He signed a new 3 year contract for 58,500,000 in 2023, making it 19,500,000 a year. Definitely not a smart move by the stros.



Verlander thinks its the fact that pitchers now are trying to throw as hard a possible now to get strike outs as opposed to pitch placement and speed variation. I tend to agree with him.

Another rookie pitcher tonight. Looked good til the 7 run 3rd inning.

I think he has a bright future but not ready yet. I wish they would just give bauer a chance. It would atleast give us one more starter that has experience and for really cheap.

Hunter Brown got taken behind the woodshed this afternoon. Gave up 9 runs in the first inning.

Miserable 1st inning

Pitching staff is in shambles right now.

Threads kinda quiet tonight……

Don’t think they could play any worse right now. Kinda like watching the bad news bears. The manager has the deer in the headlights look. I believe he’s overwhelmed. 6 pitchers on the injured list isn’t helping the situation. It’s gonna be a long season.

I think this is a pitching issue. Bagwell made a great observation last night about how those issues cascade across the entire team. The offense is feeling tremendous pressure to make up for the bad pitching, which causes them to get outside of their own game, make base-running mistakes, swing at bad pitches, etc. Even Verlander just getting back on the roster should be a confidence booster.

That said, no team who scores 8 runs should lose. But you just cannot expect an offense to score double-digits every night in MLB in order to win, which is basically what they've had to do so far.

Astros on fire in 7th

Yup. Looking like the team we know. Heck, even Abreu is giving some production.

Nice win.

Was watching, but had to leave at end of 6th inning. Will watch replay in the morning to see the big 7th inning.

Rangers thread been quiet a few days.

First pitch 1:10 this afternoon.

Altuve has 2 solo homers in 3 innings so far. Spacemen lead 2-0 in the 3rd.

Another good inning with three more on the board.

Good game so far

Paused the game for a while, just in the top of the 7th. Agree, lots of positives again today.

Stros offense and pitching looks solid right now; Rangers not so much...Pretty pedestrian offense this series and last vs Oakland for them. As said, long season to go....

Game over! I won't say who won.

Spacemen take a 1 game lead in the Silver Boot Series 2024.

This is how it turns around. Time to focus on the Braves.

That 2nd inning was going great and then it fell apart real quick.

Abreu needs to go to the house...