How Skenes’ Unstoppable Pitching is Quietly Dooming the Astros’ Offense
The Astros are not really the cream of the AL crop anymore, but despite losing some of their best players, the organization has found a way to at least put a winning product on the field. Entering today’s game, the team is 32-27 which is good for second in the AL West, and the truth is that they probably need to hover around this percentage until the September. Whoever is the winningest team in the West in September is probably going to take the division. I do expect the Astros to be buyers at the trade deadline, but would be a bit shocked if they made a major splash. It seems like the ownership is looking to maintain payroll, not increase it. If they can get today’s starter, Lance McCullers Jr., back into normal form, they might not need to worry about the starting staff at all. McCullers is the guy who got death threats after a sports bettor lost money on one of his games. Losing money makes you a loser for that particular play. Telling a guy you’re going to find his family and murder them makes you the biggest loser, scumbag there is. Sure, McCullers has been bad, allowing 20 hits and 11 walks in just 18.1 innings of work this season. If we look more recently, though, he just turned in a quality start, allowing three runs in six innings while striking out 12. Only three Pirate hitters have faced McCullers, and they are 8-for-31 collectively.Â
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