2020 Astros Season Thread

[UTexasFight 9380]

I miss the good ol days

 

[HillaryFan420 121]

The offense and bullpen have been frustrating, and JV's situation sucks, but on the bright side the Astros have in the past year identified some players that can help keep the window open through 2024 in Valdez, Javier, Urquidy, Paredes, Scrubb, and Taylor.  With these guys in the fold the Astros will have more flexibility in addressing the OF and potentially adding a top-line SP.  Astros should only have around $150M committed for next season and maybe less than that if insurance is able to eat some of Verlander's salary.  That's quite a bit of flexibility for an owner who has shown willingness to get into the luxury tax to support a competitive team.  

[UTexasFight 9380]

All I know is I wish JV had shut it down a couple of weeks after the “strain” when Dusty reported he wasn’t progressing as hoped.

Sure hindsight 20/20 and at his age, I get wanting to avoid losing 12-15 months, but going under the knife in mid-August, he had an outside chance to be back in form by the postseason next year. 
now he’s fucked himself (and the Astros) for all of next year.

and with a strike looming after next season, who knows when he’ll actually pitch again....but he turns 39 in Feb 2022 so it’ll be sometime after that.

 

just a disaster of a “season” on so many levels

[UTexasFight 9380]

This is some mid-70s Astrodome level of offense 

 

 

Edited September 22, 2020 by UTexasFight

[FondrenRoad 4378]

5 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

All I know is I wish JV had shut it down a couple of weeks after the “strain” when Dusty reported he wasn’t progressing as hoped.

Sure hindsight 20/20 and at his age, I get wanting to avoid losing 12-15 months, but going under the knife in mid-August, he had an outside chance to be back in form by the postseason next year. 
now he’s fucked himself (and the Astros) for all of next year.

and with a strike looming after next season, who knows when he’ll actually pitch again....but he turns 39 in Feb 2022 so it’ll be sometime after that.

 

just a disaster of a “season” on so many levels

I don't think JV is ever coming back.  Astros surely shouldn't rely on it.  He has earned his Astro for life rainbow jersey though. Hope he wears our hat in the hall. 

Need to sign a pitcher from elsewhere for next year.  But as bad as this year's pitching has been, its the shitty bats that have us where we are.  We could have Cy Young, Nolan Ryan, peak JV, and roid Clemens pitching and still be treading water. 

[Texas St. Armadillos 1381]

There is no way JV is not going into the HOF with a Tigers hat.

[Guadaloopy 10926]

2 hours ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

There is no way JV is not going into the HOF with a Tigers hat.

[HillaryFan420 121]

Framber day!


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[HillaryFan420 121]

Thank God Tucker has emerged as a plus hitter or we would be really fucked.


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[Pimphand 5599]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.  Altuve has to be having the worst season ever 3 years removed from an MVP season that wasn't saddled with injury.

[Scraps 13542]

Well at least he didn't win the MVP last year and suck like Bellinger.

[WBT 20422]

clutch 5 hole with 2 outs

[FondrenRoad 4378]

54 minutes ago, HillaryFan420 said:

Thank God Tucker has emerged as a plus hitter or we would be really fucked.


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Pleasantly surprised but yep.

9 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

I've said it before and I'll say it again.  Altuve has to be having the worst season ever 3 years removed from an MVP season that wasn't saddled with injury.

He needs to reset to his original game. He can put a bat on any ball. He needs to try to be more Ichiro and less Cecil Fielder. Altuve could hit 400 if he just tried to put the ball in play.

[WBT 20422]

machete!

[rvm96 1643]

[Ichabod 184]

What are these crooked numbers?

Edited September 23, 2020 by Ichabod

[FondrenRoad 4378]

I had forgotten that 3 run home runs were possible for the Astros. I've seen other teams hit them, even yesterday, and read about the Astros hitting them in history books. 

[UTexasFight 9380]

31 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

I've said it before and I'll say it again.  Altuve has to be having the worst season ever 3 years removed from an MVP season that wasn't saddled with injury.

I don’t have any names off the top of my head, but there is no way this is even close to accurate

 

that said, let’s just hope he doesn’t have a season 4 years removed like Kris Bryant is having this year 

[Rimbo 25785]

So the word "Frambering" has an entirely different meaning now than it did last season. Geez,, these throws are just filthy af.

Valdez and Tucker have been the two best things about 2020.

In an awfully crowded competition for worst thing about Astros baseball in 2020, I gotta vote for Tuve. The one guy who didn't cheat suddenly batting .210.

[Rimbo 25785]

and he K's another hapless batter just as I type that

[runthebone 7932]

Altuve is saving his hits for the postseason, I hope.

[HillaryFan420 121]

Framber is one of the best 30 pitchers in baseball.


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[FondrenRoad 4378]

5 minutes ago, HillaryFan420 said:

Framber is one of the best 30 pitchers in baseball.


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Last year, I would have thought you left off a zero or two. 

[UTexasFight 9380]

Amazing what happens when you figure out how to throw strikes.

*cough* Josh James *cough*

[FondrenRoad 4378]

4 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Amazing what happens when you figure out how to throw strikes.

*cough* Josh James *cough*

He needs to go to Charlie Sheen's optometrist from major league. When James actually throws strikes, the movement is nasty.  But maybe its just fools gold when he does it. 

[Guadaloopy 10926]

I actually feel good about the starting pitching if they make the playoffs.  That’s probably the strongest element of the team right now, which is absolutely nuts.  And the bullpen has really come around.    

[runthebone 7932]

8 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:

He needs to go to Charlie Sheen's optometrist from major league. When James actually throws strikes, the movement is nasty.  But maybe its just fools gold when he does it. 

I wonder if they've checked Altuve's vision.  Maybe his pterygium has worsened.

[UTexasFight 9380]

Kalas had to go and ruin an otherwise perfectly good evening by reminding me we screwed ourselves out of back to back ROYs by playing Tucker in that last game in Anaheim last year 

[Ichabod 184]

I think James got LASIK 

[WBT 20422]

magic number is 2

[HillaryFan420 121]

Kalas had to go and ruin an otherwise perfectly good evening by reminding me we screwed ourselves out of back to back ROYs by playing Tucker in that last game in Anaheim last year 

I think Lewis would still be ROY. Keep in mind though that Tucker is two years younger than Lewis.


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[TonyTexas 10482]

2 hours ago, WBT said:

magic number is 2

We can’t count on any Angels’ losses. They finish with the Dodgers. I could see those crybabies booting games out of spite. 

[Pimphand 5599]

7 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

I don’t have any names off the top of my head, but there is no way this is even close to accurate

that said, let’s just hope he doesn’t have a season 4 years removed like Kris Bryant is having this year 

At least Kris Bryant isn't getting paid $29,000,000 this year to produce a -0.7 WAR.  At least Josh Reddick is giving us the -0.7 WAR at $13,000,000

Edited September 23, 2020 by Pimphand

[Ichabod 184]

3 hours ago, Pimphand said:

At least Kris Bryant isn't getting paid $29,000,000 this year to produce a -0.7 WAR.  At least Josh Reddick is giving us the -0.7 WAR at $13,000,000

It's $26,000,000. But let's not let facts get in the way.

[UTexasFight 9380]

9 hours ago, HillaryFan420 said:

I think Lewis would still be ROY. Keep in mind though that Tucker is two years younger than Lewis.


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It would be tight. And a good debate. And couldn’t go wrong with either guy. 
dat 6 triples tho!

 

but yeah, Lewis would probably take it on the strength of his defense. I have no idea if he’s actually better defensively, but he definitely has more highlights/web gems 

[Pimphand 5599]

4 hours ago, Ichabod said:

It's $26,000,000. But let's not let facts get in the way.

Take the issue up with Baseball Reference: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/altuvjo01.shtml

All I did was copy & paste the salary from there.

[Scraps 13542]

Mike Stanton's key to the game:

 

"They need to start doing the little things like move the runner over, and don't commit errors"

 

 

Thanks dickhead for those amazing suggestions that they should start doing now on game 56

 

 

[perfectchaos007 6596]

Not a great start for Greinke 

[Guadaloopy 10926]

10 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Not a great start for Greinke 

Only gave up one, so that’s a win considering. 

[Guadaloopy 10926]

Altuve not catching any breaks. 

[HillaryFan420 121]

It is hard to believe this is largely the same offense as last season.

[huge 3788]

Doesn’t look the same. Act the same. Hit the same

SAD!

[Scraps 13542]

Amazing AB George smh

[HtownHorn 14488]

Alex Cintron needs to be fired. This team needs better coaching.

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Alex Cintron needs to be fired. This team needs better coaching.

Ya, because he swings the bat for them. These guys are proven hitters. The cheating scandal fucked with their heads. Especially Altuve. It’s in their fucking heads.

[Guadaloopy 10926]

Someone call customer support because our Bregman seems to be broken.  

[Guadaloopy 10926]

Even our “put the game out of reach” specialist can’t get the job done tonight.  

[UTexasFight 9380]

Lynn is going to no-hit us tomorrow, isn’t he 

[Guadaloopy 10926]

Hey!  No shutout again.  Yippee!

[Guadaloopy 10926]

Get upset, George.