Most underperforming division in baseball, so far: NL West
over performing: AL Central
Toughest division: still AL East
A little surprised that no one in AL West is playing particularly well.:
[subjective perspective]
Is this going to be a two team race for the NL Central?
Pirates seem to have already regressed. The Cardinals only have Contreras swinging well. Reds seem to have pitching but only .293 team OBP (14th in NL).
An argument could be made that Hader is now making 5 to 10x more money by keeping himself healthy. $95 million guaranteed versus an injury that washes him out of the league or keeps him on short term deals.
He went multiple innings this week, now that he has a multi year contract he correctly believes the team and player now have shared risk on potential for over usage
Burnes: 2.61 ERA and 3.69 FIP. 1.3 HR/9 (already allowed 6 HR)
Strikeouts are down but obviously a good start to season. Took the loss against NYY at home, yesterday.
Perhaps favorable matchups, so far:
- KC twice
- OAK
- LAA
- MIL
-BOS
- NYY
Hader with 6.39 ERA in first month as an Astro. .444 BABIP but also allowing hard contact
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/is-josh-hader-cursed-broken-or-both/
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Catcher is great
Hoskins is fine at 1B/DH
Turang has been amazing
Adames performing well
Oliver Dunn experience is fading. Ortiz fine offensively
Yelich was MVP caliber
Frelick gets on base, not much else
Chourio has .656 OPS