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1 hour ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Anyone remember when pitching was an Astros strength?

I remember when we had McCullers and Morton in our starting rotation, yes.

 

35 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

You should win just about 100% of the time when you hit 4 bombs and start Cole.  What a shitty loss.

Agreed on both counts. Fuck this shit.

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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/07/red-sox-acquire-andrew-cashner.html

He’s been better this year, though his K rate remains among the league’s lowest and peripheral markers (4.25 FIP, 4.88 xFIP) are non-believers in the sustainability of his 3.83 ERA. Cashner’s average fastball velocity, once an eye-popping 98.8 MPH in predominant relief for the 2012 Padres, now sits at a barely-above-league average 94.0. He’s mostly scrapped the bread-and-butter sinker he featured so prominently from 2013-18, overhauling his repertoire back to the four-seam/changeup/slider mix with which he began his career. Returns have been positive: his 8.7% swinging-strike rate is his highest since transitioning full-time to a big-league rotation, and his chase rate’s bettered the standard he established from 2016-18. Cashner’s grounder-heavy repertoire should play well in Fenway Park, with any opposite-side power somewhat neutralized by the ballpark’s spacious right-field dimensions.

 

 

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