What's funny is in another message board, the fans were getting mad for the Astros taking pitches for a strike when it was a 0-0 or a 2-0 count. They must do this in this series right? Especially against Scherzer and Strasburg. Try to build up their pitch count and get to the bullpen. I hear the bullpen isn't great besides maybe 2 to 3 pitchers. How bad is it or is it on par with the Astros?
Anyhow, hopefully the Astros win the last game they play. Hopefully Cole and Verlander keep pitching strong. Hopefully Greinke is more comfortable pitching against a NL team because of familiarity. Hopefully the offense wakes up, not just Alvarez. Others need to improve dispite having some key hits.
I thought some of the funniest stuff was the whining from the Yankees about the Astros stealing signs, getting tipped pitches, whistling in code, using Navajo wind-talkers and Lord knows what else. This was after Game 1 mind you when we got our asses kicked lol. Need to work on our cheating I suppose.
The first two games we need our guys to keep it close with Max and SS and get it to the bullpens. I get the offense struggling but Tampa and NY did have exceptional pitching staffs. They were able to wear down the Yankees though. Never understood how people think that "we'll use the bullpen" strategy is effective in a long series. Alvarez probably won't play much, certainly not in Washington, but I hope he breaks out of it. Washington's bullpen was awful all year, was so-so vs. the Dodgers and had no issues with the Cardinals, but the Cardinals rolled over and died in that series pretty early.
