2021 Houston Astros Thread

[TexArcher 38073]

11 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

dude throws strikes.  not exactly murder she wrote.

Ryne Stanek resents the implication that one can just decide to throw strikes.

[TonyTexas 10530]

Fix a pot of coffee boys. This is going to be a bullpen game lasting 3 1/2 hours +

[Scraps 13581]

The bagwell andersen trade was 8/30 but don't let facts get in the way Kalas

[Scraps 13581]

Out

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1693]

Great catch and tag by Correa. 

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

The voice on that chick who does the Coke ads on the radio slays me....I have no idea what she looks like and I am scared to find out.

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1693]

Correa has been barreling balls like crazy lately. 112mph single.  

[Scraps 13581]

Lmj getting way to fucking cute with Bauers. Dude throw strikes

[David Dennison 18948]

That is some Grade A horse shit right there.

[Scraps 13581]

Score runs assholes

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1693]

One pitch, one out dedicated to Scraps. 

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1693]

For anyone wondering, Brad Peacock’s line for Boston tonight was 2.1 IP, 5 ER. 

[Hornsbay22 470]

Shitty ab after shitty ab with runners on base

[Honeysucklerose 990]

What are they chanting?? “Bang, bang, bang??”

[elfenix 34332]

10 minutes ago, Honeysucklerose said:

What are they chanting?? “Bang, bang, bang??”

 

[David Dennison 18948]

Welp.

[elfenix 34332]

fuck this

[David Dennison 18948]

So does that mean we lost the trade?

[Gourmand 7774]

really????????????

 

Dusty u idioit.

[Honeysucklerose 990]

You gotta be friggin kidding me

[Gourmand 7774]

i hate it that i was so certain that was about to happen and it did.

[Honeysucklerose 990]

really????????????
 
Dusty u idioit.

How is it Dusty’s fault that one of the top relievers in baseball sucked tonight?

[David Dennison 18948]

For such a good team we play some really shitty games.

Baseball, I guess.

[tx 3 putt 77449]

Derp 

[Shaggy3.0 1695]

Didnt someone say avoid using graveman in seattle because he still had a hard on for the mariners?  

[Gourmand 7774]

At least he pitched in the 8th tonight!

[runthebone 8047]

Double agent

[Honeysucklerose 990]

At least he pitched in the 8th tonight!

Yeah Dusty should drop that on Chandler tonight

[Starfleet Command 441]

Graveman struggled but Maldy didn’t do him any favors with the brain dead pitch sequencing against Toro. 

[cabowabo 4514]

My thoughts and prayers are with Graveman this morning. I can’t imagine what it must have been like for him having to pitch against his old team IN THEIR BALLPARK!  Dusty should be ashamed of himself for putting Graveman in that position. I hope he can find the strength to finish out the season and continue with his career. 

[Wulaw Horn 19152]

6 hours ago, Shaggy3.0 said:

Didnt someone say avoid using graveman in seattle because he still had a hard on for the mariners?  

That was me and I was joking. But he did give up a run to them I n that miserable loss we had a couple Sundays ago and now this. I guess it’s hard to pitch through a broken heart. 

Edited September 1, 2021 by Wulaw Horn

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1693]

Probably shouldn’t win a game when you don’t score a run in the first 9 innings, anyways. 

[Scraps 13581]

Score runs assholes

Or don't

[tx 3 putt 77449]

So we should or shouldn’t use gravemen in the 8th ?

[Scraps 13581]

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

So we should or shouldn’t use gravemen in the 8th ?

Dusty is an idiot for not using our setup man Stanek.  

Also very hard to win a game when you don't pitch Brooks Raley 

Edited September 1, 2021 by Scraps

[tx 3 putt 77449]

I thought he was an idiot last night for using staneck and Not gravemen 

[Wulaw Horn 19152]

Who is our best pitcher?  Yeah- that's the guy you make sure you use and use in the highest leverage.  It's Graveman over Stanek and anyone saying otherwise is being obtuse.  That doesn't mean everytime you make the right decision it works, or every time you make the wrong decision it doesn't work. It just means that you play the probabilities every time over 162 game, because when you do that you will have the best outcome possible.  In any one game sample probabilities don't mean shit.  Collectively over a large enough sample they do.

Does anyone here really want to argue Graveman isn't a better pitcher than Stanek?

[Gourmand 7774]

4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Who is our best pitcher?  Yeah- that's the guy you make sure you use and use in the highest leverage.  It's Graveman over Stanek and anyone saying otherwise is being obtuse.  That doesn't mean everytime you make the right decision it works, or every time you make the wrong decision it doesn't work. It just means that you play the probabilities every time over 162 game, because when you do that you will have the best outcome possible.  In any one game sample probabilities don't mean shit.  Collectively over a large enough sample they do.

Does anyone here really want to argue Graveman isn't a better pitcher than Stanek?

Right now you can argue that Stanek is just as reliable. Graveman is likely going through some mechanical issues that Strom and Baker are probably guarding against, and judging from Dusty's comments to 790 yesterday it sounds as if he's working on building up Stanek's confidence by showing his trust in him by using him in high leverage situations. He had two thoughts in mind when he used Stanek Monday night: 1) Stanek is warmed and ready, what's the message if I sit him down now? and 2) Graveman isn't warmed and ready, he's been a little iffy lately so why not hold off and use him later Tues or Wed instead?

Dusty proved himself doubly right by Graveman's bed-shitting last night.

[Wulaw Horn 19152]

1 minute ago, Gourmand said:

Right now you can argue that Stanek is just as reliable. Graveman is likely going through some mechanical issues that Strom and Baker are probably guarding against, and judging from Dusty's comments to 790 yesterday it sounds as if he's working on building up Stanek's confidence by showing his trust in him by using him in high leverage situations. He had two thoughts in mind when he used Stanek Monday night: 1) Stanek is warmed and ready, what's the message if I sit him down now? and 2) Graveman isn't warmed and ready, he's been a little iffy lately so why not hold off and use him later Tues or Wed instead?

Dusty proved himself doubly right by Graveman's bed-shitting last night.

I've seen people split 9's against a dealer 10 in black jack and win. That doesn't mean that I want to invest in their blackjack acumen (or even be at the same table as them) over the course of the evening and playing a couple hundred hands.  There's a reason that the book exists.  It's not because it solves for every situation it's because it's better, over a long time period, than "going with your gut" in the moment.  

It sounds like you are trying to argue Stanek is better than Graveman right now. I'm not buying at all. 

But, I guess we can just agree to disagree on this, and the idea that Robles should be shot into the sun rather than brought up with expanded rosters.  

[dr99 560]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

So we should or shouldn’t use gravemen in the 8th ?

for the rest of the season don't use him against Seattle at all

[UTexasFight 9528]

Toro loves hitting game winning HRs on Sept 1 (central time)

 

 

[TonyTexas 10530]

34 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Toro loves hitting game winning HRs on Sept 1 (central

So we are going to lose today or is this some sort of international dateline magic? 

[TonyTexas 10530]

Tidbits:

I thought Chas was eligible today  Maybe we’ll see him Friday  

 

[cabowabo 4514]

Paredes back.  Watch out league.

[kevwun 15919]

He must have had to go a long way for those cannolis.

Edited September 1, 2021 by kevwun

[UTPhil2006 3816]

6 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

Paredes back.  Watch out league.

Likely for 1 game then goes back when Chaz comes back Friday

[UTPhil2006 3816]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

So we are going to lose today or is this some sort of international dateline magic? 

It was after 12 CST when he hit it i.e 9/1

[IDIOTsavant 8502]

40 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Tidbits:

I thought Chas was eligible today  Maybe we’ll see him Friday  

 

[Ojo Rojo 1973]

Brad Hand cut by Blue Jays.  Not sure if anyone else has picked him up.  He's been really good, but has sucked this year since getting to Toronto.  Should the 'Stros pick him up?

[tx 3 putt 77449]

Seems like dusty has done a pretty good job with good amount of shitty pitchers and role players