Why is the Astros staff so healthy?

[Angel Oracle]

The same five Astros' starters have made all of the team's starts so far.  

Why?

Top of the line team trainers/conditioning staff?    Pitchers themselves are durable (especially Verlander)?    Pine tar making it less stressful to put spin on pitches?    A fluke thing? 

[GrittyVeterans]

Verlander is a freak of nature. Modern day Nolan Ryan. McCullers just got hurt. Morton is an amazing story. Cole is just having a breakout year

dont know 

combo of more durable arms and luck I’d imagine

[Taylor]

How many posts before someone mentions Scioscia?

[Stradling]

Just now, Taylor said:

How many posts before someone mentions Scioscia?

I counted 3

[Taylor]

F.

[Angel Oracle]

5 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Verlander is a freak of nature. Modern day Nolan Ryan. McCullers just got hurt. Morton is an amazing story. Cole is just having a breakout year

dont know 

combo of more durable arms and luck I’d imagine

Verlander is in that same category with Ryan, Steve Carlton, Fergie Jenkins, Tom Seaver, and Greg Maddux.   All pitching seemingly forever, and seldom being DL'd 

[floplag]

One could also ask how pitchers all get better going there.  
Things that make you go hmmmm.... lol 

[greginpsca]

Pitchers look better when they are on good teams.

 

[Dick B Back]

20 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

 

Why?

Cause their stadium is not built on an indian burial ground.

[Taylor]

tHe VeRlAnDeR dRuGs

[AngelsFaninGA]

They just have healthy pitchers, while we continue to rely on the same guys with extensive injury histories and act surprised when they get injured again. I wouldn't mind seeing a complete overhaul of the rotation over the next couple of years. 

[failos]

edit: the Astros still have no honor.

Edited August 7, 2018 by failos
brain fart

[Stradling]

Raise your hands if you are surprised by the Angels injuries

[yk9001]

8 minutes ago, failos said:

steroids. This is the same team that hacked the Cards, so they clearly have no shame or honor.

The Cardinals actually hacked the Astros, but your story sounded good.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/we-now-know-extent-of-cardinals-hack-and-the-unprecedented-penalties-from-mlb/

[failos]

1 minute ago, yk9001 said:

The Cardinals actually hacked the Astros, but your story sounded good.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/we-now-know-extent-of-cardinals-hack-and-the-unprecedented-penalties-from-mlb/

Oops.

[Inside Pitch]

46 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

The same five Astros' starters have made all of the team's starts so far.  

Why?

Top of the line team trainers/conditioning staff?    Pitchers themselves are durable (especially Verlander)?    Pine tar making it less stressful to put spin on pitches?    A fluke thing? 

Well, consider this.  Last year their top IP total from a SP was 153 innings....   He was the only guy to throw at least 150.     The year before that it was 184 innings -- one of only two guys to have to reach 180 innings.    Makes this year seem like the outlier.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Astros place Lance McCullers Jr. on the disabled list, and here's how that might end their bid at history

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/astros-place-lance-mccullers-jr-on-the-disabled-list-and-heres-how-that-might-end-their-bid-at-history/

[Taylor]

42 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

The Cardinals actually hacked the Astros, but your story sounded good.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/we-now-know-extent-of-cardinals-hack-and-the-unprecedented-penalties-from-mlb/

Woah, I never heard about that. The Cards didn't have a pick until the 4th round this year because they signed Dexter Fowler and decided to go all Anonymous on the Astros.

[UndertheHalo]

The only answer is insufficient reverence for the mighty Jobu.  F’in Scoiscia. 

[Blarg]

Luis Valbuena was from the Astros.

He was never on the DL.

Mystery solved.

[TroutField]

Lol I remember the article during spring training saying the Angels were staying more hydrated and therefore would be healthier this year. Almost seems like a pretty good troll attempt now... 

 

[krAbs]

Does anyone remember how they looked last year? Imo a sample of one year doesn't mean that much, but if you start stretching it back a year or two and comparing us to just about any team (except MAYBE the Mets), it seems like you would see the same sort of thing. That seems like it might mean something.

[kevinb]

Training. And no injury history probably has a lot to do with it. Verlander is a horse. 

[Second Base]

Weird how as soon as these guys coming off down years due to age, history or talent all of a sudden have career years as soon as they join the Astros pitching staff.

Either they know something the rest of baseball doesn't, or they are using something the rest of baseball isn't.

[Broad Street]

Wasn't Kuechel hurt both this year and last year?