Nothing but love for Ryne Stanek in H-Town 🤘

Yordan Alvarez: known speedster 🏃‍♂️

Astros Lineup In The Last 6 Games

.278/.347/.495, 11 HR, 45 R, .286 BABIP, 141 wRC+

Astros Pitching Staff in 2024

3/28-4/26 (283 IP):
4.74 ERA, 4.26 FIP, 21.8% K%, 10.8% BB%, .308 BABIP

4/27-5/3 (56 IP):
3.38 ERA, 3.99 FIP, 26.8% K%, 10.4% BB%, .281 BABIP

Here's the Astros' wild double play to end the eighth, which left the Houston dugout all smiles

No. 3⃣0⃣0⃣ for Altuve 💪

300 for the 🐐

As an added caveat (for people wondering about power), León is still generating elite exit velocities during this stretch. Even a groundout the other night left his bat at 108 mph.

Mickey Storey talked about León in our interview the other day - img.mlbstatic.com/milb-images/vi…

FWIW, Pedro León has recorded only two strikeouts since April 24th, or 33 plate appearances. He had 26 in his prior 84 plate appearances.
We need more of a sample to determine if this recent improvement at the plate is a blip on the radar or something more meangingful.
Either…

PEDRO TO THE MOON! 🚀

Spencer Arrighetti threw a career-high 5.2 innings tonight against the Guardians. He struck out six, surrendered four hits, walked three and allowed two earned runs. If a fly ball is caught behind him in the second inning, things would've been easier.

Make that 5 times now this season.

Including tonight's instance a short while ago, Alex Bregman has popped up with RISP on 4 occasions already this season. It is only the second day of May.

For reference, he had 13 pop ups in 2023 with RISP, 12 in 2019. He's already exceeded his pop up with RISP total from 2021…

Alex Bregman is generating weaker contact and getting under more pitches this season. And that contact has been decidedly higher in terms of ground balls and pop ups.

From 2023 to 2024
GB%: 35.4% -> 42.9%
PU%: 8.6% -> 17.6%
Weak%: 1.7% -> 3.3%
Under%: 30.2% -> 37.4%

Kyle Tucker's OPS in Mar/Apr since 2021

2024: .967
2023: .859
2022: .685
2021: .610

Pedro León last 11 games for Sugar Land:

.325 BA/.449 OBP/.700 SLG, 4 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 6 SB, 20.0 K%, 176 wRC+

🔥🔥🔥 #Astros #Relentless

Of the top 20 qualified hitters in baseball by wRC+, only three play for a team with a losing record right now.

Two of those players are Jose Altuve and Kyle Tucker.
The other is Jurickson Profar (Padres).

What a strange season this has been so far.

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It has become increasingly tough to fool Kyle Tucker at the plate (15.4% BB%, 14.7% K%).

Pick a different nickname.

ROSTER MOVES: The Astros have recalled IF Jacob Amaya (#15) from Triple A Sugar Land and have placed OF Chas McCormick on the 10-day IL with right hamstring discomfort (retro 4/28).