Gresh & Fauria: Will Flemming on Triston Casas and the offense
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00:00The lineup they had yesterday, in spite of the output,
00:02is the best lineup they've had all year long.
00:05I mean, with Kostas back, with O'Neal back,
00:07and we've seen it now, guys, for three weeks.
00:09This offense is awesome.
00:11I mean, what's crazy is they're scoring almost seven
00:15runs a game, and they're below 500 for a three-week span,
00:19which tells you where this thing is headed and where it's been.
00:22But the offense is awesome.
00:24A big part of that is the way that Alex
00:27does maximize all of those so-called platoon advantages,
00:31where he has pushed all the right buttons.
00:34Obviously, a part of adding to that awesome offense
00:37is Tristan Kostas' return.
00:39A couple of weeks ago, our guy Lou Merloni talking to him,
00:42he was kind of, I think, tampering expectations
00:45a little bit with, you know, get your timing back.
00:48It can take a while.
00:50And Kostas has looked pretty good out of the gates here.
00:52I'm just wondering what your view from the press box
00:55has been of Tristan Kostas for a few games here.
00:58Yeah, super impressive.
00:59I was with Lou, and I still remain kind of there
01:01in that I don't think we should all expect, you know,
01:05the monster that we saw in the second half of last year,
01:08where he was kind of the best hitter in baseball,
01:10nor the guy who got hot in April before he got hurt.
01:13But, you know, it reminded me this weekend
01:16that one of the great things about Kostas the player
01:20is that in some ways he's kind of slump-proof
01:23because he's got such a great feel for the strike zone.
01:26And he showed that again in Baltimore.
01:28He got five hits, and, you know, he took his walks,
01:31and he really moved the line effectively.
01:33So, you know, he doesn't have the power yet.
01:35We'll see whether that comes here in Houston or not,
01:37but he is, he's still himself,
01:41and his DNA as a hitter is really cool to watch.
01:43And he just adds another layer to this lineup.
01:46And, you know, back to the other Andy's question
01:48about Alex Cora and pushing all these buttons,
01:50I think it's so cool how he splits up
01:53Devers and Kostas in the lineup
01:55to make it really hard for opposing managers
01:58to figure out where they're going to go
02:00late in games with lefties.
02:02It just allows them to have so many more weapons offensively,
02:06and they really are swinging it right now.