Dude got wasted drunk and pulled a gun on a female food delivery driver when she arrived at his house. I'm not going to lose sleep over not adding that kind of person to the organization. And is he even good at baseball?? The guys 29, not old but not young. What baseball reason is there to have him in the org? Seems like just a guy.
So there's a bit of a panic ref Bryant's slow start. Admittedly, not awesome. How about this line to start the season: 1 for 22, 1 HR, 3 RBI,1 BB, 9 Ks. Who is that masked man?
Astros just brought in a relief pitcher named Andre Scrubb. What a terrible name for a 'professional' athlete. And he walks Chris Taylor on 4 pitches with the bases loaded in his first MLB game.
Six thru nine hitters in the lineup are 6 for 13, 4 R, 4 RBI and 2 BB. That's production. And that type of production from the bottom of the order will equate a lot of wins.
If you start the next inning you have to get to three total batters faced. I'm thinking this is a bad rule change. One of the main factors for instituting the 3 batter rule was to speed up the game. So now if a reliever faces one or two batters and the inning ends, he comes back out for a batter, only to probably/possibly stop the game for a pitching change when it could've been done in between innings.
Sounds pretty basic, but if you're whiffing and/or topping the ball a third of the time, try this at a range. Swing and never take your eye off the spot the ball was teed/resting. Don't even worry about where the ball goes. Stare at the spot the ball is getting hit from even after you hit. You'll know if you hit the ball flush by the feel. And I bet after 10-20 times of doing this, you'll not top the ball very often.
Don't cancel the season. Just jump right into the playoffs. There are eight teams in each league that are all 2-1. Sets up perfectly. Seed them, and let the post season begin. WS Champ by Labor Day!!