Trust the Astros to hit form (Fri GT)

[seth8734]

That was some ugly defense all around tonight, pretty much handed the game toe them

Defense has been horrible all season. Pitching yes. Defense hell no. Offense FUCKING HELL NO only one good thing going for this team. Kirby dealing with injury. Gonna guess that's his final start for a bit. Woo gonna come up and take his spot. Something with his knee. Hoping not serious

[seth8734]

Alright, so Jerry likes to dumpster dive for schmoes....Why not keep doing it. Dump some of the current schmoes, get some new ones.

Eventually we'll strike gold, or at least get someone like Rojas having a good long hotstreak.

He really needs to find a lefty Platoon for Garver. Garver is absolutely horrible especially against Righties. Bring back Ford he did a solid job for us. Something has to kick this team into gear. Losing record since Clase demotion. Scott and Co really know how to blow momentum.

[Donn Beach]

I don't see Polanco or Garver as dumpster dives. Neither of them were found in dumpsters

[DavidGee24]

I don't see Polanco or Garver as dumpster dives. Neither of them were found in dumpsters

Garver was 0-32 at T-Mobile in his career, that's a dumpster dive. Polanco should be better than he is and it's just baffling that we've had 3 straight second basemen do this to us.

[Donn Beach]

Here is the 0-32, it was three series over three seasons. The first series was as a rookie after being called up nine days earlier, the second series was in April, 10-12 games of the season.. The third series was in September, and he came in hitting well, but still not a hit at T-mobile. He faced Gilbert and Woo in a pair of three hitters, then a four hitter pitched by Kirby

The 0-for-31 came in a span of eight games played in three series over three seasons. The first came in 2018, his full rookie season. After making his debut in late August 2017, Garver was pressed into additional action the next year when Twins opening day starting catcher Jason Castro was lost for the year to a knee injury in mid-May. Nine days later, the Twins opened a three-game series against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park.


• Series 1: May 25-27, 2018

Garver came into the series cold, with only two in his last 11 at-bats, and to that point owning just two home runs and a .687 OPS in his first 81 plate appearances. Pitching for the Mariners in Game 1 was James Paxton, who was not exactly welcoming as he struck out 11 in seven innings while allowing just three hits and no walks. Garver went 0 for 3 with two groundouts and a strikeout in the Twins’ 2-1 loss to the Mariners.

Game 2 would bring more opportunity for Garver as it went 12 innings, but he did not cash in, going 0 for 5. He got the ball in the air just once against Wade LeBlanc and a host of relievers before Mike Zunino walked it off with a 401-foot shot down the left-field line against future Mariners reliever Matt Magill.

Garver did not play in Game 3 of the series, a 3-1 Mariners win behind eight innings of four-hit ball from Mike Leake to complete the sweep. Garver left Seattle 0 for 8 in his first series at T-Mobile Park.


• Series 2: April 19-21, 2022

Games 10-12 of the season. April at T-Mobile? I probably do not need to say more but will give you the details anyway.

Garver, newly acquired from the Twins, played in all three games for the Rangers, hitting third behind fellow offseason additions Marcus Semien and Corey Seager. He went 0 for 12 with two strikeouts in the series, facing starters Robbie Ray, Logan Gilbert and Marco Gonzales for the Mariners. The 0-fer in Seattle turned out to be part of a bigger early-season struggle where Garver went 1 for 27.

• Series 3: Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2023

The final series of the season for both the Mariners and Rangers, and perhaps for all the marbles. The Rangers came away with most of them despite dropping the series 3-1.

Garver came in hot, having gone 10 for his last 23, then nothing. That said, he faced some pitching.

Game 1, Logan Gilbert threw six innings of three-hit, no-walk ball, with Garver going 0 for 3 with a strikeout and two pop fouls.


Game 2, the Bryan Woo strategic “walk the world” game. Garver went 0 for 4 with a strikeout and three flyouts.

Game 3, Garver sat.

And Game 4, he went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a four-hit gem pitched by George Kirby.

You know hitting at T-mobile isn't what's killing him, he is hitting a lot better at T-mobile than he is on the road. He has a .719 ops at T-mobile, 368 on the road.

Juan Soto is 0-17 at T-mobile

[D-train]

So why did Julio think he could make it to 3rd but Rojas didn't think he could score. Home plate and 3rd base are equidistant from where Tucker caught the ball. Base coaches are for when base runners don't know/can't see where the ball is. That was a medium fly ball and it was right in front of Rojas. I or even David Gee could have easily made it home.

[AZOldDawg]

Manny needed to take over. He has had several issues this season.

[Michael K.]

So, our big off season addition can’t hit in the park we play half our games and he can’t hit Right Handed pitching? Genius move

[Donn Beach]

Mitch's career numbers, .246 /.337/ .472/ .808. The guy has hit, seemed like a decent signing to me. Whatever the issue is now it's not Safeco. He hits better there than than on the road