2021-2022 Astros Offseason Thread

[WBT 20579]

7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

$15 to spend, go !

 

This insult to Billy D will not stand

[Snake Diggity 4625]

48 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

Bourn averaged 4.5 WAR for 4 seasons at the peak of his career (2009-2012). Doran put up a couple of 4+ WAR seasons and one at 5, averaging 3.4 for 8 seasons. Those guys are huge bargains at $1. And including them on the same tier as Chris Burke is almost insulting.

Bourn, Pettitte, Oswalt, Clemens, Bagwell 

[tx 3 putt 76972]

3 hours ago, Snake Diggity said:

Bourn, Pettitte, Oswalt, Clemens, Bagwell 

Three #1’s !

[Scraps 13561]

15 Gattis

Come at me bro

[formermav43 4606]

I still can’t get over Burke being there at all. He’s not worth a dollar. Ignoring obvious guys (Bell, Alou, Finley, Luis Gonzalez, Hampton, Bass, etc.) who belong on higher tiers but won’t fit due to space, there are innumerable more worthy candidates at that level: Ausmus, Adam Everett, even Spiers come immediately to mind.

You could pick any random jag and do better than Burke. Eric Bruntlett put up more WAR in Houston over the same time frame. Pull a random name out of a hat-Orlando Miller has twice as much career WAR in 2/3 the seasons.

I’m probably taking this too seriously. But seriously. Come on.

[TejasPedro 1858]

Burke is at best a nickel 

Charlie Kerfeld now I’d buy that for a dollar 

[WBT 20579]

Where have you gone Big Bopper?  A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

 

[runthebone 7983]

9 hours ago, Scraps said:

15 Gattis

Come at me bro

All-triples offense?

[UTexasFight 9454]

Always pegged Correa as a Hamilton guy

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXYvB9RFxH1/?utm_medium=copy_link

 

[texashorne 1178]

Chris Burke is the all time leader in 18th inning home runs.

 

After that I got nothin

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

20 hours ago, formermav43 said:

I still can’t get over Burke being there at all. He’s not worth a dollar. Ignoring obvious guys (Bell, Alou, Finley, Luis Gonzalez, Hampton, Bass, etc.) who belong on higher tiers but won’t fit due to space

Bass lost his spot when he struck out swinging at ball four in the 16th inning of the sixth game of the 1986 NL championship series

[Muny_Tex 293]

Biggio / Puma / Roy O. / Kent / Bourn


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[UTexasFight 9454]

3 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Bass lost his spot when he struck out swinging at ball four in the 16th inning of the sixth game of the 1986 NL championship series

Still too soon 

[WBT 20579]

f the mets

[Guadaloopy 10973]

17 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Bass lost his spot when he struck out swinging at ball four in the 16th inning of the sixth game of the 1986 NL championship series

[Storm the Field 5294]

JV deal is finally official. Move on to worrying about other things.

 

[tx 3 putt 76972]

it'll be damn nice to have him back 

[Murfdogg21 4412]

On 12/11/2021 at 12:49 AM, tx 3 putt said:

$15 to spend, go !

 

How does this game work? Put together a 9 player team with a $15 budget?

Not knowing the modern analytics of old timers, the $2 row all seems like extreme value (assuming pre-coke Caminiti). Oswalt for $3 is probably good as an ace on top of Pettite, Niekro, and Reynolds. Give me Bourn and Doran, then fill out the rest of the positions with $0 dudes like Tony Eusebio, Carl “fake dinosaurs” Everett, Richard Hidalgo, Mike Lamb and some Casa Olé bullpen heat from Jose Lima and Chad Qualls. 

[tx 3 putt 76972]

23 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

How does this game work? Put together a 9 player team with a $15 budget?

Not knowing the modern analytics of old timers, the $2 row all seems like extreme value (assuming pre-coke Caminiti). Oswalt for $3 is probably good as an ace on top of Pettite, Niekro, and Reynolds. Give me Bourn and Doran, then fill out the rest of the positions with $0 dudes like Tony Eusebio, Carl “fake dinosaurs” Everett, Richard Hidalgo, Mike Lamb and some Casa Olé bullpen heat from Jose Lima and Chad Qualls. 

[Planet Houston 4930]

1 hour ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Chad Qualls. 

I would need to be paid $5 to take Quails

[Victor Lazlo 1777]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Señor Smoke.

Good choice. 

Edited December 14, 2021 by Victor Lazlo

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Friend of mine's grandfather would mangle everyone's names and nicknames. Lopez was "El Smoko"

[Scraps 13561]

9 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

How does this game work? Put together a 9 player team with a $15 budget?

Not knowing the modern analytics of old timers, the $2 row all seems like extreme value (assuming pre-coke Caminiti). Oswalt for $3 is probably good as an ace on top of Pettite, Niekro, and Reynolds. Give me Bourn and Doran, then fill out the rest of the positions with $0 dudes like Tony Eusebio, Carl “fake dinosaurs” Everett, Richard Hidalgo, Mike Lamb and some Casa Olé bullpen heat from Jose Lima and Chad Qualls. 

15 Evan Gattis are gonna wreck the fuck out of your shitty team 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

7 hours ago, Planet Houston said:

I would need to be paid $5 to take Quails

What about DJ Qualls?

[Murfdogg21 4412]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

15 Evan Gattis are gonna wreck the fuck out of your shitty team 

We will bunt to SS every play for the LOLs

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

On 12/12/2021 at 11:15 PM, WBT said:

f the mets

forever

[TonyTexas 10515]

 Crane should offer Joe a “manager in waiting” deal for 2023. Let the Mets hire Showalter. 

 

[Scraps 13561]

At some point there is a reason no one is hiring Espada as their manager.  He has had numerous  interviews with teams since 2019 and no one is biting.  That should be a red flag.  

Cubs, A's, Giants, Blue Jays, Rangers, Angels, Mets are the ones I know of

 

I want a full blown search when Dusty leaves...if Espada comes out as top candidate then fine.  

[tx 3 putt 76972]

Yep !

[Jshep34 2308]

I nominate surly as astros next manager.

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[TonyTexas 10515]

Just now, Jshep34 said:

I nominate surly as astros next manager.

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I would be funny watching us constantly second guess and criticize ourselves. 

[Scraps 13561]

We would run out of pitchers in the 3rd inning with some of the people around here

[tx 3 putt 76972]

49 minutes ago, Scraps said:

We would run out of pitchers in the 3rd inning with some of the people around here

starters would be worn out by Aug 

[IDIOTsavant 8483]

21 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

starters would be worn out by Aug 

Fortunately, we could rest them as we’d already have the home field locked up.

[UTexasFight 9454]

Yeah but we wouldn’t have Yordan’s bat on the bench in extra innings because of some assinine late inning defensive switch 

[Planet Houston 4930]

We also wouldn’t have left Cole in the bullpen

[Gut Wagon 8079]

Wulaw and Hank C as co-GMs. Lil Shep to bench coach. All managerial calls by real-time Surly poll. 

[Murfdogg21 4412]

We might regress on the field, but Club Astros in the locker room would reach new heights. 

[tx 3 putt 76972]

12 hours ago, Gut Wagon said:

Wulaw and Hank C as co-GMs. Lil Shep to bench coach. All managerial calls by real-time Surly poll. 

 

only if the do the opposite of anything wulaw comes up with

[henrygandorf 29191]

we would get suspended in 1 day for gambling on games.

[Jshep34 2308]

Press conferences would be hilarious. First thing , who has the best penmanship? Lilshep called dibs on all at&t interviews.

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[The Dog 44056]

 

[tx 3 putt 76972]

interesting gamble 

[henrygandorf 29191]

in one of the twitter threads where i saw that tiger offer (schwab maybe?) there was mention that "the astros are still in it" and "crane would go 6 years and a lot higher aav" which is kinda what we've been saying all along.  6-250 is my guess for something he'd actually take.  i think that's a pretty dramatic overpay but it's not my money and i don't know what other moves we'd make with that money.

[Mez2 4023]

17 hours ago, Gut Wagon said:

Wulaw and Hank C as co-GMs. Lil Shep to bench coach. All managerial calls by real-time Surly poll. 

You must not be familiar with mez2

[Mez2 4023]

On 12/14/2021 at 7:23 PM, Scraps said:

We would run out of pitchers in the 3rd inning with some of the people around here

In the first game of the season and be like "fuck!, we suck again"

[ERhine 1894]

In the first game of the season and be like "fuck!, we suck again"

“Looks like Mez2 is signaling to the bullpen…what’s this, he’s calling his own number. (One minute delay while mez2 runs to the bullpen and chugs a White Claw)…Here he is heading out to the mound.”

[tx 3 putt 76972]

2 minutes ago, ERhine said:

“Looks like Mez2 is signaling to the bullpen…what’s this, he’s calling his own number. (One minute delay while mez2 runs to the bullpen and chugs a White Claw)…Here he is heading out to the mound.”

 

his run in song .............

 

[Mez2 4023]

39 minutes ago, ERhine said:

“Looks like Mez2 is signaling to the bullpen…what’s this, he’s calling his own number. (One minute delay while mez2 runs to the bullpen and chugs a White Claw)…Here he is heading out to the mound.”

Is this an option? 

[Mez2 4023]

36 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

his run in song .............

 

Bro, do you know much como me duele?