Jordan pitched great for 8 innings – only 2 solo homers, 2 runs (gotta say, it’s weird to see him wearing Brandon Backe’s number.) The kid is 20 years old, he’s thrown 103 pitches. We have a tie game and we can’t send out, say David Carpenter for the 9th or a few innings?
Nope, we need to toughen the kid up, right. So out he goes for the 9th, immediately gives up a single, then a sac-bunt. Ryan Zimmerman, one of the best hitters in the NL is up, man on second, 1 out. So it’s best to leave in a tired 20 year old kid, right? Of course. And of course, Zim drives in the run.
So it’s 1 out, man on second, so why is best to bring in? Why not the guy who strands only 38% of his baserunners? Yeah, that’s the ticket.
And that was the ballgame. Of course, when Wiltie-poo lets the run score, it gets charged to poor Lyles, who gets another L. John Franco LIVES!!! We all know the Astros ain’t coming back – not against Drew Storen – no point in bothering to watch.
We had Clank playing first and Jason Michaels playing left – and this with a righty pitcher. I’m starting to really REALLY hate Broakie/Millsie-poo. He ain’t gonna save his job playing the old and lousy. Only reason we didn’t see Downsie-doo out there too is because he on paternity leave. I’d rather watch all the young guys and callups getting their heads beat in – at least they’d be learning to play. It’s really mind shudderingly terrible to think that after we dump Pence, Bourn, kepp and Wandy, that we’ll have to see this collection of horrid.
It is getting harder and harder to watch this disspirited, lifeless team. I like how Brownie pointed out that the Astros have the best bullpen ERA in the NL since July 4. I notice he didn’t mention inherited runners scoring. I like how Brownie mentions that Clank has the second most doubles in the NL. Like isn’t that special? Should we mention how many times he has NOT driven in runners with all the chances he’s had - about 1 fer 5.
Tomorrow, it’s Happ-less vs Jordan Zimmerman, RHP and his 2.66 ERA/1.07 WHIP and .237 BAA. He’s just 25, has been in the bigs for 3 years, took off like 12 months for Tommy John surgery and is doing as well as he did before he got hurt. This guy is exactly the guy that the Astros avoid like the plague – he costs MONEY to sign.
Anyway, the Astros only faced him once – about 2 years ago, after he’d gotten hurt and before he shut it down and went under the knife and he lost, giving up 4 runs in 6.1 IP. He’s not hurt this time. He’s only given up more than 3 runs once since the beginning of May (4 runs to the ?Cubs?!!) and hasn’t pitched fewer than 6 innings.
1 walk 12 strikeouts. Popups. This team has not forgotten how to hit,they never knew how, and if they have runners on base, they get the deer in the headlights look. Magoo Mills used the word “outstanding” numerous times in the post game love-fest. Mostly to describe Lyles performance buyer did not see the whole thing.
lyles DID have an outstanding performance. it was millsie-poo and everyone else who didn’t…
Altuve should shake things up a bit.
Young guys rule! (Spoken by an oldie)
Thoughts on the two pitchers we received for Kepp? Not thrilled with two guys who sound like this:
Sosa, 25, is a combined 5-3 with a 5.51 ERA at AA and AAA. Profiled by the Astros as a starter, Sosa has a career 37-21 minor-league record with a 3.61 ERA and 422 strikeouts and 198 walks in 466 2/3 innings.
Stoffel, 22, was a fourth-round draft chose in 2009. He is 1-2 with a 3.98 ERA and 13 saves this season with Class AA Richmond, striking out 31 and walking 16 in 31 2/3 innings.
Sosa’s MiLB stats are here: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=464400 WHIP of 1.53 over the last two years, assuming I haven’t screwed up the calcs.
Stoffel’s MiLB stats: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=572168 WHIP of 1.58 over the last two years. At least Stoffel’s a kid.
I’m not impressed at all by either of these guys, and want y’all to talk me down from being pi***d that this is the best that Wade could get for Kepp. If the Chron’s silly comment system worked, I could read something from H, pointing out three things I missed, and that they aren’t that bad….alas.
i would LUUUUVVVV to see them promote altuve and JD martinez to AAA – get rid of anderson worthless hernandez
here and i JUUUUUUUSSSST posted an entry about them
the point was to dump keppinger, not to particularly get something worth having and i’m not impressed by either guy and the giant’s eval of pitchers is pretty **** good. they don’t trade away minor leaguers who are good any more than john schuerholz/bobby cox did with the braves.