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Nice relay from Wong to get that play done

And we gave him 1 in run support so he cant complain

I thought I remember him being a reverse splits his entire time in Tampa as well. He's probably a candidate for a day off when we face lefties Yeah, he's reverse splits wRC+ career 83 vLHP, 122 vRHP. Seems like a good time to rest him. Leave Tellez at 1st, Urias at 3rd and Escobar at SS. Give them some time to work with Escobar at 1st. Seems to be forcing it IMHO

Willy's numbers vs LHP are not that great. I wonder when CC is thinking about giving him some time off.

That was a sweet comeback win

FYI, CIN-CHC is on free today on MLB.TV if you're looking to see more of the above from them

I hope Cain is okay. That may be more painful with the ribs when he wakes up tomorrow and starts moving around

Got some rust to knock off of Hader

And again

So nice to see him swinging it like that and running down that ball in the outfield last night

Getting 4 RBI from the 3 slot helps... addition by subtraction

Rowdy is solid at first. It's so much better than having Keston over there and holding your breath on off-target throws

Jackie's back into form grounding 3 to first and stranding 5 runners.

DP was really needed there. The beauty of being a GB pitcher, I guess

Pirates look like they're just going through the motions. I know it's early, but man, they have no energy.

I agree with that and the folks you have in your lineup. My order was not the same, but we'll see what CC does. CY needs some time off, IMO

He's in a bad slump, and he definitely hasn't played up to his contract the past year, but he certainly hasn't been the worst hitter on the roster either. So, if you want to use a very small sample size, yes he's been awful the past couple weeks, but Garcia, Peterson, Narvaez, Pina, and Hiura have all been worse during that time period. If you extend it to the past month, he's 2nd worst on the team, but that has more to do with how hot the rest of the team has been and he has a much more respectable 90 wRC+ during that time period, which you can withstand for a month while you hope he returns to form. If you extend it to the full season, he's actually the least automatic out, as even with the recent slump he still has the highest OBP on the team for the year. It's frustrating to watch because you know what he can be, but despite his struggles, I think he hasn't been *as bad* as people have been making him out to be and you need to stick with him through it. On the positive side, JBJ has quietly become an average offensive player recently. Which, if he can keep it up along with his defense, makes him a very valuable player moving forward. And it's getting very hard to keep Taylor out of the lineup as well. Mixing and matching and playing the hot hands with Yelich, Cain, Garcia, JBJ, and Taylor could be very solid the rest of the year. If Cain comes up for PIT, I'd like to see him in the lineup against the lefty in game 1. And give Yeli a few games off to get his head on right. Huira has to go down again. Not much of a choice there. Take advantage of reverse splits with Tellez and how he's seeing the ball. Wong 2B Adames SS Taylor LF Garcia RF Urias 3B Cain CF Tellez 1B Pina C

I was surprised when I looked at the team stats this morning to see the Astros in the top three for hitting (OPS+), pitching (ERA+) and fielding (RDRS). They're 1st, 3rd and 3rd respectively. That's pretty well rounded and I guess I just haven't seen them getting the same press as the other top teams. It must be hangover from the cheating scandal. Just a hunch https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2021.shtml#all_team_output

Yeah, Keston is an easy target because he has no defensive value and a bad bat, but JBJ's 50 wRC+ is not much better than Keston's 57

10, 9, 8, 7... countdown to a Tony meltdown

True... for both teams

EV is over rated

Wow, there is a loud mouth Sox fan there tonight

401 ft on the first pitch!