re: DAT 5/4: YOUR First Place Houston Astros vs. The Texas Rangers

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opposing hitters are batting .366 against Detwiler, the second-highest in the Majors among pitchers with at least 15 innings this year. Left-handers are batting .250 against Detwiler this season while right-handers are hitting .394 off him.

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This will be interesting. Last year, a pitcher rolls into MMP with those stats, he leaves with a 8IP, 11K's, 2BB, 0ER line.

This could really be a good indicator of how far the offense has become.

As for any kind of trades/moves -- I think the front office will wait and see how the team performs outside the division. I know it goes without saying, but the month of May will be huge in determining how much of a buy the Astros will be in June.

I can see a Santana, Kemp, McCullers combination pulling a good front-line starter (or subset of those 3).

ETA: I just read that MLB has revised the PTBNL rules. Any player to be used in a trade must be elgible to be traded at the time of the trade. No more recently drafted players thrown in and just wait for the 1 yr anniversary of the draft. Now they will be available to be traded the day after the WS ends. The point is... any trade that Luhnow pulls off this season, he won't be able to utilize any of those first 3 picks from this years draft as bargaining chips.