Should Astros be concerned? Examining the slow starts from Jose Altuve, Yainier Diaz and Christian Walker

Houston star lost to Seattle Marinists on Friday evening, Friday evening, between the best two teams in the US League. The stars opened by the row games are currently 3 ½ games. In other words, the marines will first enter a new week, no matter what happens in this series left in the field.

It adapts that these teams are competing on the weekend of the day of the year, when disciplinary observers begin to pay attention to tournament tables. The season is approximately a third of the course, which makes a stable game (good or bad variety) as a illusion born of small samples. The sense of nature is also applied to individual players, making it interesting to have a team like these stars.

As mentioned above, Astros is in another competitive season. In addition to the second best record possession in the diamasts (good note that they can qualify for the postcome if these things were determined by May), they have the sixth highest level. However, watch the ASTROS series at any time, and you may wonder how many important veterans are underperformed.

Friday, the star of the star, included the left Fielder Jose Altuve, Catcher Yainer Diaz and the Christian walker of the first basseman. Theoretically, it is a delicate spine of the crime. In practice, however, each of three has at least 100 points behind their 2024. Again, the season is quite far away, because it’s time to ask. Should the stars be interested?

Instead of just asking a question, I have tried to answer in terms of those three famous stars.

1. Jose alien, LF

It was a previously accepted rule in the sapregational circles that the second databases became mixed risks when they entered half of them. People don’t Believe That So Much Anymore, But it does make for a convenient setup to a Joke About How The Astros Must’ve Moved Altuve to Left Field This Spring After Noticing He Was Nearing His 35th Know, The Governing Principles of the Sport Would Spare Him on a Technicality. Unfortunately it didn’t work.

Attuve entered on Saturday .253 / .303 / .376 with six house runs and four stolen grounds. His 92 options + will present his second worstly full seasonal sign, only before his screening in 2013. and not especially effectiveIt is fair to have some concerns about his total investment, the first year of extending his contract, which passes by 2029.

Altuve recorded many hits in three of his last four games, suggesting that he could be in the right course. His performance in this season contains several pieces of worrying information. Most likely, he hits the ball more often at the extreme ends of the spectrum, which leads to a low career of 10 to 30 degrees. The worst scenario here is that previous statistics attract the fall of his bat ball skills, not how often he connects (he is able to find in that respect), but in the ability to find barel.

Why is it important? Because it threatens Altuve capacity to be good on average hits. His barrel control has always helped him to overcome the lack of exit speeds and the speed of the bat. He manifested this feature both in his strikes, as well as in the air, and taking advantage of Houston’s generous spherical structure. It is noteworthy that this alien pulls fewer balls in the air and instead hits the high career of the balls on the ground.

After all, it should be seen if these statistics are really evidence of evidence. Given the Age of Altuve, definitely should be some to play a decline. While his readiness to take the left field at this stage of his career speaks of his work ethic and self-sacrifice, I think it can be closer to its new normal than last three seasons. (143 OPS +). If so, it will be interesting to watch when when and how the manager Jekacanada moves around the order.

2. Christian walker, 1b

It was more than a little ridiculous that the star that refreshes Jose Abreu Debacle, which saw them in the second place in the three-year agreement, decided the best way to achieve new. Walker, a phenomenal on the past several ways, entered the Saturday only 0.196 / .263 / .328. Surprisingly, Walker’s 67 options are worse than Abru Houston’s career sign (73).

As a result, the underlying means of the Walker are significantly better than its topin ‘results. Over the past five years, his serious percentage will present his second best, and he actually throws more balls in those 10 to 30 degrees. The level of its barrel, mainly the combination of these criteria, is also in line with where it lived before the previous season.

What about Walker’s strike raising is from 24.1% to 27.3%? Well what about it? His contact rates (zone and total) are almost identical compared to the previous year. He pursues more out of the zone (and generally rotates more) but not levels that call me. As weird, because it can be to read, taking into account his abyss Topin’s numbers, I don’t find the reason for concern.

If I had my reservations to sign a walk, I think he had to go later than later than Abru’s comparison.

3: Yainer Diaz, C

Diaz, in general, the junior player covered with this piece. He will not celebrate his 27th birthday by September, making it easier for him to grow into his past heights (he was 1225 for the first two seasons). It’s only his youth. It seems clear to me that his season can be attributed to the change of approach that did not click.

These views show that Diaz has been instructed (Astros or Own Orwnes) to raise the ball more often and pull. This implies, among other things, the ball later removes the plate. Maybe the idea was that his authority reached 2023, when he coincided 23 times and slipped .538. Unfortunately, its ISO continues to continue its 2024 figures, while its floating average collapsed. He never walked, leaving him offending.

The interesting (and encouraging) side of the diamond season is that many of his balls following their balls are mainly in line with how he was done in the past. Look.

There are also some discrepancies. For example, the speed of a diameter’s average exit believes that he hits the lesser share of his balls more than 95 miles / hours. I’m not going to pretend everything is well and hot. It is theoretically possible that he is over, having to return to his old approach, or suffer more of a learning curve because he tries to make this one for himself. In one way or another, I predict that Diaz is arranged and raising its level of games in the summer.