![]() Don’t be surprised if the Astros clinch the AL West next week.Ĭopyright 2022 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved. Houston hosts the Oakland A’s at home over the weekend before heading to Tampa for a matchup against Jose Siri and the Rays at the Trop. Besides one terrific start in Game 6 of the 2021, ALCS, Garcia has struggled in the playoffs, with the Astros going 1-4 in his playoff starts last season. Luis Garcia, the 2021 AL Rookie of the Year Runner-Up might have to battle for a playoff role as he’s had a bit of a down season (4.04 ERA in 140.1 IP). Hunter Brown has a fastball that touches 99 with a slider he can run up to 96, both of which could play up out of the bullpen. Javier has the most playoff bullpen experience and is pitching to a sub-3.00 ERA this season. That leaves the Astros to potentially throw Luis Garcia, Cristian Javier and Hunter Brown out of the bullpen. The rotation especially bodes well, with a potential set up for Verlander - Valdez - McCullers Jr. Verlander returns Friday, Ryan Pressly is back from his neck strain and the Astros can field a full lineup, bench, rotation and bullpen for the most part. The Astros welcomed back versatile bat Aledmys Diaz to the lineup, and outside of the injury to Michael Brantley, Houston is rounding into the playoffs relatively healthy. Valdez has likely solidified himself in the Top 5 for AL Cy Young but will have to battle his teammate Verlander, Dylan Cease of the White Sox, Shane McClanahan of the Rays and Alek Manoah of the Blue Jays to move up. Valdez leads the majors in quality starts, is 3rd in MLB in innings pitched. Not only did he throw a quality start, Valdez pitched a shutout against the Tigers and dropped his ERA to 2.50 on the season, good enough for 5th in the American League. ![]() ![]() Jacob deGrom pitched to a 1.70 ERA and won the NL Cy Young that season and Valdez is now entering the Cy Young race due to his consistency. He and 2018 Mets ace Jacob deGrom now share the modern era MLB record for consecutive quality starts in a season. All rights reserved) STILL QUALITYįramber Valdez recently threw his 24th consecutive quality start. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. Houston Astros pitcher Framber Valdez throws against the Detroit Tigers in the first inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Monday, Sept. Houston’s ace will need to prove he’s healthy to reclaim the #1 spot in the rotation for the Astros playoff run. Verlander has a 1.84 ERA this season and is the only qualified starting pitcher in MLB with an ERA under 2.00. Verlander only missed a handful of starts and is 10 innings away from qualifying for the Cy Young Award. Justin Verlander’s minor calf injury has subsided enough to where the AL Cy Young leader returns Friday to pitch against the Oakland Athletics. Let’s check out what’s been going on this week. Houston has a 12.5 game lead over the Seattle Mariners and are far closer to breaking their team record for wins (107) than they are in danger of losing the division. Hey guys, it’s Ari Alexander writing to you today.įor Houston fans, it’s once again getting to be magic number season as the Astros are counting down the days to clinching the AL West yet again. 29: Braves win, Phillies lose.This is the Astros newsletter emailed out each week by the KPRC 2 Sports team. Standard Delivery Get within 23-29 Mar RM4. 24: Braves split doubleheader, Phillies win. MLB Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim Baseball Cap Adjustable Unisex Casual Visor Hats Fashion Sports Hat No Ratings Brand: OEM More Women Accessories from OEM RM39.92 RM84.55 -53 Natural One Size One Size Quantity Buy Now Add to Cart Delivery Options Ship from Overseas. Here is how the Braves are chipping away at the magic number. Ian Anderson will head to the mound against Kyle Gibson. Thursday would be the earliest the Braves could clinch the division. The Braves (85-72) win Wednesday gives the Phillies (81-77) five more losses with five games to play. Each time the Phillies lose, that also reduces the magic number by one. To calculate the magic number, take the number of games remaining on the leading team’s schedule, add the number one, and subtract the number of games the first-place team leads by in the loss column.Įach time the Braves win, that reduces the magic number by one. ![]() Any combination of Braves victories and Phillies losses that equals the magic number will result in the NL East Division title for the Braves.
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