re: DAT: 2017 Houston Astros Spring Training Thread

Posted on 2/23/17 at 11:30 am to dabigfella

Posted by Floating Change Up

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 2/23/17 at 11:30 am to dabigfella

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george coming to bat in key situations, he's a great hitter but moving guys over is so key and strikeouts really hurt.

He is so streaky with his approach too. When he stops trying to smash the ball and simply goes with the pitch, he is as good as anyone (Altuve and Trout not included).

Seems like he gets on a hot streak and then changes his approach to "George Smash". When that happens, his K rate soars and the ball doesn't.

So, that brings me to a new topic. I've been of the mindest (quite vocally) for the past 2+ seasons that it's long past time for Dave Hudgens to go. It seems like every star prospect takes a serious step back (more than expected) when he hits the majors.

Somehow, Bregman was able to turn it around. And Altuve is the best hitter in baseball.

So are those two guys successful despite Hudgens, or are the new guys just failing on their own?

I'd hate to remove Hudgens from the equation if that means Altuve regresses. But I truly believe he is successful despite Hudgens, not because of.

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Posted by dabigfella

Member since Mar 2016

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Posted on 2/23/17 at 11:42 am to Floating Change Up

George needs to chill out and quit trying to lead the league in lead off homers. A good lead off man works counts, is a pest to put away and steals bases. I love george but we need a lead off man, we cant have a guy striking out 200 times batting at the top of our order. Biggio never struck out over 120 times in a season, george was at almost 180 last year, thats alot of opportunities squandered.

Do you remember Rafael Furcal in his prime? He was such a pain in the arse I hated him. It seemed like he worked counts like crazy and when he got on base he put so much pressure on your pitcher. He always seemed to work counts and I just looked he only topped 100 strikeouts once.

Look at last years top 10 strikeout guys

Chris Davis
Mike Napoli
Justin Upton
George Springer
Miguel Sano
Mark Trumbo
Khris Davis
Todd Frazier
Nelson Cruz

All those guys are middle of the order bats, you just cannot have your tablesetter whiffing at that pace.

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Posted by dhav14

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Posted on 2/23/17 at 11:53 am to Floating Change Up

Altuve and Bregman's success is more of a product of them knowing their swings added with their desire to be great, IMO.

I hate how under appreciated George is due to his high K rate. He's a great player. Hopefully his deficiencies will be hidden with our new, lower K'ing lineup.

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