[Official] Astros @ Yankees

A catcher that can hit. Full stop Dusty.

 

Maldy double play time!

 

Lol Yainer comes in.. hit

 

diaz, lol

 

Yainer Diaz
Know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It's 25 hits - 25 hits in 500 at-bats is 50 points. There's six months in a season, that's about 25 weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week - just one - you get a ground ball with eyes, you get a dying quail, just one more dying quail a week ... and you're in Yankee Stadium

 

Good job Maldy not hitting into a DP.

 

lol

 

Maldy is almost useless hitting.

 

Rather a K than a DP

Altuve Time

Boooooooo

 

ok. striking out was 2nd best thing.

 

Why keep maldy in the game?

 

It’s actually a good thing madly didn’t get any contact there and avoided a double play.

 

Altuve going DEEP here.

 

Diaz comes in and immediately gets our 2nd hit, Maldonado has another completely non competitive AB.

 

fu_k al-tu-ve!

 

We couldn’t pinch hit for Maldy also

 

This only applies to retroactive criticism. Everyone here pointed out it was a great lineup before the game yesterday- and it played out. And we all pointed out it was a crap lineup today - and it played out. This isn’t luck or second guessing - it’s bad decision making by the manager.

And yes the 1-5 take blame. But playing a horrible 7-9 and putting a horrible batter 2nd lessons the odds of overcoming poor hitting by the stars.

The managers’ job is to increase the odds of winning. He isn’t doing that.