Taylor McGregor Aug 22 2024

a season worse 12 games under 500 that was thanks to a horrible start from the rotation that had posted an erra well above five but now fast forward 3 months later and entering play Wednesday the Astros are 11 games above 500 and their rotation is now in cruise control let's begin with fber Valdez who in his last eight games has a 2.24 ER ronell Blanco continues to blank batters you say Kikuchi since joining Houston has been a strikeout machine and then Hunter Brown of course has been on the prowl with a 2.36 erra and his last seven starts and then Spencer arag Getti well he's made hitters look like spaghetti if you get what I'm putting down and it gets even better because Wednesday they get back a future Hall of Famer in Justin Verlander and plan to move to a six-man rotation so Houston there is no problem the Quest for eight straight lcss is in full swing nothing new though for Boston as they lead the majors in hits homers RBI and stolen bases from rookies this year and up next it's the Orioles Andy but let's apply a Technicolor coat Pat Murphy comes in to save the day and could be well on his way to being Milwaukee's first manager of the Year rookie Phenom Jackson chrio has proven that he is the face of the future with 15 homers and 17 stolen bases on the year and the team's 3.65 ER is the second best in the majors so no one could have predicted this but the Brewers own the largest division lead in baseball with 11 and a half games can they keep their magic Brewing all the way into October that's the question now Big League birthday celebrations on Wednesday beginning first with JD Martinez who turned 37 and his Mets walked off the Oriol so happy birthday JD and then Corbin Carroll celebrated his 24th birthday and took care of the Marlin and then Happy 27th to Ryan pepio he struck out 5 A's over six Innings and the ray picked up the win and then finally happy 54th birthday to Craig Council and sorry counts you guys lost to the Tigers and I guess it just isn't always easy getting old that's going to do it for us on Quick Pitch