2021 Houston Astros Thread

[Horny Bull 2,766]

6 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

I'm sure it will be Garza and Nivaldo Rodriguez. Or Paredes, he needs to figure it out against AAA hitters.

 

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[Starfleet Command 441]

1 hour ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Dawson is currently striking out less than 16% of his PAs. In 2019 he was around 30%, mostly in AA. He's not even at 100 PAs yet, so it is obviously early, but may be interesting to watch. I *think* K% tends to stabilize fairly quickly in the course of a season. His swinging strike % is way down so far. If this is a real improvement, he has a shot. 

Yeah, based on his SwStr% if anything his K% should be lower than it already is. Hopefully they give him an extended look at some point. 

[Jshep34 2,319]

The ball stanton has is lilsheps baseball. Signed by brantley

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[Jshep34 2,319]

Hoping for some good luck

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Don't encourage him lol

[Chuckie Finster 22,705]

Urquidy looks phenomenal so far.

[Scraps 13,570]

Nice AB by Jones....was getting worried for a second

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I hate playing the Red Sox....these dickheads are always so slow

[HtownHorn 14,756]

Diaz has himself some baseball IQ.

[WBT 20,648]

Great job by Diaz.  It feels like we're rarely smart on the bases but by forcing that to be a tag play and not a force the run counts.

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I was hoping Straw would beat it out lol.

[TonyTexas 10,519]

23 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Urquidy looks phenomenal so far.

Starting pitcher has had quite a transformation the last few days. Hopefully improvement there will translate some to the bullpen. 

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GOAT

[elfenix 34,331]

Dropping tuve bombs

[Lat22 4,015]

How many 1/30 home runs have we had lately? OK, that one was 2/30. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,144]

At the game with kids and down the left field

line- that HR was like 30 feet from me but kinda where it turns... where did it hit?   I thought it caught the top of the wall. 

[WBT 20,648]

Looked like it bounced off the guardrail above the yellow line

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Impressive walks to get to Tucker who comes through with bases juiced.

Suck it Cora

[WBT 20,648]

Ted!!  Getting close to a safe lead for our bullpen but we can't let up now.

[maninblack 7,974]

3 minutes ago, WBT said:

Ted!!  Getting close to a safe lead for our bullpen but we can't let up now.

Never enough runs 

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Chas is mentally retarded lol. Jumping as if he had a shot at that

[elfenix 34,331]

D e a l i n g

[DaysOff 7,963]

Why dummy

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Jones not gonna ever be liked by the fanbase if he keeps this shit up

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Fucking straw jesus

[maninblack 7,974]

Blummer: "Where was he going?"

[WBT 20,648]

Bregs!  Gotta love 2-out rbis.

We damn near made the 3rd out of the inning at 3rd after already making the 1st out at 3rd.

[Js1 85,457]

ESPN calling it a “rout” but with this bullpen, no lead is safe 

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Beatdown activated

[elfenix 34,331]

You get a hit and you get a hit

[Gourmand 7,774]

Ted just talks and talks and talks

[maninblack 7,974]

I don't think 10 runs is enough

Edited May 31, 2021 by maninblack

[henrygandorf 29,194]

i had forgotten this was on espn.  are they saying anything good, or are they mostly commiserating about the yankees offensive woes?

[elfenix 34,331]

Good Paredes today

[WBT 20,648]

wow, impressive inning

[Gourmand 7,774]

1 minute ago, elfenix said:

Good Paredes today

night and day difference from what we've seen most of the year. hopefully he figured out the hiccup in his mechanics or stopped overthrowing or whatever it was but if Enoli can be the pitcher he was last year, this bullpen will be dramatically improved with Javier in the mix as well. 

[WBT 20,648]

Now there's the bullpen we all know

105 mph on Marwinning's flyball and 108 mph on the HR

Edited May 31, 2021 by WBT

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The streak continues wooooo

[HtownHorn 14,756]

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

Now there's the bullpen we all know

Throw strikes, if they hit solo HRs every 2-3 outs, they aren't going to catch up. The walks are what are killing the bullpen.

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i had forgotten this was on espn.  are they saying anything good, or are they mostly commiserating about the yankees offensive woes?

It hasn't been that bad.

Ravech wants all games to be 7 innings though

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2 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Throw strikes, if they hit solo HRs every 2-3 outs, they aren't going to catch up. The walks are what are killing the bullpen.

True, at least Nivaldo didn't walk anybody

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2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

It hasn't been that bad.

Ravech wants all games to be 7 innings though

That's because no one at espn actually likes baseball

[HtownHorn 14,756]

20 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

i had forgotten this was on espn.  are they saying anything good, or are they mostly commiserating about the yankees offensive woes?

Yes, they mentioned that the Yankees had scored 6 runs in the last 4 games. It was at the tail end of the discussion that the Astros have struck out 200 times less than the Rays, but the Rays have the better record. Of course, they didn't mention that the Rays have a MLB bullpen, while the Astros have a mixture of AAAA and end of career guys.

[Gourmand 7,774]

SEA/OAK going to extras tied at 4

[elfenix 34,331]

Astros win!

[Guadaloopy 10,996]

[Gourmand 7,774]

A's lose in 10, Astros a half game back

[maninblack 7,974]

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

i had forgotten this was on espn.  are they saying anything good, or are they mostly commiserating about the yankees offensive woes?

There was a good 5 minutes on how our World Series is tainted. Typical ESPN bullshit.

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3 big arms added to the roster this week. Bullpen needs to get their shit together