So, not much roster movement last month as we head down the stretch. Let's see how things go from here.
August 28 (54-80)
It's been a very uneventful month. Brett Oberholtzer is ready to come off the disabled list. At the end of last month, I was looking at releasing Jerome Williams, but he's pulled things back together enough to let him stick around. The rest of the starters are doing...okay. No one's really done poorly enough to warrant getting sent down. Looking at the bullpen, Zeid has a 7.20 ERA through 15 innings. I'm not completely giving up on him, but right now he's the least deserving of a spot in Houston, so off he goes to OKC. Oberholtzer gets his rotation spot back and Peacock goes back to long relief.
August Wrapup
55-83 overall. 5th place. 26.5 game back. 9-20 for August.
We're clearly just playing out the string at this point. Harrell continued his bounce back year, putting up a 2.68 ERA in August, though he just went 2-4 to show for it. Fields made 10 appearances and pitched to a 0.63 ERA, while Williams, as mentioned, turned things around for a 1.59 ERA in 11.1 innings. On the downside was Dallas Keuchel, who went 1-5 with a 6.97 ERA while giving up 12 homers in the month.
At the plate, Marc Krauss was the hot hand, hitting .293/.372/.434 on the month with 3 home runs. Robbie Grossman was the laggard, hitting just .208/.288/.226. Other than those two, no one really stood out one way or another.
A few minor league awards to hand out again. George Springer was named American Conference Batter of the Month in the PCL. He hit .319 with 14 homers and 37 RBI in August, heating up just in time for roster expansion next month. Luis Cruz was named Texas League Pitcher of the Month after going 5-0 with a 2.95 ERA. Finally, Josh Hader won Midwest League Pitcher of the Month, going 6-0 witha 2.53 ERA.
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