It was right there in front of the Astros on Saturday, a chance to put another nail in the coffins of their AL West rivals, but they couldn’t hold on, lost that game and then lost again on Sunday, losing the series to the Diamondbacks.
Let’s start off with the basics: Batter and Pitcher projections 89% of the way through the regular season.
That means 89% of this are actual performance and 11% projections.
The Astros have signed Jorge Barrosa and optioned Jake Meyers.
Yordan is back to 40 projected homers, but the team is now down to 207 projected homers.
The team’s home run pace is 210 - so, they are much closer together than they have been recently.
September wRC+
The team has a 76 wRC+ for the 6 September games.
It’s crunch time.
Record by Starting Pitcher
Quality Starts
Game Scores
Starting Pitcher Grades
AL West Playoff Update (as of September 7)
First, let’s take a look at what fangraphs.com says about a potential playoff run (through games of September 6):
Projected Remaining Record: 9-9 (Previous 14-14)
Projected Final Record: 82-80 (Previous 81-81)
Win Division: 76.2% (Previous 43.7%)
Wild Card: 2.4% (Previous 8.2%)
Make Playoffs: 88.1% (Previous 51.9%)
I’m also projecting an 82-80 record and AL West crown.
If the Astros Go…
A little game I like to play.
Every Astros win adds immense pressure to Texas and Seattle, as illustrated by the graphic below.
A simple .500 record means the Rangers have to win 2 of every 3 and the Mariners 5 of every 6.
Go 10-8 and the heat is really on those teams.
Thanks for reading!