Astros lineup 4/27 vs. Cardinals. Roof open. First pitch 7:05 CT.

I really have trouble following Mills’ thinking sometimes. I know Bill Hall has not been good, but he had a huge hit last night. Send him back out there to see if he can get going. And for the love of God, when is Carlos Lee going to sit? Did he threaten to sit on Mills or something? Bougusevic also had a huge hit last night, this would be the perfect time to let him start a game.

Geepers….Quintero has been playing awesome! WHY does Mills INSIST on not making him a full time starter? Do we have to go through this every season?

And seriously…Inglett starting at second against the Cardinals? He single handedly left 8 men stranded in his last start…plus his fielding leaves something to be desired. We can’t affford those risks in series in our division. Hall is never going to get a streak going if Mills insists on playing Inglett and Downs in his place. Where is Kepp when we need him?

I would definitely not use the war stat to make any argument in baseball. It is a ridiculous stat. The stats that are important are offense production, and defense. Towles has a better batting average but less at bats. We will see where his numbers are when he gets more at bats. Quintero has a pickoff already and a history of pickoffs in his career. Towles has slightly better numbers in a few categories but percentages are misleading if the two players don’t play the same amount. I like towles but think q is the better catcher.