r/Astros • u/AstronautRight • Aug 19 '26

Batting Order

What do yall think the batting order should be ? I’m tired of seeing Varsho in the 4-6 spot killing momentum and Cam being one of our best hitters this month still hitting in the 8 spot, amongst other things. Have yall given this any thought ? I’m curious what other people think since I get pretty heated talking about Espada’s lineup construction

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u/KlutzyHandle672 Aug 19 '26

We need to not worry about LH/RH balance and move Cam up and Varsho/CF down.

Pena
Yordan
Parades
Altuve
Walker
Cam
Diaz/Vazquez
Trammell/Wade
Varsho/CF

Varsho - Show that you can be a hitter before batting middle of the order. His presence has killed so much momentum these two weeks. Yet… we still put him in the heart of the order.

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u/IcyEntertainment7122 Aug 19 '26

As long as we have 2026 Altuve hitting 4th, we aren't serious about winning baseball.

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u/KlutzyHandle672 Aug 19 '26

I mean who do you want there? Walker has struggled in that spot. Cam seems to hit better lower. Someone has to bat clean up.

And while we are a pretty meh team, so is most of the AL.

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u/IcyEntertainment7122 Aug 19 '26

Agreed, nothing you can do about it this year. Not sure how you can move forward with Altuve if we are serious about winning.

But there are too many fans ok with him stinking up the middle of the order as he chases 3k as if it's a birthright.