The O's beat the Astros last night 12-0 despite Jesus Sanchez robbing a granny from Gunner and a 3-run shot which would have been Basallo's first hit. Robbing 2 homers in a game has to be a pretty rare feat and neither of these robberies were cheap, he got way up.
That was just really stupid. Slider on the outside of the zone is your bread and butter to smack into to RF, Nico. Really if you had let it get deep and knocked a dribbler down the line we get 3 runs.
They dont even work ABs anymore. The walks they get are pretty much unintentional intentional walks. The discernment and discipline from these hitters is mostly gone. Theyre swing happy, they chase, and whiff a lot, and pound a ton of pitchers pitches into the ground.
Busch is hitting 195/259/442 as our leadoff guy. Stop the horsefeathers nonsense. He's not Schwarber. You basically tanked his season slotting him there and the offense has not been much better as a whole.
The problem is that im not sure who should lead off. I hate the thought of Nico there. Happ wasn't getting it done either.