Category: Dan Peschong
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Is Justin Verlander the new Nolan Ryan?
With Justin Verlander pitching so well at 35 and 36 years old, some folks are wondering if he could be like Nolan Ryan and pitch effectively into his 40s.
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Houston Astros’ Mount Rushmores
This is always a ridiculous proposition for any team. How do you pick four folks from an organization and honor them with a place on Mount Rushmore from what is 50 to 100+ seasons depending on the organization? So, we are going to try to make this it a little easier by imagining that there…
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How does Altuve stack up against Biggio?
The Astros in their 58 seasons of existence have had a mixed bag of success by position. On the low side, you have these five fine gentlemen as the top five catchers of all time. Note – when Jason Castro comes in third, the depth is nothing to write home to mama about.
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This is WAR!!! Looking at the 2019 Astros
There have been tons of baseball numbers featured since Bill James created the new industry of sabermetrics in the 1970s. One of the harder to understand but heavily used numbers thrown around has been WAR (Wins Above Replacement). In general terms, this is how much value (how many wins) a major league player is worth…
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Astros’ statistical goals delayed by “IT”
Baseball is driven by individual stats. Yes, the idea is to have the best team at the end of the day, but having a bunch of individually excellent players is one of the surest ways to get there. And of course in these unusual times of “IT” everyone’s plans of adding to their well earned…
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How the heck do you price George Springer?
The recent discussions about a possible extension for George Springer obviously lead to the questions – how much and how long? All sorts of thoughts go through your head in trying to figure out Springer’s value.
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Alex Bregman’s career arc is following who?
Caught between the overall brilliance of Jose Altuve and the meteoric appearance of Yordan Alvarez, the terrific start to Alex Bregman‘s career sometimes gets overlooked. His slow starts to each season, his sometimes childish Twitter throwdowns with other players and his over the top posing and antics after launching home runs take the spotlight off…
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How Yordan Alvarez grabbed the DH spot by the throat
Though it feels like much longer, the Astros have been required to cover the DH position as an AL team only for the last seven seasons. They have had many people rotate in and out of that spot, but in any one year the most ABs might have been given to Evan Gattis, Carlos “The…
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