Pitching Coach Must Be Doing Something Right

With his wheels, he could do what Willy does to add 50 points to his average, bunt. If he could learn it, he could beat out  2-3 out of 5, not to mention bring the infield in and have the pitchers diving toward home on thier release, screwing up thier rhythm, helping draw more walks. He seems to be a hard working kid with insane wheels, I'd really like to see him make it, not to mention what he could do for the Astros.

I agree with both comments from you guys about Bourne.  However, he's still young and still learning.  I would give him a full season to develop.  Last season he was hitting .277.

Willy Taveras took him about a full season to learn the game.  There's no doubt Bourne is a speed demon.  Eventually, I think he will learn how to use his speed and bunt his way on. 

I watched him played yesterday in the 7th inning.  The first ball he hit barely went foul along first base line.  A little bit of luck would have cleared the base for him.  The second hit in the same at bat was caught by an outreached arm of Matt Kemp.  That one would have cleared the base too in the 7th inning.  Again, a little bit more juice on that ball would have been a hit.  I feel confident that this guy would do well down the road. 

The Astros need to be patient and allow him to learn the game by letting him play full season.  But I also agree that he needs to work with hitting coach to develop better approach at the plate instead of trying to pull the ball everytime.

The scary thing about Bourn is that he's got 17 stolen bases and he's not even hitting .200. If the guy hit .250 or .260 he could get 85-90 steals.What a potential weapon!

There's no way I'd want to give up on him at this stage because the talent is obviously there.I'm thinking maybe Cooper could give Erstad and Cruz a few starts and and take a little pressure off of Bourn.

patience is the key. I dont want Bourne to end up like Willy, playing for another team because they gave up on him. With the way our lineup is set right now I believe they can be happy with just stellar defense from him. In other words despite his poor hitting I believe we can still win. Does this mean he should continue to lead off? Maybe not, but we have options there as well. I beleive Matsui would be a good leadoff guy. Although I hope they continue to let Bourne hit there and let him work things out. He will come around.

if Bourn and Towles could hit 250- and we could get some solid (continued) starting pitching.. this team would win the division..

so far..i am very happy with the job by the pitching coach..he has taken 4 #4 starters and some rag arms in the bullpen and done a great job..