Weekly Report 07.26 - 08.01

Offensive Player of the Week:

Chun-Hsiu Chen hit for .444 for the week. After a hot start to the season he's cooled off a bit, but he earned a promotion to high-A a couple weeks ago and has high average and decent power throughout the season. It should be noted his path to the majors might be blocked by Carlos Santana. If Chen is forced to move to 1B or 3B, his bat may not be enough to allow him to make the majors.

Pitcher of the Week:

It was a poor week for pitchers overall. Chen-Chang Lee gave up no earned runs, but he walked 2 in 3 innings of work. Week to week evaluations of pitchers are often tough since they make very few appearances. One bad outing can make a whole week seem terrible while one good start can mask deficiencies from previous weeks. It's a matter of sample size and this week pitchers had a dose of bad luck.

Could the Astros have predicted Lo's injury? A scouting perspective

(編按：羅嘉仁於5月7號因為手臂受傷進入傷兵名單。藉由這個機會，一起來認識一下小聯盟的投手培養方式及運動傷害。不敢說分析來的結果就是真正的原因，所以有什麼意見也歡迎大家討論，謝謝！)

Usually one of the first questions asked when a pitcher is injured was whether he was overworked. As we will see in this article, the answer to this question depends on which level the pitcher is currently at. Let's take a look at Lo's workload so far this year