2K24: Houston Astros

[chancellor]

SS is taken. Is Bergman the new utility bat?

J

I'd guess 3B with Valbuena moving to 1B

[Whitey]

I'd guess 3B with Valbuena moving to 1B

He played some LF the last week in Triple-A, so I'd guess 3B, LF, maybe DH. First start is at 3B.

[chancellor]

With Valbuena's hamstring injury last night, looks like Bregman will gain 3B eligibility pretty quickly. Don't know if there's been any reports, but it sure looked bad.

[revo]

AJ Reed recalled.

[madducks]

Musgrove has looked really good (11.1 ip, 1 er, 6 h, 1 bb, 14 k) in his first two games pitching against two very tough lineups.

[Sam]

Looks like Gurriel is tearing up the minors already and could be called up soon. Any guesses on his stat line for the rest of the season?

[Mithrandir]

Looks like Gurriel is tearing up the minors already and could be called up soon. Any guesses on his stat line for the rest of the season?

They might as well because their hitting is atrocious

[wannabegriffey]

Jose Altuve

Great season, looking like a front runner for the mvp.

I saw a stat on the tv the other day which showed the highest batting average on the road for a season and there he was, in second, and the other 5 or 6 names surrounding him were all time ALL time greats.

I realize the season still has 6 weeks to go but maybe we are not appreciating the production of this 5'6 player ?

{can anyone tell me how and where to que road batting average for a season ?}

[TranaGreg]

Jose Altuve

Great season, looking like a front runner for the mvp.

I saw a stat on the tv the other day which showed the highest batting average on the road for a season and there he was, in second, and the other 5 or 6 names surrounding him were all time ALL time greats.

I realize the season still has 6 weeks to go but maybe we are not appreciating the production of this 5'6 player ?

{can anyone tell me how and where to que road batting average for a season ?}

Agreed, his away numbers are absurd.

I haven't found a site to query this exactly, but mlb.com allows for querying BA for away games by season ... but you have to go year by year; here's the past 20 years (I'm arbitrarily using 200 ABs just because it's easier than figuring out the 3.1 times the number of games ... it would be nice to be able to filter these lists by qualifiers but I don't see a way to do that):

2016 Altuve .424
2015 DGordon .333
2014 Posey .348
2013 Loney .351
2012 Pierre .376
2011 Cabrera .339
2010 Posey .351
2009 Ramirez .353
2008 Aviles .340
2007 Pujols .358
2006 Cano .364
2005 Pujols .359
2004 Suzuki .405
2003 Sheffield .343
2002 Bonds .386
2001 Suzuki .356
2000 Piazza .377
1999 Jeter .369
1998 Olerud .373
1997 Thomas .373

[revo]

Yulieski Gurriel to be recalled today.

[revo]

Collin McHugh shut down 6 weeks. Sucks for him, but that sounds like good news for Joe Musgrove owners.

[Sharky]

And Mike Fiers owners I think.

[onejayhawk]

Is Fiers any more than a fringe talent, even with reliable starts?

J

[revo]

Chris Devenski is the poor man's Dellin Betances.

[Sour Masher]

Chris Devenski is the poor man's Dellin Betances.

He is sneaky good. I picked him up in a daily league I joined this year. The league caps the number of starts per week, and since Ddvenski is elg at SP and RP, I can stick him in any pitcher slot every day that someone else isn't pitching to rack up stats. Obviously, I wasn't expecting what has been essential two ace level 4 inning performances. Maybe they should try him as a starter with McCough out?