Author: Dan P
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Is there one reason for the Astros’ 2016 pitching fall-off?
Our blogging friend Mr. Bill was pondering the reasons behind the fall-off of the Astros’ pitching in 2016. Let’s recount the failures and discuss: Dallas Keuchel, the reigning Cy Young Award winner coming off a 20 win season and a 2.48 ERA in 2015 (Career 3.58 ERA prior to 2016) had a 9 win season…
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What’s more likely for the 2017 Astros?
Today let’s play a little game of “What’s more likely” looking at your crystal balls for the Astros’ 2017 season. The merry blogster will provide a baker’s dozen of questions and you will provide the answers. What’s more likely….. The Astros make the playoff or they don’t make the playoffs? Dallas Keuchel or Lance McCullers Jr leads…
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What if the Astros did almost nothing in the offseason?
Of course, the Astros can’t completely shut down shop in the upcoming off-season. They do have to make decisions on Rule 5 protections, 40 man roster moves, and their own free agents. But let’s say they decide to not pursue a big free agent like Aroldis Chapman, who if the Cubs win the WS with…
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What Astros’ fans want! It’s pretty simple
This was supposed to be one of “those” posts. You know, a wonky stat-filled romp through the needs of the Astros from starting pitching, through left-handed relieving, past failures to close games, and across the bad offense from the DH, 1B and 2/3 of the OF with stops in Prospect City and trade possibilities. But…
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Honest look back at Astros 2016: Blame the starting pitching
No, I have not been on a bender the last week, unless you count bottled water. I have been a little depressed about another 6 months invested in a season that as Chip succinctly stated was “just not good enough for Houston”. And I was struggling to decide on what to write about. “Dave Hudgens…
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Houston Astros 2016: The Lazarus Affect
Perhaps calling the Astros latest rise from the dead The Lazarus Effect is a misnomer as that faithful disciple only rose once. Perhaps this team that has been on the brink of ending their season more than a half dozen times in 2016 is really showing symptoms of the Michael Myers Effect or the Jason…
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Another Astros’ must win turns into another loss
Sometimes a team enters a game knowing it is a must win game. Sometimes a game becomes a must win while it is being played. The Astros 4-3 extra inning loss Monday night was one of the latter. With the Astros 2 1/2 games back of the wild card entering the contest it was a…
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This may be it: High noon comes to Minute Maid Park
In that 1952 Western classic with McCarthy era overtones “High Noon”, Marshall Will Kane, played by Oscar Winner Gary Cooper, is up against it. There would be a spoiler alert at this point, but if you have not seen this movie yet in your life, you are probably never going to see it. Let’s see, every single…
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