Past two games have me frustrated

I know that watching a good time like the Astros sort of raises expectations. It makes the team and it's members hard to criticize, but ,at the same time, it makes it feel like these criticisms are even more necessary to maintain this dominance.

I struggle to keep myself from being frustrated watching martin Maldonado and Baker participate in this team. It feels as though they don't really belong anymore on a team so reliant on young talent, analytics, and cutting edge strategy.

This especially has come to the front of my mind with seeing the defensive catcher value for Martin that sees him ranked near last in passed balls and framing runs.

Bakers bullpen management throughout the season has also had me worried with him being to confident in his discerning eye. It seems as though he thinks he sees things that the rest of us aren't capable of noticing due to our lack of baseball experience. This may be true, but in my non expert opinion I don't think anything small enough not to be noticed by millions of fans probably isn't large enough to not be noticed by fans.

This whole thing is pretty ranty but I had to get it out there before I shouted at my dog or smthn just frustrated really

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