2020 Astros Season Thread

[WBT 20884]

50 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

c) he inherited a shitshow of a front office that even an HOF GM may have had trouble doing much with in year 1.

Could you expound on this?  I'd say the front office had been doing a pretty good job.

[kevwun 16269]

It's been pretty gutted by other clubs poaching talent and then the scandal.

[UTexasFight 9788]

40 minutes ago, WBT said:

Could you expound on this?  I'd say the front office had been doing a pretty good job.

Culture-wise + brain drain the last couple of years. Sure “next man up” mentality for the latter, but coming in to situation that needed a culture overhaul on top of addressing a rapidly closing window, without some of the brains that opened the window in the first place is not the rosiest of places to land.

[Pimphand 6266]

Yeah letting go of Hinch was mana from heaven.  Letting go of Luhnow was heading straight into Dante's Inferno.

Crane is an idiot.

[perfectchaos007 6766]

Chances of making the playoffs rapidly falling

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

A two run deficit feels insurmountable.

[WBT 20884]

Bregman's back but Dusty don't care.  Another Mayfield start!

[perfectchaos007 6766]

We've gotten a 2 out hit every inning. 0 runs to show for it

[Scraps 13745]

Bregman's back but Dusty don't care.  Another Mayfield start!

Wut.

Someone has to play 2nd

[Scraps 13745]

Good to see Bregman go 1st to 3rd on that play without any issue

[WBT 20884]

11 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Wut.

Someone has to play 2nd

Diaz, Toro, Straw not available?

Leadoff double, let's see how we fuck this one up.

[Scraps 13745]

Doubt diaz can play 2 games in 1 day.

Toro and Straw lmao. Like there is any significant difference in those three dopes

[WBT 20884]

Not really, but Mayfield is 29 years old, made his MLB debut last year when he was up for like 2 weeks due to injuries,  but now it's like he's the 1st name on the lineup card.  Or 3rd or something.  He's started 4 of our last 5 and 7 of our last 11.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Name that astros is Berkman

[Scraps 13745]

And will prob be DFA after the 2nd game tonight

[WBT 20884]

For Bregman's on base streak that Kalas keeps talking about, when you knock Jordan Schaffer out of the record book you know you're doing something.

[UTexasFight 9788]

Pro

hitter

[WBT 20884]

Uncle Mike!!

[Scraps 13745]

Brantley is on fire today

[rvm96 1643]

Best Brantley gif I could find 

[UTexasFight 9788]

Throw the ball George!

you could have gunned him 

[UTexasFight 9788]

.500 after 42 games

let’s win the last 18!

[rvm96 1643]

1 minute ago, UTexasFight said:

.500 after 42 games

let’s win the last 18!

I get that they are down but already conceding this game is weak imo 

[UTexasFight 9788]

Just now, rvm96 said:

I get that they are down but already conceding this game is weak imo 

Forgot we were the home team... but even still, IDK that 3 or 6 outs left will make much of a difference.

[UTexasFight 9788]

5.5 BBs/ 9 IP for the bullpen through 42 games

holy hell 

[UTexasFight 9788]

Great discussion by Kalas and Blum here.

sure would be nice to at least get their closer in this game and out of the way for game 2

[Honeysucklerose 1006]

This bullpen sucks. Our GM is an idiot for not making any moves

[Scraps 13745]

Wow correa

[WBT 20884]

Holy shit, Correa

[UTexasFight 9788]

Holy Moses 

[Fozzz 152]

I don’t blame them for not making any movies. However, for the life of me, I cannot understand why they keep putting Castellanos out there considering their other options internally. His breaking pitches hardly break and his best pitch is a 90 mph sinker. 

[Scraps 13745]

Now olsen will probably blast one smh

[Scraps 13745]

George looking stupid

[Scraps 13745]

And now he's hurt again

[Honeysucklerose 1006]

George looking stupid

WTH is he doing??

[UTexasFight 9788]

Nice

way to throw out your back, George 

[Scraps 13745]

Bregman needs to save the season here

[Scraps 13745]

Another fail

[Guadaloopy 11129]

A week’s worth of losses in five days, and they aren’t done yet.  

[Honeysucklerose 1006]

[Guadaloopy 11129]

We could end today only a half game ahead of Seattle.  

[TonyTexas 10683]

We’re going to be fighting it out with the Yankees.........For the 8th seed. 

[huge 3825]

We need some better fight.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

[Fozzz 152]

21 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

 

Lmao. 

[elfenix 34658]

have i mentioned fuck 2020?  because fuck 2020

[UTexasFight 9788]

[WBT 20884]

Huh, maybe rolling with the skeeters pitcher was a poor choice?

[UTexasFight 9788]

That’s tony Gwynn-esque

 

edit: and on cue, Kalas says the exact same thing 

Edited September 9, 2020 by UTexasFight

[UTexasFight 9788]

Soooo many warning track outs in this series in this shithole park.