Middle of the line up

[Stradling 28,053]

So I think we now have the best or 2nd best middle of the line up in the AL West.

Trout

Rendon

Ohtani

Upton

Vs.

Springer

Altuve

Bregman

Correa

Damn the Astros are good.  

[eaterfan 1,808]

The depth is amazing, too. Fangraphs did a piece where they evaluated what would happen if you put Trout in a lineup. They started with the Astros. Correa was hitting 7th or 8th, I can't remember which.

[Cdaniel 314]

Lets see how the Astros do without the cheating.  Im sure they will still be good but not as good as years past.

[Lou 44,871]

2 minutes ago, eaterfan said:

The depth is amazing, too. Fangraphs did a piece where they evaluated what would happen if you put Trout in a lineup. They started with the Astros. Correa was hitting 7th or 8th, I can't remember which.

I'm guessing the guys at Fangraphs don't get laid much.

[GrittyVeterans 2,640]

Hopefully the Astros get penalized big time for the cheating and the Angels make a run at the west. I don’t want to fuck with the wild card if we don’t have to obviously

[True Grich 12,594]

It's all fun and games until we start talking about pitching.

[Stradling 28,053]

15 minutes ago, True Grich said:

It's all fun and games until we start talking about pitching.

Right.  The Astros need to consider moving Correa for the best arm they can get.  With Verlander and Greinke both on the wrong side of 35 at some point they are going to decline.  I know they have Forrest Whitley coming up but he had a pretty poor year in the minors where he had an 8 ERA and a 1.7 Whip.  

[Jason 11,490]

The Halos have significantly improved their lineup but the Astros are just ridiculous. The Astros edge the Angels but not by much 

[ksangel 173]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

So I think we now have the best or 2nd best middle of the line up in the AL West.

Trout

Rendon

Ohtani

Upton

Vs.

Springer

Altuve

Bregman

Correa

Damn the Astros are good.  

Problem of comparison is they also have Gurriel, Brantley and Alvarez.

[True Grich 12,594]

The Angels definitely took a gigantic step forward. It's fun to think about the middle of the lineup.  It really is. 

Obviously, they still have work to do.  I'm loving the direction they're going in and I am hopeful they'll continue to make moves to make this team better.

As fans, we get to take a breath and enjoy the moment.  It's good to do this. 

The Astros are truly an impressive team.  It's going to take a monumental effort to over take them.  Rendon is a start.

[jchalos89 94]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

So I think we now have the best or 2nd best middle of the line up in the AL West.

Trout

Rendon

Ohtani

Upton

Vs.

Springer

Altuve

Bregman

Correa

Damn the Astros are good.  

Ya forgot Gurriel, Alvarez, Brantly, OF Cameraman and Trashcan

[Stradling 28,053]

2 minutes ago, jchalos89 said:

Ya forgot Gurriel, Alvarez, Brantly, OF Cameraman and Trashcan

no I didn't.  

[Bobster7587 168]

Edge: Lowell

[fan_since79 10,851]

1 hour ago, True Grich said:

It's all fun and games until we start talking about pitching.

Speaking of pitching, what are the Astros going to do to replace those 20 wins from Cole?

[fan_since79 10,851]

29 minutes ago, ksangel said:

Problem of comparison is they also have Gurriel, Brantley and Alvarez.

But we have Pujols!!

[Stradling 28,053]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Speaking of pitching, what are the Astros going to do to replace those 20 wins from Cole?

@rendong is the guy to ask about this.  The Angels were going to be 18 games better with Cole.  Using that model the Astros are now 18 games worse.  

[True Grich 12,594]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

But we have Pujols!!

[failos 4,095]

13 minutes ago, Stradling said:

@rendong is the guy to ask about this.  The Angels were going to be 18 games better with Cole.  Using that model the Astros are now 18 games worse.  

It’s true. Just wait and see