2021 Houston Astros Thread

[Scraps 13,531]

Giants....but thats what everyone has been saying about them all year and they just keep winning

[HtownHorn 14,446]

Would love for the Astros to try to sign Knebel for the bullpen next season. He'd be a great replacement for Graveman.

[Fudge Nuggets 19,118]

3Putt would be a good replacement for Graveman.

[rvm96 1,643]

13 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

His Home/Road splits are bad. HOF at Coors, JAG on the road. I just don't see the Astros investing long term money at the position outside of Correa, because of Leon and Pena.

The Coors home/road split argument is a bad argument to make for not signing Story. Hitters struggle batting away from that ballpark while they play for the Rockies. 

[Mez2 4,020]

Got tix for tonight,  go time bitches

[Rockethorn1978 6,061]

Pitching worries me with no LMJ but offense gives me the bone.

astros 4-2.

[Starfleet Command 441]

7 hours ago, rvm96 said:

The Coors home/road split argument is a bad argument to make for not signing Story. Hitters struggle batting away from that ballpark while they play for the Rockies. 

I just don't see them sinking that much money into SS when Pena and Leon are both about ready to come up.  I think Taylor is about as high-end as they'll go and that might even be a pipe dream.  Hopefully though they use that money to get some high end pitching which is what this team truly lacks.

[rvm96 1,643]

I'm all for the save money for other positionz argument. I just don't believe the ballpark splits park. 

[Gourmand 7,774]

Announce the playoff rosters already!

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1,669]

Fuck Boston 
Fuck Baked Beans
Fuck Fenway Park
Fuck Landsdowne Street
Fuck Paul Revere 
Fuck The Departed 
Fuck Larry Bird
Fuck Samuel Adams
Fuck Harvard 
Fuck Harvard Square
Fuck the Charles River 
Fuck Pilgrims 
Fuck Ben Affleck 
Fuck Matt Damon
Fuck Doug Floutie 
Fuck Beacon Street
Fuck Cheers 
Fuck Lobster bisque 
Fuck John Hancock 
Fuck the New Kids on the Block
Fuck Marky Mark
Fuck Aerosmith 
Fuck Clam Chowder
Fuck Logan Airport 
Fuck Bobby Orr
Fuck perfect storms 
Fuck Red Auerbach 
Fuck their accent
Fuck Cream Pie
Fuck Denis Leary 
Fuck the Green Monster
Fuck Pesky’s pole
Fuck Plymouth Rock
Fuck Duck tours 

[Scraps 13,531]

58 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Announce the playoff rosters already!

Red Sox is out.  They only swapped two RP.....Austin Davis and Matt Barnes(he replaced injured Richards in middle of series) out and Darwinzon Hernandez/Sawamura in 

Edited October 15, 2021 by Scraps

[Gourmand 7,774]

Cmon Astros let's see the roster!

[TonyTexas 10,478]

LMJ out, Meyers in

 

[Js1 85,056]

 

[Scraps 13,531]

3 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

LMJ out, Meyers in

 

Odorizzi/Taylor in also and Stubbs out 

[Texas St. Armadillos 1,376]

So, +1 in total pitchers, -1 in total catchers from the ALDS.  Is that correct?

[Scraps 13,531]

1 minute ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

So, +1 in total pitchers, -1 in total catchers from the ALDS.  Is that correct?

yes

[Chuckie Finster 22,583]

2 minutes ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

So, +1 in total pitchers, -1 in total catchers from the ALDS.  Is that correct?

Yep.

Odorizzi, Taylor in

LMJ, Stubbs out

Edited October 15, 2021 by Chuckie Finster

[Gourmand 7,774]

LMJ is on the taxi squad fwiw

[rvm96 1,643]

Excuse my ignorance but what's the point of putting him on the taxi squad? Do they do that in case he is healthy for the world series?

[Starfleet Command 441]

Adding Odo is a no-brainer.  I would rather they have added one of Solomon/Bielak over Taylor who is basically a poor man's Raley.

[Gourmand 7,774]

6 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

Excuse my ignorance but what's the point of putting him on the taxi squad? Do they do that in case he is healthy for the world series?

So he can travel with the team and be in the dugout. They have nine players on the ALCS taxi squad. 

[Jshep34 2,303]

Why would a player want to be in the dugout if they cant play? Thought it was standard practice to stay as far away as possible.

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[mbtex 683]

3 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

Why would a player want to be in the dugout if they cant play? Thought it was standard practice to stay as far away as possible.

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I think that is only if your name is Verlander

[Gourmand 7,774]

HP: David Rackley^

1B: Bill Miller* -cc [Game 3 Plate]

2B: Laz Diaz [Game 4 Plate]

3B: Dan Iassogna* [Game 5 Plate]

LF: Jim Wolf [Game 6 Plate]

RF: Alan Porter [Game 7 Plate]

Reserve/Off: Rob Drake [Game 2 Plate]

 

ALCS Ump crew

[TOR 5,361]

DO YOU THINK THIS IS A F@CKING GAME?!

 

#astros

#hookem

 

[WBT 20,397]

4 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

HP: David Rackley^

1B: Bill Miller* -cc [Game 3 Plate]

2B: Laz Diaz [Game 4 Plate]

3B: Dan Iassogna* [Game 5 Plate]

LF: Jim Wolf [Game 6 Plate]

RF: Alan Porter [Game 7 Plate]

Reserve/Off: Rob Drake [Game 2 Plate]

 

ALCS Ump crew

No Joe West.  So you're telling me there's a chance

[WBT 20,397]

We need to do some serious piggybacking from here on out with Javier, Greinke, and Odo.  Trying to throw Yimi, Maton, Stanek, and Emo an inning each every game isn't going to hold up.

[texashorne 1,177]

Yeah.. Watching Dusty handle this pitching staff is going to be interesting. If this goes 7 games, that's 63 innings we have to fill and 189 out they have to get.. 

Baseball has a special way of bringing the nervous. 

 

 

 

[UTexasFight 9,369]

22 minutes ago, WBT said:

No Joe West.  So you're telling me there's a chance

Lol

my first reaction “thank god No Joe west “

 

or for that matter gabe morales.

…or Angel Hernandez 

[TonyTexas 10,478]

6 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Lol

my first reaction “thank god No Joe west “

 

or for that matter gabe morales.

…or Angel Hernandez 

Laz Diaz is every bit their equal

Edited October 15, 2021 by TonyTexas

[TexArcher 37,455]

Hope somebody sacrificed a live chicken for our bats.

[Mitch Hedberg 2,090]

Don’t care. Astros in 4. 

[Starfleet Command 441]

47 minutes ago, WBT said:

We need to do some serious piggybacking from here on out with Javier, Greinke, and Odo.  Trying to throw Yimi, Maton, Stanek, and Emo an inning each every game isn't going to hold up.

This is why  I really think they should have added another multi-inning reliever. Who is realistically going to pitch 4+ innings in a start?  Framber?  Maybe Urquidy?  

[texashorne 1,177]

5 minutes ago, Starfleet Command said:

This is why  I really think they should have added another multi-inning reliever. Who is realistically going to pitch 4+ innings in a start?  Framber?  Maybe Urquidy?  

Depends on the score and situation, but Garcia, Zack, Javier and Odo can go 4. 

[kevwun 15,595]

They can, but you can't really expect it from them which was his point.

[Gourmand 7,774]

37 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Laz Diaz is every bit their equal

yup

[Gourmand 7,774]

12 minutes ago, Starfleet Command said:

This is why  I really think they should have added another multi-inning reliever. Who is realistically going to pitch 4+ innings in a start?  Framber?  Maybe Urquidy?  

Framber, Urquidy, Garcia, Odorizzi

[texashorne 1,177]

My point was if we're up by 10, you can leave Odo in the game. or if we're down by 10. 

 

 

[Chuckie Finster 22,583]

No such thing as a "must win" this early in the series, but I think these two home games are pretty darn close.  Given the state of our pitching, we may need to be prepared to eat a game or two of the three in a row at Fenway.  

 

 

 

 

Or let's just fucking sweep.

Edited October 15, 2021 by Chuckie Finster

[Telegraph_it 3,353]

4 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Or let's just fucking sweep.

[henrygandorf 29,174]

i think we have to recalibrate our expectations for our sp this series.  boston and houston are very similar.  there will be plenty of hitting, plenty of runs, and neither team has anything i would label a top-of-the-rotation ace.  if we can get guys to go 4-5 innings and give up 2-3 runs, then that's a game we're in.

the later innings will be big, and their bullpen does not scare me.  as i'm quite certain ours does not scare them.

i wish we had a couple more guys that could go between 1-3 innings.  someone like bielak or soloman might be like that.  and if someone throws fewer than 15 pitches and looks good, they may have to stretch.  as long as the lineup isn't turning over or they're getting blown up, why the hell not.

i don't think hinch went into the yankees series in 2017 thinking mccullers was getting a multi-inning save to win it, but here we are.  adapt or die.

[Gourmand 7,774]

*I AM COOL WITH A SWEEP AND A HANDSHAKE LINE ON THEIR FIELD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*but a game 7 walk-off HR by Altuve or Correa to the Crawford Boxes, sec 102 row 3 seat 3 would be my ideal script.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[runthebone 7,929]

I assume they are injecting horse steroids into Lance's arm.  I would just dial up Baffert and ask what he would use.

[kevwun 15,595]

12 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

*I AM COOL WITH A SWEEP AND A HANDSHAKE LINE ON THEIR FIELD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*but a game 7 walk-off HR by Altuve or Correa to the Crawford Boxes, sec 102 row 3 seat 3 would be my ideal script.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think you mean game 6 with the homer some how ricocheting in to section 234.

[Starfleet Command 441]

23 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Framber, Urquidy, Garcia, Odorizzi

I think Garcia is gassed and hasn’t performed well since the summer. Urquidy and Odo throw strikes at a clip sufficient to work deep into a game but at least one of them is going to get lit up. The only thing I can say is that Odo pitched surprisingly well in September so hopefully that carries over. 

[Texas St. Armadillos 1,376]

20 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

*I AM COOL WITH A SWEEP AND A HANDSHAKE LINE ON THEIR FIELD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*but a game 7 walk-off HR by Altuve or Correa to the Crawford Boxes, sec 102 row 3 seat 3 would be my ideal script.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love ya, but I've had enough Game 7s for a lifetime.  The heart and nerves can only take so much.  I've aged 10 years in the past 5 or so thanks to the Stros.  Wouldn't change it cause those older years suck anyways.

[UTexasFight 9,369]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

Laz Diaz is every bit their equal

Laz Diaz is forever cool with me

we don’t have a ring without him behind 2nd base with Devo on the mound in Game 2 of the ‘17 WS

[tx 3 putt 76,158]

Time for some arms to step up and earn their pay. It’s pretty simple, if they can do their job , dusty looks like a genius. If they can’t, he looks bad 

[henrygandorf 29,174]

if they do their job, click looks like a genius.  dusty won't have anything to do with it.