2022 Houston Astros Thread

[tx 3 putt 77414]

good job diaz !!!

and bregman

Edited June 1, 2022 by tx 3 putt

[TonyTexas 10527]

Lulz at Blummer singing Bregman’s praises for running on contact with 2 outs. 

[tx 3 putt 77414]

lulz@bregman lost the foul ball lolololol

[UTexasFight 9528]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

lulz@bregman lost the foul ball lolololol

Saw Tucker had his glasses on top of his hat on a catch he made in the 1st. He might want to go ahead and put those on

Edited June 1, 2022 by UTexasFight

[tx 3 putt 77414]

very slick dp 

[Gourmand 7774]

6 hours ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Eh…I think you could at least make a case for the Lofton trade being just about as bad. Consider: (a) we got absolutely no value out of Lofton and got back absolutely no value in return; (b) Lofton would go on to be worth over 5 WAR per season over the next 8 years, playing a position at which those teams were never particularly strong.

Then consider the teams Lofton would have played for. Prime Lofton, Biggio, Bagwell hitting 1-3 for the entire 90s…holy shit. Those were playoff teams and adding a guy like Lofton could have nudged them forward enough to get over the hump. He was the perfect complimentary player for those teams - elite defensive CF (in the Dome) who was on base 40% of the time and stealing bases better than anyone in the sport. 

Obviously Morgan was a better player than Lofton, but the circumstances make a difference, and at least the Astros did get some good years out of Morgan before they traded him.

The Morgan trade is the worst in terms of the caliber of the player they traded, just saying that the Lofton trade was absolutely awful and isn’t far behind, all things considered.

Oh yeah, that Lofton trade is close behind and easily the worst trade on my Astros fan timeline but Joe Morgan was an all-time great, a generational player whose brand name imo was unfairly tarnished by his broadcast career and the ballyhooed baseball blogspot that took its name from him. 

Trading Joe  Morgan was trading away a HOF giant along the lines of letting Nolan walk to the fucking Rangers. Both of them should've been been enshrined wearing the goddamn H. 

[kevwun 15890]

He didn't help himself with his old man yelling at clouds routine whenever advanced metrics came up.

[Gourmand 7774]

oh hey day baseball, didn't see you standing there.....

[runthebone 8038]

65 pitches, would love a couple quick innings

[Gourmand 7774]

Just now, runthebone said:

65 pitches, would love a couple quick innings

and a couple of quick Astros runs

[TonyTexas 10527]

Has Dubon done anything that gives hope that he can be a contributor?

Edited June 1, 2022 by TonyTexas

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Good to see Verlander put his last start behind him. Champions like him have amnesia after poor outings 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Just now, TonyTexas said:

Has Dubon done anything that gives hope that he can de a contributor?

I get Jack Mayfield vibes from him. So no

[UTexasFight 9528]

Has JV pitched a night game this year?

or rather, has anyone started a weekday day game other than JV?

[Gut Wagon 8087]

8 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Has Dubon done anything that gives hope that he can be a contributor?

Not in an Astros uni. But I still think he will. 

[TonyTexas 10527]

6 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

Not in an Astros uni. But I still think he will. 

I hope so because we’re stuck with him. Per Fangraphs, he’s out of MILB options. 

[David Dennison 18946]

I miss our offense.

[Js1 85571]

18 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Has JV pitched a night game this year?

He has. I seent it. We lost 

[Storm the Field 5302]

3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I miss our offense.

(expert) We get a decent number of hits, but not often ones that lead to runs (commentary).

[kevwun 15890]

He pitched at least one other cause I seent it and we won.

Edited June 1, 2022 by kevwun

[David Dennison 18946]

And that's what happens when you don't hit for shit.

[tx 3 putt 77414]

Fuuuuuuuck

[Gourmand 7774]

goddamn fuck you hpu

[UTexasFight 9528]

Fuck I’m pissed

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Well at least we are out hitting them 7-1

 

edit: 7-2

Edited June 1, 2022 by perfectchaos007

[Gut Wagon 8087]

What happens when you act like just showing up at the park puts enough runs on the board.

[runthebone 8038]

Well, let's at least try to win.

[cabowabo 4514]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Love it when our offense is too mesmerized with our starting pitchers to put up any runs 

[David Dennison 18946]

Welp.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Fuck me

[Storm the Field 5302]

That was Bethancourt's first homer in several years.

[Wulaw Horn 19152]

My gameday has a strike out and two outs, and then changed it to a walk.  Anything goofy happen, or just gameday being silly?

[Guest]

Maybe the ump is the scorekeeper.

[kevwun 15890]

This game just keeps getting better.

[Scraps 13576]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

My gameday has a strike out and two outs, and then changed it to a walk.  Anything goofy happen, or just gameday being silly?

yeah Yordan got hit and Kotsay got ejected 

[Guest]

No friend of Oakland, but this ump has sucked.

Fucked Verlander pretty good.  a's should be happy AF.

But they aren't.  LOL

[Scraps 13576]

fuck 

[kevwun 15890]

Missed a tied game by a foot.  And of course Diaz doesn't score.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Have to pinch hit Brantley here, right?

[kevwun 15890]

It's his off day.  Moose out front shoulda told ya.

[Wulaw Horn 19152]

1 minute ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Have to pinch hit Brantley here, right?

It's literally the one spot (needing a single against a RHP) that Uncle Mike might be the best in the entire league at.  So, yeah, real happy to leave that bullet in the gun. 

[Gut Wagon 8087]

Is Diaz that slow? Or did we hold him? As a broad rule, I think I'd rather be down 3-2 than 3-1. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

so fucking dumb

[rvm96 1643]

28 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

I hope so because we’re stuck with him. Per Fangraphs, he’s out of MILB options. 

That's why the Giants traded him

[David Dennison 18946]

LET'S GO!!!

[TonyTexas 10527]

Why not pinch run Siri for Yuli?

edit especially now

Edited June 1, 2022 by TonyTexas

[Rip76 4947]

What a horrible call.

[David Dennison 18946]

Wow. That was not a strike.

[WBT 20666]

Hey ump, he's short....didn't matter