2021 Houston Astros Thread

[Gourmand 7774]

BOOM

 

[Rockethorn1978 6100]

All right resident experts give me the run down on Garcia. Is this a good addition? Or meh?

[TonyTexas 10518]

The Houston Garcias

[kevwun 15809]

Garcia is having a decent season.  He'll help, but if the Astros had a good bullpen, he would be a meh.

Edited July 28, 2021 by kevwun

[WBT 20638]

Seems pretty meh on first glance.  23.2 K% and 8.6 BB%.

[cabowabo 4492]

Has Julia been put out to pasture?  I see they've been using this younger up and cumer of late.

[Scraps 13569]

Wow, Austin Pruitt DFA'd.

Pretty sure someone still had to be moved for Montero being active....thats what twitter told me earlier.

[Jshep34 2319]

On vacation

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[henrygandorf 29194]

5 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

All right resident experts give me the run down on Garcia. Is this a good addition? Or meh?

he was having a great season until the past several weeks where he's leveled off.  i can't imagine we'll keep adding closers, but what do i know.

[Gourmand 7774]

 

5 minutes ago, WBT said:

Seems pretty meh on first glance.  23.2 K% and 8.6 BB%.

His fb velocity and spin rate is what entices....

0.93 WHIP last year with 11.4 k/9

[TonyTexas 10518]

23 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

All right resident experts give me the run down on Garcia. Is this a good addition? Or meh?

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/yimi-garcia-554340?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb

[HtownHorn 14753]

I was about to say I wonder what Miami would want for Bleier and life long Longhorn John Curtiss, but Yimi Garcia is a good piece. Acquire closers that become high leverage setup guys for us. Though his stats say he'd be better like how Oakland uses Petit.

Edited July 28, 2021 by HtownHorn

[kevwun 15809]

I hope Strom sees something he can fix because a lot of those numbers are trending in a bad direction.  He gets hit kind of hard for someone who has good stuff.

Edited July 28, 2021 by kevwun

[Gourmand 7774]

27 minutes ago, Scraps said:

48 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Wow, Austin Pruitt DFA'd.

Pretty sure someone still had to be moved for Montero being active....thats what twitter told me earlier.

How so?

We traded two and got two in return so Montero's spot on the roster was already open. 

 

Edit: Robel being recalled filled that spot on the active roster. The DFA of Pruitt did leave an opening on the 40-man. 

Edited July 28, 2021 by Gourmand

[Gourmand 7774]

Kelenic is really struggling to hit ML pitching.

[HtownHorn 14753]

Graveman still appears to be pissed to be an Astro.

[Gourmand 7774]

4 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Graveman still appears to be pissed to be an Astro.

Hopefully the Astros have a late lead today and he takes it out on his old team for trading him

[kevwun 15809]

He wasn't expecting or hoping for a trade since they are in the wildcard chase.  It really was a weird ass trade on Seattle's side of it.

[HtownHorn 14753]

George did his part in game 1 against the Red Sox.

[elfenix 34330]

cya later!

[clapclapclap 9000]

Diaz pops that Kikuchi!

3-0

Edited July 28, 2021 by clapclapclap
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[mbtex 683]

La Pina Power!!

 

[Gourmand 7774]

LA PINA!!!! BOOOOOM

[clapclapclap 9000]

Pineapple Express hits the west coast!

[tx 3 putt 77200]

[HtownHorn 14753]

Damn, Yuli has been struggling with the power lately. That breaks a 151 PA run of no HRs.

[henrygandorf 29194]

1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

Graveman still appears to be pissed to be an Astro.

did he say something?  i'm not really watching the game today.

[elfenix 34330]

"tigers won 17-14, good thing they got that late field goal"

love me some robert ford

[runthebone 8022]

Too bad about Marte, but if the Garcia trade is legit, we got a bullpen at least.

[Pablo 494]

11 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

did he say something?  i'm not really watching the game today.

no, but a camera zoomed in on him just looking stoic in the dugout by himself

[elguapo 4586]

Per this ESPN article Scherzer has ruled out Houston as a trade destination, first time I've seen that.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31849339/2021-mlb-trade-deadline-tracker-rumors-news-analysis-latest-buzz

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Where Max Scherzer could land at deadline: Sources say Max Scherzer would approve a trade to any of the West Coast teams pursuing a deal for the Nationals ace, but he has ruled out Houston and Philadelphia as destinations. Scherzer can veto a trade using his 10-and-5 rights (10 years of service, five with the same team). -- Jesse Rogers

 

[tx 3 putt 77200]

we dont need bats, we need arms

[clapclapclap 9000]

4 minutes ago, elguapo said:

Per this ESPN article Scherzer has ruled out Houston as a trade destination, first time I've seen that.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31849339/2021-mlb-trade-deadline-tracker-rumors-news-analysis-latest-buzz

 

I was expecting that.

[henrygandorf 29194]

he ruled out the yankees earlier too.  he seems set on west coast nl teams.

[Storm the Field 5297]

Nice having Diaz back.

[elfenix 34330]

herp a derp

[elguapo 4586]

[elfenix 34330]

finally crooked!

[tx 3 putt 77200]

pour it on them !!!!

[clapclapclap 9000]

Dipoto's vindication

[TonyTexas 10518]

Doubles for everyone!

[Pablo 494]

beauty of a half inning

[henrygandorf 29194]

1 minute ago, elguapo said:

what's that from?  it looks like the grove.

[WBT 20638]

fuck yo shift

[runthebone 8022]

Now I see why the Mariners felt they could trade pitching.

[Gourmand 7774]

Let's go get that run diff lead from the Dodgers

[elguapo 4586]

4 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

what's that from?  it looks like the grove.

No idea, random falling gif I found.

[henrygandorf 29194]

1 minute ago, elguapo said:

No idea, random falling gif I found.

if it's the grove i'll just assume it was staged.

[Stros121 4]

Looking good today boys, now step on there throats!

[tx ind 7013]

Just now, Stros121 said:

Looking good today boys, now step on there throats!

i see what you did their