrown 41 pitches…maybe five have been strikes.
Again. One strike in three at bats…three easy outs.
Between Altuve, Peña, Diaz, Abreu and Dubon…that’s 20 outs per game without having to come within a bat length of the strike zone.
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I haven’t looked into this at all but there have been times this year when I’ve wondered if it isn’t actually an organizational philosophy thing.
How deep a starting pitcher goes in a game has more to do with times through the lineup than pitch count anymore, so they’re prepared to give full effort and throw 100 pitches in five innings if needs be. Your OPS is invariably a couple hundred points higher against fastballs than breaking stuff…therefore, if you see a fastball, swing at it.
It also seems like the more of a pitcher’s fastballs you see, the higher your returns against them. So you might be less concerned with making quick outs early if it means hacking at fastballs and not letting the pitcher get to all his devious breaking stuff.
Of course all that flies out the window if you swing at balls.
Anyway, just a thought I had. They do seem to be far more aggressive than most teams.
Garcia with a 2-out double
Fucking hell
Double, seeing eye single, say good night, Gracie.
This Rangers offense is so much better, not because they are better hitters, but because they don’t swing at every fucking pitch. If that’s the Astros’ organizational philosophy, it fucking sucks.