2020 Astros Season Thread

[tx 3 putt 78730]

4 minutes ago, Monty Capuletti said:

Greinke pitched yesterday so wouldn't that put him in line to start game 3 on Tuesday?

meant to swap him and LMJ. but maybe grienke goes game 4 ?

[Jshep34 2426]

Hey guys stop presenting facts to show proof that alot of other MLB teams cheated/used video surveillance. It gets in the way of the narrative

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[wood 11766]

27 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Yeah that was Verducci's SI article in Nov 2018 in which he detailed the widespread suspicions about multiple teams using electronic surveillance to steal signs and how it was a big problem for baseball because of.... pace of play. Nothing about the sanctity of the game or any historic cheating, just how slow play was A Huge Problem Manfred Needs to Address because it didn't sit well with the short-attention span "fans."

Yeah of course nothing about the sanctity of the game until they needed to pin it all on one team to protect the Yankees, and Dodgers.

Edited October 10, 2020 by wood

[Scraps 13809]

Confirmed 6:30pm Sunday and 3 pm Monday

 

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Boone should have let Cole keep going. It’s an elimination game!

[Gourmand 7778]

 

 

I'm gonna watch this about eleventy hundred more times before Sunday

[WBT 20994]

There's a ton of cool pictures here: https://astros.mlblogs.com/alds-game-4-vs-oakland-athletics-5193294ffb48

 

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Supposed to be slammin buds, not coors lite

[Scraps 13809]

Yankees would be the easier team to beat but it is always funny as hell to watch their demise over and over

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Yankees would be the easier team to beat but it is always funny as hell to watch their demise over and over

We’re playing with house money. I really don’t give a shit.

[runthebone 8380]

So did Chapman give up that homer because the Rays were stealing signs?

[henrygandorf 29228]

3 hours ago, tx ind said:

Astros are completely in the Dodgers heads if he is opining on them right now.

friedman is from houston too, related to family friends.  i can only assume he grew up a stros fan.  whatevs.

[runthebone 8380]

2 minutes ago, Tommy Nobis said:

We’re playing with house money. I really don’t give a shit.

The Astros will be big underdogs this series, but they might as well let their nuts hang.

[tx 3 putt 78730]

Bring on the Rays. It’s going to be a war 

[WBT 20994]

So Rays, huh?  Cool.

[TonyTexas 10785]

2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Yankees would be the easier team to beat but it is always funny as hell to watch their demise over and over

I’m ambivalent. Rays have tough pitching but “our story “ will not be as front and center. It doesn’t make a fuck. We’re going to get it done. 

[TonyTexas 10785]

2 minutes ago, runthebone said:

The Astros will be big underdogs this series, but they might as well let their nuts hang.

I don’t think  it will be as big as against the evil empire. Rays are maybe a 7/5 favorite 

[UTexasFight 9819]

No way we beat the rays

 

 

but no way I expected us to be this far.

keep it rolling 

 

maybe click can be the equalizer

Edited October 10, 2020 by UTexasFight

[Limp Brisket 549]

That last out was hit hard to 3B.

 

[TonyTexas 10785]

Expect all our game time starts to be at 4:00am

[Sleepygrad 1042]

Part of me really wanted to play the Yankees and beat those whiney bitches....but another part of me loves that Cole’s going home

Such confusion

[WBT 20994]

There's a new member of the club!

Edited October 10, 2020 by WBT

[WBT 20994]

I thought tonight's game seemed familiar.  *fewer

[UTexasFight 9819]

15 minutes ago, Sleepygrad said:

Part of me really wanted to play the Yankees and beat those whiney bitches....but another part of me loves that Cole’s going home

Such confusion

I still don’t get the cole hate but whatever

I wanted him to stick around one more round because his team is worse than the Rays, he’s the only pitcher worth a damn on that staff and he was in line to start only one game on regular rest in the LCS

[IDIOTsavant 8690]

8 minutes ago, WBT said:

I thought tonight's game seemed familiar.  *fewer

60% of the time it works every time.

[TonyTexas 10785]

It hasn’t been mentioned but Click’s knowledge of the Rays’ roster couldn’t hurt.  

[runthebone 8380]

13 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

It hasn’t been mentioned but Click’s knowledge of the Rays’ roster couldn’t hurt.  

I mentioned it a few days ago, I'm sure he will do everything he can to help.

 

Like:  stop hanging shitty breaking balls.

[kevwun 16444]

You could buy one hell of a starting rotation with 324 million dollars.  Or you could spend it all on one guy and lose playoffs series because the rest of your rotation is garbage.

[WBT 20994]

Fangraphs puts us at 51.7% favorites to reach the WS.

[elfenix 34760]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

Expect all our game time starts to be at 4:00am

good thing i got all that korean league practice in

[Sleepygrad 1042]

I still don’t get the cole hate but whatever
I wanted him to stick around one more round because his team is worse than the Rays, he’s the only pitcher worth a damn on that staff and he was in line to start only one game on regular rest in the LCS

I love Cole as a pitcher and love what he did here. I hate the way he left and his actions immediately following game 7. No need to rehash, but it feels good that he left us for greener pastures and now we’re waiting to meet him in the ALCS and he’s going home

[runthebone 8380]

37 minutes ago, WBT said:

Fangraphs puts us at 51.7% favorites to reach the WS.

ESPN's preview says 63.3% Rays.  I 100% don't give a shit.

[HillaryFan420 121]

I love Cole as a pitcher and love what he did here. I hate the way he left and his actions immediately following game 7. No need to rehash, but it feels good that he left us for greener pastures and now we’re waiting to meet him in the ALCS and he’s going home

He was pissed because he didn’t get the ball in the biggest game of his career when he was ready and willing to slam the door on the Nats. I was pissed too.

[IDIOTsavant 8690]

1 minute ago, runthebone said:

ESPN's preview says 63.3% Rays.  I 100% don't give a shit.

Based on the layoff thread, I don't think ESPN is great with the maths.

[HillaryFan420 121]

People talk a lot about Rays pitching, but Framber Valdez imo is the best pitcher that will take the mound in the ALCS and a healthy Greinke would be the second best.

[The Dog 44862]

10 minutes ago, HillaryFan420 said:

People talk a lot about Rays pitching, but Framber Valdez imo is the best pitcher that will take the mound in the ALCS and a healthy Greinke would be the second best.

Framber has been a revelation. Hope he keeps it up.

[David Dennison 19567]

'Member when the Rockets won the whole thing as a six seed?

I 'member.

[tx 3 putt 78730]

 

 

[UTHornFan014 755]

 
 

Embrace the hate! This one made me laugh though...

But, can we have CFM back for these next couple series?

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[Dnaguy 12695]

9 hours ago, WBT said:

So Rays, huh?  Cool.

[UTexasFight 9819]

8 hours ago, HillaryFan420 said:

People talk a lot about Rays pitching, but Framber Valdez imo is the best pitcher that will take the mound in the ALCS and a healthy Greinke would be the second best.

Ummm I love Framber and Grienke but something something Tyler Glasnow.

we’re out in 4 in the LDS last year if he’s not a dipshit and holds his glove in the same spot 

[Rockethorn1978 6206]

Astros are hot right now and I hope what we are seeing isn’t just a streak, maybe the regular season wasn’t who they are and now they are back to the confident bomb hitting stros we all know and love. 
 

If the stros won it all people will still bitch and moan so fuck em. 
 

knocked off the division winner in each round so far so fitting we get the next one up. 

[UTexasFight 9819]

16 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Astros are hot right now and I hope what we are seeing isn’t just a streak, maybe the regular season wasn’t who they are and now they are back to the confident bomb hitting stros we all know and love. 
 

If the stros won it all people will still bitch and moan so fuck em. 
 

knocked off the division winner in each round so far so fitting we get the next one up. 

I like that 

knock off the 3, then the 2, then the 1 seed in your league, then the overall #1 in the WS.

to your first comment, I think you’re right on the bats and we’re seeing that normalize

unfortunately, I think the regular season bullpen is who they are and we’re going to see some normalization back to that in the next round.
 

But hopefully the bats can stay hot. Against that Rays staff though, I don’t know. Hopefully Cash brings in Fairbanks at a crucial time. he seems to be their Josh James

[Mez2 4048]

We just have to try our best

[UTexasFight 9819]

23 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

We just have to try our best

Tomorrow is the most important game of the year

[tx 3 putt 78730]

28 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Tomorrow is the most important game of the year

This 100% true 

[HillaryFan420 121]

1 hour ago, UTexasFight said:

Ummm I love Framber and Grienke but something something Tyler Glasnow.

we’re out in 4 in the LDS last year if he’s not a dipshit and holds his glove in the same spot 

Glasnow hasn't been as effective this season as last year.  You can certainly argue that Glasnow is likely to be the more effective pitcher over the rest of his career, but Framber has clearly been better this season. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19468]

Go team go. Win those baseball games. 

[TonyTexas 10785]

Tampa Bay opens as a -167 favorite for the series 

[FondrenRoad 4378]

12 hours ago, David Dennison said:

'Member when the Rockets won the whole thing as a six seed?

I 'member.

Its not dissimilar. That Rockets team lolligagged through the regular season too. 

But also the Astros looked even worse because they were completely incapable of winning extra innings games with the man on 2nd format.