Astros Fall Short, Imai Steps Forward Against Misiorowski

About this episode

The episode discusses Tatsuya Imai's promising performance against Jacob Misiorowski and analyzes the Astros' series against the Brewers.

Tatsuya Imai went toe-to-toe with Milwaukee Brewers phenom Jacob Misiorowski and delivered the most encouraging start of his major-league career. Tyler Stafford and The Athletic's Chandler Rome discuss Imai's progression and debate whether he's turned the corner before analyzing the rest of an encouraging series against the Brewers, including Joe Espada's management of game one and how to handle Bryan Abreu.  Get 20% off your first order of $125 or more at MackWeldon.com with promo code FOUL  Use our code for 10% off your next order of MLB tickets on SeatGeek*: seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Tyler Stafford

Guest: Chandler Rome

Topics covered

• Astros
• baseball
• Tatsuya Imai
• Jacob Misiorowski
• game management
• Bryan Abreu
• Milwaukee Brewers

Keywords

• Tatsuya Imai
• Jacob Misiorowski
• Astros
• Milwaukee Brewers
• Tyler Stafford
• Chandler Rome
• game management
• Bryan Abreu
• baseball

Sponsors

MackWeldon, SeatGeek

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Athletic

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