2020 Astros Season Thread

[David Dennison 19560]

16 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

This is just sad. Part of me wants the season to be canceled.

Me too, but only because the Yankees are ridiculously good and I think it would be hilarious.

[henrygandorf 29228]

20 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Me too, but only because the Yankees are ridiculously good and I think it would be hilarious.

eh, they have one starter. they’re better than us right now, that’s for sure. we can’t hit or stay healthy in the pen. 

[WBT 20990]

1 hour ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Astros signed Sugarland Skeeter Chase de Jong.  Get out to Sugarland and pitch if you wanna be in the Astros bullpen this year

T-Mac, come on down!

[Jshep34 2426]

The rocket will be next

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[UTexasFight 9819]

He turns 59 tomorrow... Satchel Paige pitched when he was 59.

 

sign him up!

Edited August 4, 2020 by UTexasFight

[Pablo 500]

1 hour ago, DaysOff said:

This is just sad. Part of me wants the season to be canceled.

only part?  so depressing.  gotta think the stars are like fuck this shit.

[DaysOff 8212]

They do seem to be just going through the motions. Or are they? This shit without people in the stands is bizarre and creepy.

[Scraps 13807]

Astros signed Sugarland Skeeter Chase de Jong.  Get out to Sugarland and pitch if you wanna be in the Astros bullpen this year

When's the parade?

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[Pablo 500]

Pitchers obviously needed more time to be ready for this season.  They’re dropping like flies. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

Wrong thread.

[kevwun 16444]

10 hours ago, Pablo said:

Pitchers obviously needed more time to be ready for this season.  They’re dropping like flies. 

It takes a very strict regime to get the human arm to handle the kind of abuse MLB pitchers put their arms through.  None of them got to go through their normal process of getting their arms ready for the season.

[WBT 20990]

All that is true but it doesn't have much to do with Soroka rupturing his Achilles running to cover 1st.

[UTexasFight 9819]

18 minutes ago, WBT said:

All that is true but it doesn't have much to do with Soroka rupturing his Achilles running to cover 1st.

But his Achilles would have had more stamina from at least another week of PFPs!

[UTexasFight 9819]

26 games in the next 27 days.

Paging mez and 3putt to the taxi squad

 

[tx 3 putt 78717]

54 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

26 games in the next 27 days.

Paging mez and 3putt to the taxi squad

 

Move the mound 10ft closer and I’m the Mexican Justin Verlander !

[Planet Houston 4950]

 

My opinion:

[Gourmand 7778]

[Js1 87214]

[UTexasFight 9819]

He’ll have 12-18 months to try again with his hair 

[kevwun 16444]

If he was trying to look like a teenage girl who got braids on her first visit to Cancun, he nailed it.

[Gourmand 7778]

 

[Planet Houston 4950]

So I presume Pressley is the new closer?  Is he even healthy?  

[Gourmand 7778]

Just now, Planet Houston said:

So I presume Pressley is the new closer?  Is he even healthy?  

[Scraps 13807]

So I presume Pressley is the new closer?  Is he even healthy?  

Do you even Fernando Rodney bro?

[DaysOff 8212]

Maybe Osuna and JV can get a 2 for 1 price on the surgery.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

We're on the alternate channel again tonight. Better hope the game is over before midnight.

[runthebone 8379]

16 minutes ago, Scraps said:

32 minutes ago, Planet Houston said:

So I presume Pressley is the new closer?  Is he even healthy?  

Do you even Fernando Rodney bro?

Shoot that arrow in the sky!

 

[UTexasFight 9819]

6 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

We're on the alternate channel again tonight. Better hope the game is over before midnight.

The top two teams in issuing bases on balls...

don’t bet on it 

 

 

edit: check that. Mariners and Pirates have moved ahead... but they've also played more games

Edited August 4, 2020 by UTexasFight

[UTexasFight 9819]

aaaand this is where we are:

”The Astros make their second stop on this 9-game road trip in Arizona where they’ll take on the Diamondbacks in some middle of the week action. Diamondbacks veteran, Madison Bumgarner will take on the Astros lights out rookie bullpen.

[msbesq 388]

This season(the first two games) was fun while it lasted.

[Fozzz 152]

2 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

aaaand this is where we are:

”The Astros make their second stop on this 9-game road trip in Arizona where they’ll take on the Diamondbacks in some middle of the week action. Diamondbacks veteran, Madison Bumgarner will take on the Astros lights out rookie bullpen.

It's been a like a week, and outside of Taylor, none of the other rookies who will remain in the pen (Framber and Javier will both be at least tandem starters in the near future) have been "lights out."  If there have been any pleasent surprises this season on the pitching side, it's that the idea of an LMJ/Greinke/Urquidy/Javier/Valdez rotation is a more appetizing option today than it would have been entering the season.

[tx 3 putt 78717]

who's closing for the skeeters ?

[Scraps 13807]

Dbacks have sucked at hitting this season....they are batting under .200 as a team and i think like ranked 27th in the league

We are like 6th  at .255 and that is with our top 3 sucking for the majority of the season so far.  

 

we are first in OBP and the Dbacks are next to last.   They are also last in SLG and OPS.  

 

We need to fuck these dudes up 

[Fozzz 152]

3 hours ago, Planet Houston said:

So I presume Pressley is the new closer?  Is he even healthy?  

Just shut him down and save him for 2021 lol.  What this season is doing to the careers of quite a few pitchers should be the second biggest story of this season besides the COVID shenanigans. 

[TonyTexas 10783]

Brantley dealing with a quad injury. Taylor unavailable for an undisclosed reason. This is getting stupid. I’m glad the playoffs were expanded because we’re going to need one of those extra spots. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

[tx 3 putt 78717]

tucker and toro need to start upping their trade value 

[Scraps 13807]

tucker and toro need to start upping their trade value 

Good luck

[TonyTexas 10783]

15 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

tucker and toro need to start upping their trade value 

Are you not looking forward to the Dawson, Straw and Tucker outfield next year?

[UTexasFight 9819]

2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Brantley dealing with a quad injury. Taylor unavailable for an undisclosed reason. This is getting stupid. I’m glad the playoffs were expanded because we’re going to need one of those extra spots. 

Or maybe this is all part of Click’s long game to ensure our next crop of major league contributors continue their development in 2020 while minor leaguers for the other 29 teams sit on their ass and get fat.

1) home field means nothing this year.

2) while we’re still going to win the west, suppose we don’t, there is no way in hell 8 out of the other 14 teams in the AL will have a better record than this team

3) assuming no JV, we’re much more likely to beat the Yankees in a 3 or 5 game series than 7 if we end up against them in round 1 or 2.

Edited August 5, 2020 by UTexasFight

[Guest]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

tucker and toro need to start upping their trade value 

este.

Was just about to post about Tucker living up to his billing, but yeah...trade value works too.

[tx 3 putt 78717]

I’ll take it 

[UTexasFight 9819]

Baseball is fun 

[Planet Houston 4950]

Boomtown!

[elfenix 34754]

Getting my correabomb notification from mlb app a minute before the app's radio feed has it

[WBT 20990]

Keep talking shit about correa

[UTexasFight 9819]

D-Backs advance scouting must suck

no excuse not to have 3 guys on the right side of 2nd base with Ted up 

Edited August 5, 2020 by UTexasFight

[UTexasFight 9819]

7 minutes ago, elfenix said:

Getting my correabomb notification from mlb app a minute before the app's radio feed has it

Yeah it’s horribad tonight.

Usually mlb.tv is slightly behind the app radio feed

radio feed is 3-4 pitches behind tonight 

[kevwun 16444]

Yeah, I was already rolling my eyes at the gidp when he hit it.