April 16, 2024 • 12 mins
Coming up short again the Astros fall to the Braves last night suffering a 6-1 loss, following their turnaround weekend against the Rangers. As the Astros still try to pull strings together to get rolling, some wonder can the team make it to 10 wins before the losses begin to stockpile against them?
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(00:01):
Kdm E Houston, a TV HDtwo Houston, my heart radio station.
The Astros, the Rockets, Rockets, East Ball your home for your home
teams. This is Sports Talk sevenninety driven by that classic Elite to View
at GMC Studios. For the elitecar buy the experience. Saulsbury, Old
(00:26):
Salisbury, Houston. Okay, let'sdo this. Sean Salisbury to USC troupe,
longtime friend, Shawn Salisbury, Bryanl Lima, Go Lobos. This
is the Sewan Salisbury Show, theiroffseason workout program. Kayln Clark, drafted
(00:47):
by the Indiana Fever uh number oneoverall in the w NBA draft. Talking
about these Astros and the loss lastnight, Spencer Raghetti got his second big
league start. He goes four innings, gives up four hits, two runs,
A little bit better of a startfor him. Josh Hader rough outing,
(01:08):
gives up a walk, and thenfour consecutive hits, gives up four
runs, all of them earned.They lose six to one. Jose Altuve
continues to stay hot, three morehits. He is currently hitting over four
hundred on the season, four toseventy six on base a slugging percentage of
(01:30):
seven twenty two would be nice ifthat can continue. Cool talking about a
guy who gave a new contract tothis validate and at least start this season.
Well, he's validated his whole career. But just like, oh okay,
I got paid. Let me goout and show you why I got
paid again. Hey, guys,he's just a phenomenal baseball player. Well,
what a what a what a greatjust you know what, I'm always
(01:52):
intrigued with guys when they did makeme happy watching him play. I'm happy
watching jose Al Twove play even whenyou know, have you ever noticed,
even when he makes a base winningblunder that he kind of does it one
hundred miles They're like, I'm justand he doesn't do it for put it
this way for laziness. Sometimes Ithink it just gets too. He's over
(02:15):
zealous at times and over ambitious allthe bases because he's just as doesn't it
fit his personality? Ball four inchesabove the strike zone? What's he do
hammers? It's like it. Ithink that that's kind of the way he
plays. He runs the basis too, I'm gonna take this little chance and
when it works, it's great.When it does, it it's like,
man, what's wrong, Hose?But I just he's as beloved and I
fortunately for some that may not havebeen in other cities, whether it's in
(02:38):
their careers or as a fan andlived in a lot of different places,
he's beloved here as anybody is intheir own town, as as an athlete,
honest to God, as a baseballplayer. I the love. But
you know what, it's not justlove, because the guy's a lifer here
and has overcome his story that she'lllove. He's the love of baseball,
and I truly think he gets joyfrom playing. Yeah, And I don't
(02:59):
think that's the case. In fact, I guarantee you that's not the case
with a lot of athletes. They'replaying for other reasons and whatever that is,
that's on them. I actually thinkJosel Twovey loves to play baseball every
day. But as joy shows smilingtalking to players, I just it's easy
to be a fan of the guy. And boy is he raking right now.
He is frigging gracious hitting over fourhundred bottle that up right, it's
(03:21):
crazy. Seven one, three,two, five seven items go to Tom
Tom. Good morning, Good morning, guys. I see you got to
shingle up today the psychiatrist is in. You're doing a great job suiting some
Astro fan egos mine included. Hey, I got a question for both of
you, and I'm not trying tobe funny with this question. My son
(03:42):
said this to me this morning.He was listening with me. I took
them to school, and he said, ask them if they think the Astros
are going to get to ten winsbefore they get to twenty losses. So
hell question. Yeah, yeah,you know there's six and twelve, and
you know they're kind of right onthat borderline. Uh, you know,
I'm gonna keep the fake still.I see things that we can give me
(04:08):
hope. Obviously, you just talkedabout jose L two. They Uh,
the guy's just unbelievable man. Andyou look at him and you see how
his size between his side and hisheart. You know, the rest of
the team ought to look up tohim, and I know they do.
I know everybody everybody does. ButHunter Brown. Let me just say this
(04:29):
about Hunter Brown. It's not ait's not an experiment with Hunter Brown.
It's a project. You know what. We need this guy to get to
five and a third innings at leastin one start. He needs to pick
up his game. Don't walk anybody, throw strikes, let him hit it.
(04:54):
I don't know what else to say. You know, maybe I'm thinking
of the other day. I wasthinking maybe when Jav gets back you,
I'm someone to sue him. Idon't know. You know, we're reaching
with Hunter Brown. I just can'tbelieve. This guy's got a talent.
He's got ability. He's shown it. He won ten games last year.
You can win ten games in thisleague, you can win fifteen, So
(05:17):
you know, I don't know whatthe answer is to him, but we
can't give up on him. He'sgot too much ability. Yeah, Tom,
a great point. Yeah, andgreat phone calling to your son.
I love the question. And wealways appreciate you chiming in daily, my
man and giving us some good stuff. We appreciate that and we look forward
(05:38):
to hearing from you tomorrow. Ican tell you this two things. Hunter
Brown stuff is too good, asSteve Sparks mentioned, mechanical where he's thrown
it jump. The thing with himis the level of inconsistency. I got
to even take it. The levelof bad pitching to start the season is
a tad bit alarming. Yeah,but he didn't forget how to. He
(06:00):
didn't forget hopefully he doesn't forget howtalented he is. But there's something that
that's the sum's got lost in translation, mechanics wise or confidence wise, for
whatever reason. Of course, youcan't commit quit on him. You're too
committed to him right now, andquite frankly, you need him to be
good now. That may be backto I don't know, in the bullpen
(06:21):
trip a. Whatever it is,he's got to find it. And Tom's
one hundred percent correct. I thinkthe question exists, if fair, what
are they at right now? Eightand what's their record? There are six
and twelve six and twelve eighteen gamesin Yeah, so they are four games
away from ten and eight games awayfrom. I got to believe they're getting
to ten wins before twenty losses,I would think, though I got Now,
(06:44):
then the schedule's fairly the next twowhere they got they're in Mexico City
coming down the pike here in alittle bit, and they're in Washington to
start this. So they go toWashington and then they have Chicago Cubs,
and then they're in Mexico City,right, and then they go to Mexico
City against Colorado. There you go, well, the first, the first
(07:05):
in the third series, they shouldbe favored in those series, the second
one. The only reason I saythat the Cub situation is because it's Wrigley
Field. You never know what thehell is going to go on there where
the winds blowing and pop fly endsup out or could still be cold.
I don't know they should be.I mean, they're the better team in
all three. But the way they'replaying this year talks about well one good,
(07:27):
one bad, one average, twobad, two good. It's that's
the problem. So I got tobelieve they're getting four wins before eight losses,
Buddy at Washington, at Chicago,in Mexico City for Colorado, and
then at home against the Cleveland Guardians. They should be favored in all of
those matchups in my opinion. Oh, there's no doubt. Favors one thing,
(07:49):
yeah, finishing it out to another. So we're going to see.
I'm going to lean towards they're gettingthe ten wins before twenty losses. I
would think so, and I liketo say they do it comfortably, but
it does beg the question if yousaid, Sean, there six and sixteen.
I don't know what my answer wouldbe. The Homer part of me
would say, when I say Homer, the rooting for the fan then just
(08:11):
knowing at some point they're busting outand going to play six, eight,
ten, twelve games of Astros typebaseball. But you would have to choose
the latter right now. If itwas if they were four wins four wins
away or four losses away from twentylosses and four wins away from twenty wins,
I'm going to lean on this oneto answer his son's question. They're
(08:33):
getting four wins before they're getting eightlosses. It's tee. If now,
if you want to talk about alittle bit of alarm clock going off,
and if they if they get totwenty losses before ten wins, you you
should start to your concern level shouldraise to you into that six and a
half seven range, and I'm seriousabout that. Then you then that then
the alarming something will have happened inthose games where you're saying the point for
(08:56):
oh, some are already there.I'm not concerns about certain individuals. I'm
not concerned about the sum. I'mreally not Brian overall. I'm really not
injuries are always a concern the partsthat fit into that sum. Some of
the parts are unbelievable right now,some and now, while some of the
parts are playing better than the sumof it. Over the big picture,
I just trust that the Astros aregonna come out of it and the sum
(09:18):
is gonna look really good because they'regood. But it's the parts right now,
the Hunter Browns, Bregman's power,the first base position finding, settling
down in center field, all thesethings, and bullpen success. So there's
a lot of parts to put together. But it'd be hard pressed for me.
I'd take any bet right now thissaid Astros get ten wins before they
(09:39):
get to twenty losses. You'd behard pressed to find me a bet that
I wouldn't take on that one beforewe get to break one here. One
thing that I also wanted to talkabout, just real quick is last night's
Jesse Chavez came in for the Braves. He is in his seventeenth big league
season, thrown between like eighty eightninety miles an hour and those eighty eight
(10:03):
to ninety mile one hour fastballs blewright past josea Bray. You. I
mean, he couldn't catch up tohim, I don't know. I look,
man, he's hitting point zero orhe's hitting point eighty, whatever it
is. I het zero eight zero. Can't run him out there, No
you can't. I don't care ifyou're paying nineteen and a second. I'll
stand from to this. I toldyou right now. As much as I
want, as much as I wantto push forward, and I don't want
(10:26):
to push time for it, Iwant time to slow down for all of
it goes too fast anyway, Butas much I like to push forward to
the August Jose Bray you September lastyear, I'm all in or you know
how. The late starts are fine, but we can't. And as much
as I'd like to say, hundredBrown's giving me three great starts, those
are two positions. One position inone player that if Hunter Brown goes out
there and does not pitch well inthis next start, that's tonight, right,
(10:50):
it is, yes, if hedoes not go out there and pitch
one and it is miserable, yep. Yeah, you have to move him,
maybe down to triple A to getmore work. You just have to.
You're gonna have to. I mean, you're gonna have to move somebody
one from and Berlin to come back. So maybe that's the one. Well,
and tell whatever it is, he'sgot to get right. He's got
to get right on it. Ifit hurts your feelings, that's okay.
We'll get a little test you becauseright now he's being tested. But he's
got to get right. And Idon't care where it is, but it's
(11:13):
got to happen. Todd Kallis hada pretty foment, funny moment late in
that game last night. I gotthe call, let's hear what he said
on sportslock seven to eighty. Hey, Witsitt vision dot com, you're looking
for Lasik procedure. I care JeffWitz, it's your answer. W H
I T S E T T.I'm so grateful. A handful of years
ago I went to him because atpeople's suggestion, I used my free consultation,
(11:33):
and boy am I the better forit. Easier to see at night,
the film lifted away. I canplay golf and see my ball down
from a long way and where itactually lands. No squinting, no eyeglasses,
no readers, no context. Couldn'tstand context. I don't like the
finger in my eye and all thatOCD that goes with dirt on your fingers,
now, no thanks, not whenit comes to my eyes. And
if you're struggling seeing, you wantto be safer, or you just want
(11:54):
the frustration to go away, thengo see doctor Jeff witzont. He is
the best lay basic presurgent surgeon guylasic proscedure guy on the planet. And
we got him right here free consultationseven one three three four six ninety seven
nine nine seven one three three sixfive nine seven nine nine excuse me seven
one three three six five ninety sevenninety nine for your free consultation, and
(12:16):
you got him right here. Utilizehim for your eye care. He's the
best an expert and he's done tensof thousands of these and there is no
better. Go get that free consultationto see what I see much more clear.
Witsud Vision dot Com Witsu Vision dotCom.
Kdm E Houston, a TV HDtwo Houston, my heart radio station.
The Astros, the Rockets, Rockets, East Ball your home for your home
teams. This is Sports Talk sevenninety driven by that classic Elite to View
at GMC Studios. For the elitecar buy the experience. Saulsbury, Old
(00:26):
Salisbury, Houston. Okay, let'sdo this. Sean Salisbury to USC troupe,
longtime friend, Shawn Salisbury, Bryanl Lima, Go Lobos. This
is the Sewan Salisbury Show, theiroffseason workout program. Kayln Clark, drafted
(00:47):
by the Indiana Fever uh number oneoverall in the w NBA draft. Talking
about these Astros and the loss lastnight, Spencer Raghetti got his second big
league start. He goes four innings, gives up four hits, two runs,
A little bit better of a startfor him. Josh Hader rough outing,
(01:08):
gives up a walk, and thenfour consecutive hits, gives up four
runs, all of them earned.They lose six to one. Jose Altuve
continues to stay hot, three morehits. He is currently hitting over four
hundred on the season, four toseventy six on base a slugging percentage of
(01:30):
seven twenty two would be nice ifthat can continue. Cool talking about a
guy who gave a new contract tothis validate and at least start this season.
Well, he's validated his whole career. But just like, oh okay,
I got paid. Let me goout and show you why I got
paid again. Hey, guys,he's just a phenomenal baseball player. Well,
what a what a what a greatjust you know what, I'm always
(01:52):
intrigued with guys when they did makeme happy watching him play. I'm happy
watching jose Al Twove play even whenyou know, have you ever noticed,
even when he makes a base winningblunder that he kind of does it one
hundred miles They're like, I'm justand he doesn't do it for put it
this way for laziness. Sometimes Ithink it just gets too. He's over
(02:15):
zealous at times and over ambitious allthe bases because he's just as doesn't it
fit his personality? Ball four inchesabove the strike zone? What's he do
hammers? It's like it. Ithink that that's kind of the way he
plays. He runs the basis too, I'm gonna take this little chance and
when it works, it's great.When it does, it it's like,
man, what's wrong, Hose?But I just he's as beloved and I
fortunately for some that may not havebeen in other cities, whether it's in
(02:38):
their careers or as a fan andlived in a lot of different places,
he's beloved here as anybody is intheir own town, as as an athlete,
honest to God, as a baseballplayer. I the love. But
you know what, it's not justlove, because the guy's a lifer here
and has overcome his story that she'lllove. He's the love of baseball,
and I truly think he gets joyfrom playing. Yeah, And I don't
(02:59):
think that's the case. In fact, I guarantee you that's not the case
with a lot of athletes. They'replaying for other reasons and whatever that is,
that's on them. I actually thinkJosel Twovey loves to play baseball every
day. But as joy shows smilingtalking to players, I just it's easy
to be a fan of the guy. And boy is he raking right now.
He is frigging gracious hitting over fourhundred bottle that up right, it's
(03:21):
crazy. Seven one, three,two, five seven items go to Tom
Tom. Good morning, Good morning, guys. I see you got to
shingle up today the psychiatrist is in. You're doing a great job suiting some
Astro fan egos mine included. Hey, I got a question for both of
you, and I'm not trying tobe funny with this question. My son
(03:42):
said this to me this morning.He was listening with me. I took
them to school, and he said, ask them if they think the Astros
are going to get to ten winsbefore they get to twenty losses. So
hell question. Yeah, yeah,you know there's six and twelve, and
you know they're kind of right onthat borderline. Uh, you know,
I'm gonna keep the fake still.I see things that we can give me
(04:08):
hope. Obviously, you just talkedabout jose L two. They Uh,
the guy's just unbelievable man. Andyou look at him and you see how
his size between his side and hisheart. You know, the rest of
the team ought to look up tohim, and I know they do.
I know everybody everybody does. ButHunter Brown. Let me just say this
(04:29):
about Hunter Brown. It's not ait's not an experiment with Hunter Brown.
It's a project. You know what. We need this guy to get to
five and a third innings at leastin one start. He needs to pick
up his game. Don't walk anybody, throw strikes, let him hit it.
(04:54):
I don't know what else to say. You know, maybe I'm thinking
of the other day. I wasthinking maybe when Jav gets back you,
I'm someone to sue him. Idon't know. You know, we're reaching
with Hunter Brown. I just can'tbelieve. This guy's got a talent.
He's got ability. He's shown it. He won ten games last year.
You can win ten games in thisleague, you can win fifteen, So
(05:17):
you know, I don't know whatthe answer is to him, but we
can't give up on him. He'sgot too much ability. Yeah, Tom,
a great point. Yeah, andgreat phone calling to your son.
I love the question. And wealways appreciate you chiming in daily, my
man and giving us some good stuff. We appreciate that and we look forward
(05:38):
to hearing from you tomorrow. Ican tell you this two things. Hunter
Brown stuff is too good, asSteve Sparks mentioned, mechanical where he's thrown
it jump. The thing with himis the level of inconsistency. I got
to even take it. The levelof bad pitching to start the season is
a tad bit alarming. Yeah,but he didn't forget how to. He
(06:00):
didn't forget hopefully he doesn't forget howtalented he is. But there's something that
that's the sum's got lost in translation, mechanics wise or confidence wise, for
whatever reason. Of course, youcan't commit quit on him. You're too
committed to him right now, andquite frankly, you need him to be
good now. That may be backto I don't know, in the bullpen
(06:21):
trip a. Whatever it is,he's got to find it. And Tom's
one hundred percent correct. I thinkthe question exists, if fair, what
are they at right now? Eightand what's their record? There are six
and twelve six and twelve eighteen gamesin Yeah, so they are four games
away from ten and eight games awayfrom. I got to believe they're getting
to ten wins before twenty losses,I would think, though I got Now,
(06:44):
then the schedule's fairly the next twowhere they got they're in Mexico City
coming down the pike here in alittle bit, and they're in Washington to
start this. So they go toWashington and then they have Chicago Cubs,
and then they're in Mexico City,right, and then they go to Mexico
City against Colorado. There you go, well, the first, the first
(07:05):
in the third series, they shouldbe favored in those series, the second
one. The only reason I saythat the Cub situation is because it's Wrigley
Field. You never know what thehell is going to go on there where
the winds blowing and pop fly endsup out or could still be cold.
I don't know they should be.I mean, they're the better team in
all three. But the way they'replaying this year talks about well one good,
(07:27):
one bad, one average, twobad, two good. It's that's
the problem. So I got tobelieve they're getting four wins before eight losses,
Buddy at Washington, at Chicago,in Mexico City for Colorado, and
then at home against the Cleveland Guardians. They should be favored in all of
those matchups in my opinion. Oh, there's no doubt. Favors one thing,
(07:49):
yeah, finishing it out to another. So we're going to see.
I'm going to lean towards they're gettingthe ten wins before twenty losses. I
would think so, and I liketo say they do it comfortably, but
it does beg the question if yousaid, Sean, there six and sixteen.
I don't know what my answer wouldbe. The Homer part of me
would say, when I say Homer, the rooting for the fan then just
(08:11):
knowing at some point they're busting outand going to play six, eight,
ten, twelve games of Astros typebaseball. But you would have to choose
the latter right now. If itwas if they were four wins four wins
away or four losses away from twentylosses and four wins away from twenty wins,
I'm going to lean on this oneto answer his son's question. They're
(08:33):
getting four wins before they're getting eightlosses. It's tee. If now,
if you want to talk about alittle bit of alarm clock going off,
and if they if they get totwenty losses before ten wins, you you
should start to your concern level shouldraise to you into that six and a
half seven range, and I'm seriousabout that. Then you then that then
the alarming something will have happened inthose games where you're saying the point for
(08:56):
oh, some are already there.I'm not concerns about certain individuals. I'm
not concerned about the sum. I'mreally not Brian overall. I'm really not
injuries are always a concern the partsthat fit into that sum. Some of
the parts are unbelievable right now,some and now, while some of the
parts are playing better than the sumof it. Over the big picture,
I just trust that the Astros aregonna come out of it and the sum
(09:18):
is gonna look really good because they'regood. But it's the parts right now,
the Hunter Browns, Bregman's power,the first base position finding, settling
down in center field, all thesethings, and bullpen success. So there's
a lot of parts to put together. But it'd be hard pressed for me.
I'd take any bet right now thissaid Astros get ten wins before they
(09:39):
get to twenty losses. You'd behard pressed to find me a bet that
I wouldn't take on that one beforewe get to break one here. One
thing that I also wanted to talkabout, just real quick is last night's
Jesse Chavez came in for the Braves. He is in his seventeenth big league
season, thrown between like eighty eightninety miles an hour and those eighty eight
(10:03):
to ninety mile one hour fastballs blewright past josea Bray. You. I
mean, he couldn't catch up tohim, I don't know. I look,
man, he's hitting point zero orhe's hitting point eighty, whatever it
is. I het zero eight zero. Can't run him out there, No
you can't. I don't care ifyou're paying nineteen and a second. I'll
stand from to this. I toldyou right now. As much as I
want, as much as I wantto push forward, and I don't want
(10:26):
to push time for it, Iwant time to slow down for all of
it goes too fast anyway, Butas much I like to push forward to
the August Jose Bray you September lastyear, I'm all in or you know
how. The late starts are fine, but we can't. And as much
as I'd like to say, hundredBrown's giving me three great starts, those
are two positions. One position inone player that if Hunter Brown goes out
there and does not pitch well inthis next start, that's tonight, right,
(10:50):
it is, yes, if hedoes not go out there and pitch
one and it is miserable, yep. Yeah, you have to move him,
maybe down to triple A to getmore work. You just have to.
You're gonna have to. I mean, you're gonna have to move somebody
one from and Berlin to come back. So maybe that's the one. Well,
and tell whatever it is, he'sgot to get right. He's got
to get right on it. Ifit hurts your feelings, that's okay.
We'll get a little test you becauseright now he's being tested. But he's
got to get right. And Idon't care where it is, but it's
(11:13):
got to happen. Todd Kallis hada pretty foment, funny moment late in
that game last night. I gotthe call, let's hear what he said
on sportslock seven to eighty. Hey, Witsitt vision dot com, you're looking
for Lasik procedure. I care JeffWitz, it's your answer. W H
I T S E T T.I'm so grateful. A handful of years
ago I went to him because atpeople's suggestion, I used my free consultation,
(11:33):
and boy am I the better forit. Easier to see at night,
the film lifted away. I canplay golf and see my ball down
from a long way and where itactually lands. No squinting, no eyeglasses,
no readers, no context. Couldn'tstand context. I don't like the
finger in my eye and all thatOCD that goes with dirt on your fingers,
now, no thanks, not whenit comes to my eyes. And
if you're struggling seeing, you wantto be safer, or you just want
(11:54):
the frustration to go away, thengo see doctor Jeff witzont. He is
the best lay basic presurgent surgeon guylasic proscedure guy on the planet. And
we got him right here free consultationseven one three three four six ninety seven
nine nine seven one three three sixfive nine seven nine nine excuse me seven
one three three six five ninety sevenninety nine for your free consultation, and
(12:16):
you got him right here. Utilizehim for your eye care. He's the
best an expert and he's done tensof thousands of these and there is no
better. Go get that free consultationto see what I see much more clear.
Witsud Vision dot Com Witsu Vision dotCom.
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