[Official] Astros @ Mariners

Juice man killing the Stros again !

 

Pressly does not produce as well as his stuff would indicate.

 

Wow Yuli ****ed that one up

 

Astros are going to get the lead back.

 

Altuve better get healthy. We wont make the world series with yuli at 2nd

 

Did anyone hear that heckling of McHugh in the bullpen? "Go back to AAA!" lol wtf

 

Rather uninspiring inning by the offense there

 

If Correa doesn't get a huge hit in the latter part of this game I'll be very disappointed.

 

That's twice tonight the OF shift has turned singles to RF into doubles.

eta: and both were to LHB

 

I'd be curious to see how effective the Astro's shifts are compared to league average shift effectiveness.

 

At one point Astros had saved the most runs in MLB with the shift. But I wonder if that pace has held up during these last several weeks when just about everything has gone wrong

 

Yuli and Carlos need to step up now.

 

I'm thinking like a runs saved per shift type stat. Basically are other teams deploying more effective shifts but Astros lead league in total because they shift the most?

 

I don't think Carlos has even hit it hard more than handful of times since he came back.

 

Best swing I've seen him put on a ball in several games.

 

Clown show on defense

 

Mental error turning an out into a hit. Man this team just can’t find a groove... we’re struggling in every aspect of the game.

 

McHugh c’mon man

 

Ugh this really should be a 22-win season for JV, Cole, and Morton.
Hopefully we still come back, my favorite reliever to get wins is McHugh. Still hoping he can somehow get to 10 wins (unlikely now).

I want to trade for Justin Smoak. I've talked about him before the deadline. Can play 1B and also DH. Even provides insurance JUST in case the injury bug bites us again, and is a switch hitter who can provide needed balance for our heavily-right handed lineup.

 

This could get ugly real quick.