Who do you want? Astros or Royals

UneducatedFan86 · Post #1 » by **UneducatedFan86** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:40 am

Title and poll says it all. Who would you rather face on Friday?

Personally, I'd rather have the Royals. I know we won't have home advantage but I think we match up better against them.

Rbk_3 · Post #2 » by **Rbk_3** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:44 am

Looks like it will be the Royals.

SharoneWright · Post #3 » by **SharoneWright** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:44 am

Whoever has fewer left handed bats.

Basketball_Jones · Post #4 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:46 am

Seemed to do well against KC this season. And the thought of Rasmus hitting HR's against us bothers me....

satyr9 · Post #5 » by **satyr9** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:47 am

Houston
C.Rasmus LF-4
L.Valbuena 3B-7
J.Castro C-9

KC
B.Zobrist (s) 2B-2
E.Hosmer 1B-4
K.Morales (s) DH-5
M.Moustakas 3B-6
A.Gordon LF-8

For sure Houston is the less lefty dominant lineup. Other than Cain, 5 of their top 6 hitters (although they blessedly don't play them that way) are left or switch.

UneducatedFan86 · Post #6 » by **UneducatedFan86** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:47 am

SharoneWright wrote:Whoever has fewer left handed bats.

Both have 3 lefties, but the Royals have 2 switch hitters (Morales and Zobrist)

rarefind · Post #7 » by **rarefind** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:52 am

Hope they play 22 innings tonight

satyr9 · Post #8 » by **satyr9** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:57 am

I'm sorry, but HOU just showed exactly why Gibbons going to Price was exactly the right thing to do yesterday (to be fair, I was a little perplexed, but in my defense I didn't realize Loup was out too, then it made perfect sense). HOU used Fiers instead of Keuchel, now they're stuck two and facing the Herrerra/Madson/Davis trio for the rest of the game. Sure you'd prefer to have Keuchel for game 1 of the ALCS, but you know what you have to do first? Win the **** game.

BrunoSkull · Post #9 » by **BrunoSkull** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:58 am

Royals because the bad blood between us makes it more intense. Second, don't want to face Keuchel.

UneducatedFan86 · Post #10 » by **UneducatedFan86** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:07 am

BrunoSkull wrote:Royals because the bad blood between us makes this look super intense. Second, don't want to face Keuchel.

The Royals' pitching doesn't scare me. Facing Keuchel 2 times is scary.

Alasen · Post #11 » by **Alasen** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:26 am

I don't know much about either team other than watching a few of their games here in the post-season. That being said id have to say id rather face KC on the sheer fact that i dont want us to face Keuchel 2-3 times in a series.

dagger · Post #12 » by **dagger** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:31 am

UneducatedFan86 wrote:
BrunoSkull wrote:Royals because the bad blood between us makes this look super intense. Second, don't want to face Keuchel.

The Royals' pitching doesn't scare me. Facing Keuchel 2 times is scary.

Johnny Cueto had one hell of a great game tonight, and facing him twice won't be a picnic. A two-hitter through eight, and 8K. His slider was basically unhittable. 91 pitches. he could have finished the game. The only good thing is that by pitching tonight, he won't likely pitch in Games 1 or 2.

Post #13 » by **JaysRule15** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:32 am

I'd rather face KC than Houston. After that last series we had against the Royals that almost led to a brawl, it would make for some great TV. I also feel like we would hit KC's rotation much harder than the Astros. Houston also has a bunch of all-or-nothing power hitters who could get hot for one series and end up hurting HR prone guys like Estrada and Dickey. Only thing the Royals have going for them is a lock down bullpen though. But Texas had that too, and we beat them.

Post #14 » by **Latrell** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:32 am

I'd want Houston. Keuchel is great but we can light up their bullpen, we'd have home field too.

I don't see either team beating the Jays 4 times though. Especially after this Game 5 we just went through..that hardened us. IMO Texas was the toughest of the 3 teams.

Hoopstarr · Post #15 » by **Hoopstarr** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:34 am

dagger wrote:
UneducatedFan86 wrote:
BrunoSkull wrote:Royals because the bad blood between us makes this look super intense. Second, don't want to face Keuchel.

The Royals' pitching doesn't scare me. Facing Keuchel 2 times is scary.

Johnny Cueto had one hell of a great game tonight, and facing him twice won't be a picnic. A two-hitter through eight, and 8K. His slider was basically unhittable. 91 pitches. he could have finished the game. The only good thing is that by pitching tonight, he won't likely pitch in Games 1 or 2.

He could still pitch game 3 and 7, just like Stro.

Post #16 » by **Latrell** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:35 am

UneducatedFan86 wrote:
BrunoSkull wrote:Royals because the bad blood between us makes this look super intense. Second, don't want to face Keuchel.

The Royals' pitching doesn't scare me. Facing Keuchel 2 times is scary.

Nothing should scare us.

We should scare everyone.

Inevitable · Post #17 » by **Inevitable** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:35 am

Doesn't matter we will beat them both. We are the best team left.

kayliecee · Post #18 » by **kayliecee** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:37 am

We have unfinished business with the Royals. Sanchez, Jose, and JD in particular.

dagger · Post #19 » by **dagger** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:39 am

Hoopstarr wrote:
dagger wrote:
UneducatedFan86 wrote:
The Royals' pitching doesn't scare me. Facing Keuchel 2 times is scary.

Johnny Cueto had one hell of a great game tonight, and facing him twice won't be a picnic. A two-hitter through eight, and 8K. His slider was basically unhittable. 91 pitches. he could have finished the game. The only good thing is that by pitching tonight, he won't likely pitch in Games 1 or 2.

He could still pitch game 3 and 7, just like Stro.

Yes, but two times is better than three for us.

Hoopstarr · Post #20 » by **Hoopstarr** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:40 am

If it's the Royals, these would be the preliminary matchups

Game 1: Price vs Volquez
Game 2: Estrada vs Ventura
Game 3: Stroman vs Cueto
Game 4: Dickey vs Young or Medlen
Game 5: Price vs Volquez
Game 6: Estrada vs Ventura
Game 7: Stroman vs Cueto