2021 Houston Astros Thread

[HtownHorn 14,468]

49 pitches and 8 runs from the shitastic portion of the bullpen.

[UTexasFight 9,376]

Not sure why they kicked the extra point in OT. I thought it was sudden death for the first team to score a TD

[perfectchaos007 6,596]

Let me pitch! I can throw BP

[Guadaloopy 10,918]

I’ve held out hope, but this team is going nowhere with this batch of arms in the bullpen.  

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

[HtownHorn 14,468]

1 minute ago, clapclapclap said:

A great game turns into the 2nd absolute embarrassment this week.  And Click just continues to pick his nose.

I think Crane just refuses to spend on a real bullpen. Even under Luhnow the bullpen was always the crappiest part of the team.

[Guadaloopy 10,918]

Just think… without the free runner, they would only scored six runs that inning!

[UTexasFight 9,376]

[quote]I think Crane just refuses to spend on a real bullpen. Even under Luhnow the bullpen was always the crappiest part of the team.[/quote]

 

Giving Tony Sipp $18M will do that to you

Edited May 29, 2021 by UTexasFight

[perfectchaos007 6,596]

If Click is cheap, go get a guy with baggage on discount like we did with Osuna 

[Gourmand 7,774]

I keep thinking back to that damn liner that Correa almost snagged. If that's just two inches lower and he catches it, that inning probably never happens because it would've been a double play and cleared the bases. 

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

i would take sipp and mchugh at this point 

[perfectchaos007 6,596]

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

i would take sipp and mchugh at this point 

Ide take Wade Miley back....

[Js1 85,095]

16 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I think Crane just refuses to spend on a real bullpen. Even under Luhnow the bullpen was always the crappiest part of the team.

I recall I got roasted for saying the same thing, but it’s true.  We’re getting what we don’t pay for 

[David Dennison 18,652]

13 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

I keep thinking back to that damn liner that Correa almost snagged. If that's just two inches lower and he catches it, that inning probably never happens because it would've been a double play and cleared the bases. 

Superstars make that play.

Carlos Correa is just OK at this point in his career.

[Chuckie Finster 22,598]

Should have brought in Paredes. Fuck you Dusty.

Lol I’m sure the guy who has walked a third of the batters he’s faced this season would have locked it down.

[Rimbo 25,773]

there is no game we can't lose with our current bullpen

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

11 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

there is no game we can't lose with our current bullpen

This is the most frustrating part when a team's biggest weakness is the bullpen. No matter how well the first 5 or 6 innings go, the game is always in doubt, 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,750]

8 hours ago, David Dennison said:

If you can't manufacture a run in this situation, you might not be very good.

.. a run .. or eight.

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

 

[UTPhil2006 3,790]

Good

[Gourmand 7,774]

13 hours ago, WBT said:

you gotta wear that one bro

 I missed this AB last night but just watched the replay and you are 100% right. Altuve should've let that ball hit him considering it would've just hit him in the shoulder. We win that game if he freezes at the plate.

Edited May 29, 2021 by Gourmand

[TonyTexas 10,481]

Never good

 

[Scraps 13,540]

Jesus it keeps getting worse

[Gourmand 7,774]

Watching that 11th inning again and Raley was the victim of some really bad luck. None of those hits were squared up. First single could have been caught for a double play if Carlos can make a play we've seen him make before, the single to Kim was a stupid blooper fisted off the hands into shallow rf, and the single to Pham was similarly fought off inside that would've been an out to Altuve if he wasn't shifted to the left side of the infield. 

Raley is the pitching version of Kyle Tucker in April. 

[David Dennison 18,652]

9 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Jesus it keeps getting worse

Gross.

[Scraps 13,540]

Watching that 11th inning again and Raley was the victim of some really bad luck. None of those hits were squared up. First single could have been caught for a double play if Carlos can make a play we've seen him make before, the single to Kim was a stupid blooper fisted off the hands into shallow rf, and the single to Pham was similarly fought off inside that would've been an out to Altuve if he wasn't shifted to the left side of the infield. 
Raley is the pitching version of Kyle Tucker in April. 

Maybe he should make better pitches where they miss the ball completely then

[Gourmand 7,774]

2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

9 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Watching that 11th inning again and Raley was the victim of some really bad luck. None of those hits were squared up. First single could have been caught for a double play if Carlos can make a play we've seen him make before, the single to Kim was a stupid blooper fisted off the hands into shallow rf, and the single to Pham was similarly fought off inside that would've been an out to Altuve if he wasn't shifted to the left side of the infield. 
Raley is the pitching version of Kyle Tucker in April. 

Maybe he should make better pitches where they miss the ball completely then

Eh maybe. The results are the results so Raley has to own those baserunners.  He made some pretty good pitches and hit Maldonado's spots, but the Padres are a good team as well. It happens. I'm not saying Brooks Raley is Josh Hader, but I still like his advanced metrics and think he's just an easy punching bag.  I

I'd like to know Maldonado's reasoning for going to the 4-seamer on the 2-2 pitch to Pham and away from the cutter. Maybe he thought Raley wasn't commanding it that at bat since the previous pitch nearly hit Pham but he swung fouled it off the knob of the bat.

 

[Gourmand 7,774]

As I was saying.....

 

 

[David Dennison 18,652]

That is so aggy.

[Gourmand 7,774]

47 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Gross.

Oh it gets better! 

Yuli scratched for Taylor Jones. 

[Chuckie Finster 22,598]

Jesus it keeps getting worse

Keeps. Getting. Worse.

[Gourmand 7,774]

Left middle finger inflammation?

 

Had to happen playing the Dodgers.....

[Gourmand 7,774]

Interesting thoughts from Strom on Paredes. For all the talk the media made out of Astros hitters benefitting from the Covid reality of the 2020 season and how it would change in 2021, they whiffed on the practical impact of that difference on young pitchers, especially bullpen guys coming in to games in pressure situations.

Worth watching.

 

[HtownHorn 14,468]

36 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

As I was saying.....

 

 

So let's make it easier on hitters by shifting when your pitcher's primary pitch is a cutter.

[HtownHorn 14,468]

15 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Keeps. Getting. Worse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So let's put our most versatile player at DH so he can't be used anywhere else in case of injury. Dusty is not a brilliant manager. I'm beginning to see why he's never won a championship despite having some very loaded teams to manage.

Every team except the Reds he has managed has won a championship after he left.

[Gourmand 7,774]

So let's put our most versatile player at DH so he can't be used anywhere else in case of injury. Dusty is not a brilliant manager. I'm beginning to see why he's never won a championship despite having some very loaded teams to manage.
Every team except the Reds he has managed has won a championship after he left.

Well Diaz is especially important right now beyond this one game so it makes sense to guard against that. I don't think it's likely he would get injured playing first base but then again I wouldn't have guessed Yuli would either.

Taylor Jones is a butcher with the glove.

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

1 hour ago, Gourmand said:

As I was saying.....

 

 

 

if strom is still behind him, he's not getting sent down i guess 

Edited May 29, 2021 by tx 3 putt

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

44 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Oh it gets better! 

Yuli scratched for Taylor Jones. 

[Gourmand 7,774]

39 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

if strom is still behind him, he's not getting sent down i guess 

He doesn't have any option years left so he would have to pass through waivers.

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

3 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

He doesn't have any option years left so he would have to pass through waivers.

 

no one is picking him up 

[Gourmand 7,774]

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

 

no one is picking him up 

that's nonsense, his FIP is under 3, his K rate is 12+/9, his whiff rate is top 15%.....he'd be claimed. 

[Gourmand 7,774]

this game is gonna be ugly I'm afraid

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

will he make it out of the first 

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

will he make it out of the first 

 

yes !!!!

[Gourmand 7,774]

the question is the offense vs Yu Darvish

[Gourmand 7,774]

Great at bat by Altuve

[Gourmand 7,774]

motherfucker!

Tucker stroked that one too. great play by that ex-Ranger

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

damn

[Gourmand 7,774]

It will be interesting to see which position player takes the mound for the Astros today in place of the bullpen.

Odorizzi>>Garza Jr>>Scrubb>>Smith>>Abreu>>Robel Garcia???

[Gourmand 7,774]

Odorizzi pitching his ass off right now. Nice K of Tatis Jr.