It is a playoff series. We should be treating this like the Wildcard series. If we win or sweep, there’s a high chance we won’t have to play until the ALDS
Hopefully they have a tight leash on him. He's good for about 3 innings, but after that, they need to yank him the first sign of trouble. Teng, Imai, and Blubaugh should all be rested for tongiht.
they'll likely pull him after 2 times through the order and piggybakc on imai. Hader will also be avalabale today incase so that's good. Hader will also be available today in case, so that's good.
I think they'll pull Blanco after 3-4 innings, and if the game is close, they'll use Blubaugh and Teng to cover the next innings, and Hader will come into the 9th if the chance persists. I doubt they start Imai because they'll save 2 million or something, as his contract states he gets bonuses for reaching the 80, 90, and 100 IP thresholds. Might see him at the very end of the season if we clinch the AL West a bit early, and maybe he'll start the season finale.
What they're doing to Imai is the same as what they're doing to Aberu. Low-leverage innings, slowly building his confidence back and getting him at least a long-relief role.
I don't necessarily think that we are punting this game. We're going to have a tough stretch of games and the margin for error for the division (as of today) is three games, so punting any game at this point is just absurd. But I am very confused as to why Blanco is starting tonight over Burrows. For better or worse, Burrows will give you length, and the bullpen has been used a lot.
Maybe Blanco blanks the White Sox tonight. Anything can happen with baseball.
Burrows has only done 4.1 innings of work max in his rehab starts, so the thinking is most likely that Blano/Imai hopefully going through 6/7 is better than Burrows coming back and only doing 4. I am guessing at least one of Blanco/Imai goes down after tonight, if not both (assuming they have options).
I’ve seen someone suggest they prolly want to stretch Burrows out in a final rehab start before being called up again. This isn’t punting, this is just them having hopes & prayers
It’s a very plausible reason. Think ab it, why not use an available, healthy pitcher when the rest of the rotation & bullpen is gassed? They still put Javier out there instead of Imai. The last time he pitched was when the Angels shelled us.
I am planning to go to the game tonight, but I am a tad worried about Tropical Storm Edouard. I live in the Energy Corridor, so I will have a lot of opportunity to hit these potential floods post-game. Anyone else going? What are your thoughts?
We're still planning on going as of now. Space city weather seems pretty confident its going to be fairly mild in terms of rain in houston. They've always seemed to at least have a reasonable take.
We're coming in from kingwood/humble though, so its a pretty straight shot on 59 for us.
I'm still going because I've been putting off Hello Kitty night for the gf for a couple of years now, and we finally made time for this one. Ofc a damn tropical storm had to come this way of all days. Luckily I'm only like 5 minutes down I-10 from the stadium. Bought to head that way in a bit to see if there's a line for the giveaway. Hopefully the threat of the storm deterred a lot of people from going too early.
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Oh dude I love traveling to Tyler for work. I always assumed it was more Rangers territory tbh. Their Marshall’s & Ross has more Rangers merch than Astros
Oh I hate the Rangers and love the Astros, but yeah it is more Ranger territory because the Rally House we have here only has dumbass Ranger shit. Glad you like traveling to Tyler for work and find it amusing
His velo is also down. This is a very strange move. Blanco is still listed as the starter for Sugar Land tomorrow as well. Perhaps they wanted to give Burrows one more rehab to stretch him out an extra innings. Tonight feels like we're just throwing Blanco and Imai at the wall and hoping one of them stick before they both get optioned (assuming they both have options).
That's why I feel this lacks human research, because the context of those 9 innings and the fact he hasn't pitched for 11 days makes the claim he is hot somewhat bizarre
It's like when someone strikes out on a pitch that they clearly know is a ball, refuse to challenge the pitch, and then have the nerve to be upset they struck out, especially in higher leverage situations
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