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I'd rather have Jayson Werth hitting leadoff than Rendon, because at least Werth will see a lot of pitches and draw walks. Turner won't draw many walks but at least he is fast, and Rendon does neither (doesn't walk a lot and doesn't have a lot of speed). I have no problems with Turner at leadoff, but if you wanted to replace him I have 2 batting orders:
Option A:
1) Werth
2) Turner
3) Harper
4) Zimmerman
5) Murphy
6) Rendon
7) Weiters
8) pitcher
9) Taylor.
This is basically the every day lineup with Werth & Turner swapped in the 1-2 positions and Taylor and the pitcher's spot swapped in the 8-9 position. Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic is what this is. Luckily we are doing pretty well, and the other 4 teams in the division are doing pretty poorly, so we probably won't be at that stage at any point in the regular season. Now if you wanted to get creative....
Option B)
1) Werth
2) Weiters
3) Harper
4) Zimmerman
5) Murphy
6) Rendon
7) Taylor
8) pitcher
9) Turner.
I'd rather have Jayson Werth hitting leadoff than Rendon, because at least Werth will see a lot of pitches and draw walks...Rendon does neither (doesn't walk a lot)
BB rates
2015: Werth - 10.1%, Rendon - 10.1%
2016: Werth - 11.7%, Rendon - 10.0%
2017: Werth - 14.4%, Rendon - 13.8%
A pretty fine line you have between "draws walks" and "doesn't walk a lot"
Rendon has a been a better hitter than Werth each of the last 3 seasons.
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doesn't have a lot of speed
You're certainly correct that he's not a good baserunner - and Werth is.
Astros are an impressive 35-16 now. What a start for the Astros! Potential 100 win team this year
Not even a stray bird in last night's game could stop them. If the Astros don't let the record get over their heads, then they'll be fine. Best start in franchise history by about four games.
Its only Memorial day, but it seems like the AL West & NL East divisional races are already over. In the AL West, not only do the Astros have the best record in baseball, but they also have the largest division lead in baseball at 10 games. The A's aren't very good, the Angels only have 2 good players, the Rangers are too inconsistent and the Mariners are too far back to make a run at the Astros, but of the 4 I'd give the Rangers the best chance of the 4, but I doubt they can make up 10 games on the 'Stros.
In the NL East: The Nationals have the second best record in the NL and second largest division lead in baseball (8.5) and their division is absolutely pathetic......actually the division is so bad it's an insult to the word pathetic! The Nationals are guaranteed to be the only team in the division that will be at or over .500 starting play on June 1, and the soonest a second division team can get back to .500 isn't until Saturday the 3 where if the Mets go 6-0 they'll get to 27-27. Speaking of the Mets: The Mets & Marlins can't get out of their own way. Both team's pitching stinks while the Mets are also dealing with injuries & severe underperformance. Rounding out the division the Phillies are officially (record wise anyways) the worst team in baseball and the Braves probably still aren't a serious contender until next year or even 2019. I'd have to say the Nationals would have to have at least 2 or 3 long term injuries to every day players/Scherzer or Strasburg to get seriously threatened by this pile of mediocrity. Consider this: On April 28 when the Nats lost center fielder & leadoff hitter Adam Eaton for the season they were only 4 games up on the 2nd place Phillies, 6 games up on 4th place Atlanta, and 6.5 on the last place Mets. Today a month later they are 8.5 up on both the Mets and Braves (a 2 game improvement on the Mets, 2.5 on the Braves) while the Phillies have lost 8.5 games in the last month (4 back on April 28 to 12.5 back on May 28). The Marlins have lost 6.5 games in that same time period as well (5 back than to 11.5 back now). Aside from the Eaton injury, Zimmerman hasn't nearly been as hot in May as he was in April. However, if the Mets can ever figure it out, and maybe get a streak of 15 of 20 or 25 of 35 with Rosario getting a call up to Queen's they could at least threaten for the division, but from what I've seen of them so far this year I don't see that happening however.
Its only Memorial day, but it seems like the AL West & NL East divisional races are already over. In the AL West, not only do the Astros have the best record in baseball, but they also have the largest division lead in baseball at 10 games. The A's aren't very good, the Angels only have 2 good players, the Rangers are too inconsistent and the Mariners are too far back to make a run at the Astros, but of the 4 I'd give the Rangers the best chance of the 4, but I doubt they can make up 10 games on the 'Stros.
FanGraphs' playoff odds pretty much agree with you.
They give Houston a 97% chance at winning the division. That's the best in baseball, ahead of the Nationals at 94% and the Dodgers and Indians at 88% Playoff Odds | FanGraphs Baseball
This NL East division has to be historically bad this year, or at least close
The worst division I remember was the 08 (or 06 I forgot the exact year) the NL West division winner won the division at 82-80. However unlike this year's NL East where there's one pretty good team and 4 bad teams, that NL West 10 years ago was filled to 5 below average to terrible teams, so hard to figure out which one is worst. Do you want 1 good team and 4 bad teams, or all 5 teams being bad??
Mike Trout to the DL for the first time in his career.
Torn thumb ligaments resulting from a head-first slide. Expected out 6-8 weeks following surgery
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If the Astros don't let the record get over their heads, then they'll be fine. Best start in franchise history by about four games.
