<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-news-josh-hader-striking-admission-about-getting-booed-by-padres-fans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Josh Hader’s striking admission about getting booed by Padres fans in Astros win');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Astros-Josh-Hader.jpg"></figure><h1>Josh Hader’s striking admission about getting booed by Padres fans in Astros win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-18T05:59:58-07:00">September 18th, 5:59am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-18T05:59:58-07:00">September 18th, 5:59am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Astros secured a crucial win over the San Diego Padres, defeating them 4-3 in 10 innings. Josh Hader picked up the win despite blowing the save and received plenty of boos from the San Diego crowd in the process. Although he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/padres-news-josh-hader-matches-goose-gossages-1984-feat-in-nlds-tying-win-vs-dodgers">played a big part</a> in one of the best seasons in Padres history, fans aren’t fond of him anymore.</p><p>After entering the game with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, Hader allowed the Padres to tie the game on a wild pitch, immediately allowing his inherited runner to score <a href="https://x.com/TalkingFriars/status/1836257084096286903" rel="noopener">on his first offering</a>. He then sat down the next four batters he faced, striking out two of them. The Astros played some small ball to get the ghost runner home in the top of the 10th inning and Hector Neris closed it out.</p><p>After the game, Hader expressed love for San Diego but admitted that he loves hearing the boos.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Josh Hader: “:I love this ballpark. I love pitching here. Obviously, I love the boos. Living rent-free is always a good time.” <a href="https://t.co/biQbcMzVmG">pic.twitter.com/biQbcMzVmG</a></p><p>— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1836281106334912975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I love this ballpark. I love pitching here,” the Astros closer said. “Obviously, I love the boos. Living rent-free is always a good time.”</p><h2><b>Josh Hader sounds off on getting booed by Padres fans</b></h2><p>During his days with the Padres, Hader was reluctant to enter situations where he would be asked to get more than three outs. He stressed the importance of <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/josh-hader-discusses-reluctance-to-pitch-four-outs" rel="noopener">maintaining health over a long season</a> but was often unavailable for some spots where the Padres really could have used him due to injuries to teammates.</p><p>Now that he has a $95 million deal as insurance for a potential injury he could suffer in a longer appearance, Hader is more comfortable pitching more than a full inning. It may also be helpful that the Astros have been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-josh-hader-houston-inevitability">one of the most successful teams</a> in MLB in recent memory, though the Padres do have a better record than them right now. Houston is closing in on its seventh AL West title in eight years, which makes their playoff spot more secure.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Josh Hader’s striking admission about getting booed by Padres fans in Astros win

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-news-josh-hader-houston-inevitability');   ga('set', 'title', 'Josh Hader gets 100% real on Astros’ inevitability');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Astros-news-Josh-Hader-gets-100-real-on-Houstons-inevitability.jpg"></figure><h1>Josh Hader gets 100% real on Astros’ inevitability</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-04T12:29:57-07:00">September 4th, 12:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-04T12:29:57-07:00">September 4th, 12:29pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Astros struggled to begin the 2024 season. Some people around the MLB world immediately began to wonder if this was the year Houston would start to lose momentum and struggle after their recent success. However, the Astros bounced back and now hold a comfortable 6.5-game lead in the American League West. Astros closer Josh Hader <a href="https://x.com/FoulTerritoryTV/status/1831396357145555082" rel="noopener">never doubted the team</a>.</p><p>“I mean, we’ve had meetings… We obviously knew that we weren’t playing good baseball early on,” Hader said on Foul Territory. “We knew what we had in that room. We knew, we continued to play good baseball, put the pieces together, it’s gonna follow through. One of the sayings, the cream always rises to the top, right? At the end of the day, that’s going to happen.”</p><p>Astros stars such as Alex Bregman and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-kyle-tucker-real-injury-more-serious-revealing">Kyle Tucker are battling injuries</a>. Still, Houston has momentum heading into the final stretch of the 2024 campaign. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-astros-breakout-september-playoffs">Astros have work to do in September</a> but they are trending in a promising direction overall.</p><p>Hader, who is in his first season with the Astros, is finding success for the most part with his new ball club.</p><h2><b>Josh Hader playing pivotal role in Astros success</b></h2><p>The former Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres star joined the Astros ahead of the ’24 campaign. He pitched to a sparkling 2.18 ERA in 2023 with San Diego while recording 33 saves. Overall, he has been selected to five All-Star games in his career.</p><p>However, Hader did not make the All-Star team in 2024. He hasn’t been quite as dominant, although he is still pitching well overall. Hader currently has a 3.28 ERA in 60 appearances. He’s also added 29 saves. There is no question that Hader’s presence has been impactful for Houston throughout the 2024 season.</p><p>Hader and the Astros will look to strengthen their AL West division lead on Wednesday night against the Cincinnati Reds.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Josh Hader gets 100% real on Astros’ inevitability

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He has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Late last month, Houston Astros closer Josh Hader pitched his first two-inning stint since 2019.</p><p>That gap was no accident. Hader, one of the most dominant relief pitchers in recent memory, had spent the previous four years working under self-imposed rules limiting himself to a single inning in order to keep himself healthy.</p><p>That remained Hader’s position until the Astros <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-josh-hader-agree-contract-free-agency">signed Hader</a> to a five-year, $95 million deal. It is the first multiyear deal of Hader’s career.</p><p>Now that his professional future is secured, Hader and his agent wanted to tell Buster Olney of ESPN <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40186833/mlb-2024-josh-hader-usage-rules-contract-brewers-astros" rel="noopener">the story about MLB’s system</a> and why an arbitration hearing with the Milwaukee Brewers encouraged the Astros reliever to set the innings limitations in the first place:</p><p>“And yet Hader lost his arbitration hearing in 2019 and went unsigned for months this winter, in what Berry said he believes is a lack of acknowledgment of his importance to a roster. It’s a well-known pressure point for relievers and even starters. Last year, Tampa Bay Rays reliever Ryan Thompson posted about his issues with the arbitration process; he made $1 million in 2023 after asking for $1.2 million. Now-Baltimore Orioles ace Corbin Burnes lost his hearing and earned $10 million rather than $10.75 million and said his hearing “definitely hurt” his relationship with the Brewers.</p><p>According to multiple agents interviewed for this story, the industry’s view of relievers has made them more and more disposable: Teams believe relievers’ volatility means it makes more sense to cycle through a high volume of bullpen arms with one-year obligations rather than committing to multiyear contracts. One agent pointed to a parallel to how NFL teams view running backs.</p><p>“This efficiency model has taken over a lot of the industry,” Berry said, “and it’s bonkers.”</p><p>In 2013, the 30 teams across MLB used 513 relievers. Last season, 651 pitched in major league games — an increase of more than 25% over a decade, with many at or close to minimum wage. That this all comes at a time when arm injuries are ever more prevalent only exacerbates the problem.</p><p>Through the course of reporting this story, players, agents and members of multiple front offices agreed with Hader and Berry’s larger point.</p><p>“The system is broken,” one team staffer said. “We need to find a way to make it better.”‘</p><p>While saves are an important metric for evaluating relievers, it has become less and less accurate as a measurement of a successful relief pitcher as more advanced metrics have developed over the years. As long as Major League Baseball continues to overvalue the save in arbitration, it’s possible that more pitchers will look to emulate the Astros star’s self-imposed innings limitations.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Astros closer Josh Hader’s unprecedented situation highlights ‘bonkers, broken system’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb-rumors-brewers-repeat-controversial-josh-hader-trade-decision');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB rumors: Why Brewers won’t repeat controversial Josh Hader trade decision');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Why-Brewers-wont-repeat-controversial-Josh-Hader-trade-decision.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB rumors: Why Brewers won’t repeat controversial Josh Hader trade decision</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-16T12:22:01-07:00">May 16th, 12:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-16T12:22:01-07:00">May 16th, 12:22pm</time><address><a>Matthew Schmidt</a>Matthew Schmidt has been writing about sports since 2011 and is based in New Jersey. He primarily specializes in NFL these days, but has also extensively covered the NBA and MLB and has written for numerous websites.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Two years ago, the Milwaukee Brewers were locked in a heated NL Central race but ended up trading star closer Josh Hader at the MLB deadline. It was a very strange move for the Brewers given that they had a three-game lead in the division at the time, and apparently, it destroyed the locker room and team morale.</p><p>David Stearns—who is now the New York Mets’ president of baseball operations—was Milwaukee’s general manager at the time, and he said this past winter that he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/brewers-news-former-gm-drops-truth-bomb-decision-trade-josh-hader-padres">regretted the move</a>.</p><p>Well, the Brewers are not going to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5497345/2024/05/16/elly-de-la-cruz-mlb-notes/" rel="noopener">make that mistake again</a>.</p><p>There has been some speculation that the Brewers could move shortstop Willy Adames, who is set to hit free agency after the season and was involved in trade rumors during <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-brewers-likely-not-trading-willy-adames-before-2024-season">this past offseason</a>. But Milwaukee remembers how much the Hader trade backfired, so it seems unlikely to repeat that same process with Adames, via Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.</p><p>It’s not that the Brew Crew ended up getting a poor package of players in return for Hader. Quite the contrary, actually. They landed a couple of highly-regarded prospects in the deal in left-handed pitcher Robert Gasser (who just recently made his big-league debut) and outfielder Esteury Ruiz. Ruiz was later dealt for catcher William Contreras, who has become a star in Milwaukee.</p><p>The issue with the trade was that the Brewers were in the middle of a pennant race and traded an All-Star in Hader. It should be noted that Hader was performing rather poorly at the time, but given his stellar track record, it seemed like an odd move for Milwaukee to make.</p><p>The Brewers ended up missing the playoffs that season, marking the only time they have failed to qualify for the postseason since 2018.</p><p>Apparently, they are going to be much more careful at the trade deadline this time around.</p><h2><b>Willy Adames and the Brewers look like legitimate contenders in the NL</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Willy-Adames-1.jpg"><figcaption>Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Brewers are currently 26-17 and sit in first place in the NL Central. Going into Thursday’s action, they held a one-and-a-half-game lead over the Chicago Cubs. The next-closest team is the Pittsburgh Pirates, who are 7.5 games back. So, basically, the division is a two-team race.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/brewers-news-how-willy-adames-savagely-called-game-winning-home-run-royals-fans">Adames has been a big part</a> of Milwaukee’s early success, having slashed .250/.332/.440 with seven home runs and 29 RBI over 190 plate appearances. He has also stolen seven bases, and while he hasn’t been as spectacular as he typically is defensively, he has still been solid.</p><p>“I’ve already been traded twice in my career. I know it’s part of the game,” Adams said, per Rosenthal. “But you feel comfortable in a place. You create good friendships with guys, create that bond. And then you get traded, it’s like, ‘Man.’”</p><p>No one knows what the future holds for Adames beyond 2024, but he can take solace in the fact that he probably will make it through the season in Milwaukee.</p><p>The Brewers have been one of the most prolific offenses in baseball, ranking fourth in batting average, second in OPS, fourth in homers and third in runs scores. Their pitching hasn’t been quite as good, as they rank 14th in ERA and 18th in WHIP, but that is something that can be addressed via trades between now and August 1st.</p><p>Instead of selling off a key piece like Adames at the trade deadline, Milwaukee may want to buy this time around.</p><p>With the Los Angeles Dodgers not looking quite as dominant as everyone anticipated, the National League is wide open. Maybe the Brewers can make a run.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB rumors: Why Brewers won’t repeat controversial Josh Hader trade decision

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-news-joe-espada-drops-truth-bomb-josh-haders-brutal-error-loss-mariners');   ga('set', 'title', 'Astros’ Joe Espada drops truth bomb on Josh Hader’s brutal error in loss to Mariners');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Joe-Espada-drops-truth-bomb-on-Josh-Haders-brutal-error-in-loss-to-Mariners.jpg"></figure><h1>Astros’ Joe Espada drops truth bomb on Josh Hader’s brutal error in loss to Mariners</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-06T07:40:02-07:00">May 6th, 7:40am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-06T07:40:02-07:00">May 6th, 7:40am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2024 MLB regular season of the Houston Astros is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-news-95-million-josh-hader-signing-already-being-questioned-amid-slow-start">not going as fine</a> as most people expected it to be, thus far. After losing to the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, 5-4, Houston has sunk to 10 games below .500 with the team now carrying just a 12-22 record — tied with the Los Angeles Angels for the worst in the American League West division.</p><p>The Astros could have avoided losing the series finale at home versus the Mariners, who are leading the AL West with a 19-15 record, if only their bullpen did a better job on the mound. Josh Hader, the shiny offseason free agent acquisition by Houston, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/astros-3-shocking-surprises-begin-2024-season">struggled again</a>, as he allowed a solo home run at the top of the ninth to Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh that broke a 4-4 tie and put Seattle in front for good. Raleigh was behind 0-2 before he took a big swing and took Hader deep, and it garnered quite a <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/astros-mariners-blown-save-series-finale-19440365.php" rel="noopener">reaction after the game</a> from Astros manager Joe Espada.</p><p>“0-2 count and too much of the plate, and it cost us,” Espada said about Hader’s pitch that got sent out of the field by Raleigh, per Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle. “We were ahead of a lot of hitters today. We’ve just got to do a better job of putting guys away. … You’ve got to put (that pitch) up in the zone. … He just kind of missed location,” Espada added.</p><p>Hader found success with his slider in his first two offerings to Raleigh but changed it up a bit after his second pitch, as he went to his sinker, a decision that Raleigh certainly made the Houston closer pay.</p><p>“I was just trying to get up and in,” Hader explained. “Obviously, there were two good sliders beforehand. In hindsight, if I make my pitch and he whiffs on the fastball, we probably don’t talk about it. I don’t know. We’ll never find out.</p><p>“There’s always that second-guess that I could have thrown (another) slider and hung a slider, and he could have hit that out, too. It’s always easier to second-guess once the damage is done, but I just didn’t execute my pitch,” Hader continued.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Big Dumper off Josh Hader for the lead in the ninth! <a href="https://t.co/XflHqWs62i">pic.twitter.com/XflHqWs62i</a></p><p>— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1787225840964489245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>On the season, Hader has a 1-3 record and a poor 6.14 ERA and a 1.432 WHIP across 15 games (14.2 innings)/</p><h2><b>Fans react to Josh Hader’s blunder in Astros’ loss to Mariners</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Josh-Hader-of-the-Astros-pitching-against-the-Mariners.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>“I’m so glad we spent a whole ass Brinks truck on Josh Hader. What would we do without him??? #Relentless,” a sarcastic @Swestfall said.</p><p>“Is anyone delusional enough to reply to this tweet and tell me why the Josh Hader contract will ultimately benefit the Astros? ☹️” a disgruntled @AstrosJosh said.</p><p>“I’d like to see Josh Hader made available for postgame interview. I’d like to hear from him on what exactly he thinks is the reason that he f**king sucks a*s so much this season,” an angry @BenOndaTop posted on X.</p><p>Even Bryan Abreu has seemingly caught the ire of mad Astros fans. He pitched in the eighth inning of the Mariners game and gave up the game-tying run off of a Dylan Moore single.</p><p>“The back of the bullpen ruining a game again. There’s a reason the Astros haven’t won a game where they’ve trailed after the 7th. Bryan Abreu and Josh Hader lost this game. The back end was supposed to be a strength and has been a nightmare. Unacceptable,” shared @michaelschwab13.</p><p>“Astros Game 34. Josh Hader appears to be taking the Jose Abreu route where you come to Houston, get paid A LOT of money, and are a complete waste. Bryan Abreu sucks too. Pathetic,” @DanTheMan4256 chimed in.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	HOLDS	SAVES
213	3.803	105	0.9577	0	34

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	HOLDS	SAVES
213	3.803	105	0.9577	0	34

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