The pitching should improve with Skubal’s return and Detroit is in position to save some team some money during a fire sale and get another bat…or two. They’re only 8.5 games out of first.
The Guardians can’t hit. Fortunately for them and their .229 team average, they haven’t needed to.
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Advertisements The Mariners have been unable to sustain anything resembling a real winning streak. Their longest is two. The fact that they are only four games below .500 is encouraging given that Cal Raleigh’s production has been dreadful (.161 ave., 7 Hrs, 57 strikeouts) is on the Injured List. He wasn’t doing anything before going 0-38 with an oblique strain.
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Advertisements In honor of the Preakness Stakes running today, here’s a look at the Houston Astros season so far. The Astros have nothing in common with the entrants in Baltimore. They are slowwwwwww. Who’s leading off? It doesn’t matter because no one is young enough, fast enough, or on base enough to steal a bag. They have 16 all told
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The starters get them 65 percent of the way there. The bullpen holds on as best as it can. The offense struggles. Lots of one-run games here.
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One NL Central team is the result of four years of drafting and trading at the minor league level. There are so many questions. The price of experience will be steep. A 70-win should be considered a success.
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How are they doing it? There are answers. Luck seems to be one. Is it working? Yes. Sustainable? Probably not.
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What in the hell am I paying for? No idea. It certainly isn’t consistent baseball coverage.
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Pete Crow-Armstrong is trying to hit a home run every time up. Yes, he hit 31 home runs. Yes, he drove in 95. But, he also left 281 men on base. That was 12th worst in the majors. He was exposed in the National League Division Series against Milwaukee (.118 ave., six strikeouts and one walk.).
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The team has a bunch of question marks on the mound but several solid players offensively. If everything goes perfectly and the pitching comes around, they could be in the playoff hunt.
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