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I might consider this auto-play as the season progresses . . . find an average or mediocre pitcher who shoves it up the back side of the Astros and fade that guy in his next start. I've seen enough Mariners baseball since 2004 to know what a bad team looks like, and none of those teams are close to what we've seen from Houston in the past 9 days.
Those looking at Joe Saunders pitching line will find a 3.48 next week when he faces the Rangers, and they'll also see his career record at Safeco Field, and they'll forget that safeco record is built on the back of bad mariners teams and a team that makes the 2010 mariners look like the world series champs.
there's an old saying in baseball, every team wins 54 and loses 54 games, it's the other 54 games that determine the great, good, average, bad, and ugly teams . . . i dont think that applies to Houston.
In the expansion era, the 2010 Diamondbacks have the worst strikeout rate at 4.04 PA per batter K, the 2013 Astros are a whopping 28% worse than that. I know it's a small sample size, but it's an alarming trend.
In addition, the 1966 Cardinals have the worst batter walk rate in the same era, and the 2013 Astros are an astounding 38% worse, walking just once per 23.9 Plate Appearances.
And now here's the real scary thing, the Astros BABIP in 2013 is 10 points better than the AL average of the past two seasons, it's fair to say they've gotten lucky a bit and could easily regress to that mean.
Those looking at Joe Saunders pitching line will find a 3.48 next week when he faces the Rangers, and they'll also see his career record at Safeco Field, and they'll forget that safeco record is built on the back of bad mariners teams and a team that makes the 2010 mariners look like the world series champs.
there's an old saying in baseball, every team wins 54 and loses 54 games, it's the other 54 games that determine the great, good, average, bad, and ugly teams . . . i dont think that applies to Houston.
In the expansion era, the 2010 Diamondbacks have the worst strikeout rate at 4.04 PA per batter K, the 2013 Astros are a whopping 28% worse than that. I know it's a small sample size, but it's an alarming trend.
In addition, the 1966 Cardinals have the worst batter walk rate in the same era, and the 2013 Astros are an astounding 38% worse, walking just once per 23.9 Plate Appearances.
And now here's the real scary thing, the Astros BABIP in 2013 is 10 points better than the AL average of the past two seasons, it's fair to say they've gotten lucky a bit and could easily regress to that mean.
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