June 25-27: Toronto at Houston - Boy do we have a problem

dagger · Post #1 » by **dagger** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 12:47 am

Okay, the Astros may be the best team in baseball, but we have Jay Happ. Unfortunately, cloning him is not yet an option. A big moral victory would be Happ beating Verlander. A moral victory for our trade thread. You'll note on the updated pitching matchups we didn't luck out, unless you consider missing Gerrit Cole on Monday and picking up Dallas Keuchel on Wednesday is a positive.

Monday, June 25, 8:10 pm EDT
Jay Happ (9-3, 3.56 ERA) vs Justin Verdlander (9-2, 1.60 ERA)

Tuesday, June 25, 8:10 pm EDT
Ryan Borucki (0-0, --- ERA) vs Charlie Morton (9-1, 2.74 ERA)

Wednesday, June 26, 2:10 pm EDT
Marco Estrada (4-7. 4.48 ERA) vs Dallas Keuchel (4-8, 3.90 ERA)

Lateral Quicks · Post #2 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 1:15 am

Borucki gets thrown into the deep end. I'd be pleased with 5 innings of 3 run ball or better.

Post #3 » by **JaysRule15** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:25 am

Man, I did not expect Verlander to just turn back the clock like this. He's been a different pitcher ever since he got traded.

rotty · Post #4 » by **rotty** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:36 am

Borucki draws the defending champs as his first big league game... man

So_Fresh · Post #5 » by **So_Fresh** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:58 pm

Got to beat the best to be the best!

polo007 · Post #6 » by **polo007** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:26 pm

Read on Twitter

So_Fresh · Post #7 » by **So_Fresh** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:59 pm

1. Curtis Granderson (L) RF
2. Teoscar Hernandez (R) LF
3. Yangervis Solarte (S) 3B
4. Kendrys Morales (S) DH
5. Justin Smoak (S) 1B
6. Russell Martin (R) C
7. Randal Grichuk (R) CF
8. Aledmys Diaz (R) SS
9. Devon Travis (R) 2B

So_Fresh · Post #8 » by **So_Fresh** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 9:00 pm

what's taking Donaldson so long to come back?

BigLeagueChew · Post #9 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:14 pm

So_Fresh wrote:what's taking Donaldson so long to come back?

'Dead arm' lasted 3 weeks, 'calf tightness' going on 4 weeks. It probably wasn't just dead arm or calf tightness.

So_Fresh · Post #10 » by **So_Fresh** » Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:58 pm

yup. must be something else too. maybe we can trade him back to the A's. :lol:

kind of feel bad for the guy. want him to come back and get on a role so we can get something decent for him a trade.

what about Tulo? is he coming back this year?

So_Fresh · Post #11 » by **So_Fresh** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:03 am

here we go baby! Happ going to increase his trade value tonight.

BigLeagueChew · Post #12 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:34 am

The league average batting average this year is .245, Altuve's is .100 points higher.

SharoneWright · Post #13 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:05 am

Kendrys not much help today.

So_Fresh · Post #14 » by **So_Fresh** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:17 am

Smoak is heating up!!

Lateral Quicks · Post #15 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:33 am

Grichuk is hitting .189 yet now has a higher OPS than Pillar.

BigLeagueChew · Post #16 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:14 am

First start out of 17 that Verlander has allowed more than 3 earned runs.

SharoneWright · Post #17 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:16 am

Classic Tabby call....

SharoneWright · Post #18 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:18 am

Surely Grandy can be traded

rotty · Post #19 » by **rotty** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:20 am

baseball is a weird sport...

Lateral Quicks · Post #20 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:28 am

SharoneWright wrote:Surely Grandy can be traded

Without a doubt. Pearce too.