2022 Houston Astros Thread

[billfromlaketravis 11601]

I’m inclined to keep Odo. A and AA players should be the meat of any Astros trade. 

[tx 3 putt 77921]

He’s out 

[tx 3 putt 77921]

King Tuck !!!

[elfenix 34385]

Big T

Edited July 18, 2022 by elfenix
fuck you autocorrect

[Gut Wagon 8105]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

King Tuck !!!

Worst player ever. Will probably never get a other hit in a Houston uni. Can't believe we have room for him on our 40-man roster. 😃 

[billfromlaketravis 11601]

Anything on the Astros and Tuck contract negotiations?

[tx 3 putt 77921]

All hand 

[Gourmand 7774]

17 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’m inclined to keep Odo. 

At what opportunity cost though in a potential trade and how does he fit in with this starting depth and bullpen?

[rvm96 1643]

19 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’m inclined to keep Odo. A and AA players should be the meat of any Astros trade. 

I could be completely wrong but I don't think he is a player that will help in the playoffs so I would be inclined to trade him.

[Wulaw Horn 19235]

2 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

I could be completely wrong but I don't think he is a player that will help in the playoffs so I would be inclined to trade him.

And you want to get out of his 12 million or so owed next year (or 6 million for buyout) as we’ve got some holes to fill, a JV raise and some arbitration guys. 
And he can replenish our farm system. 

[WBT 20735]

47 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Dusty brought in a tailor, bought the entire coaching staff new suits for the all star game 

I thought they got uniforms

[tx 3 putt 77921]

Looooong inning 

[Wulaw Horn 19235]

10 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Anything on the Astros and Tuck contract negotiations?

Nothing recent. Tucker not one of those guys that’s like- I have to have it now or not talk. He was pretty chill and said they’d talked, they were not super close but he’d be fine resuming talks any time they wanted to and there was a long time to get something done. 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Wulaw Horn

[Guadaloopy 11039]

Can’t trade Odo.  Baseball gods would enact divine retribution for such hubris.  Framber’s arm would probably fall off.  

[Wulaw Horn 19235]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

I thought they got uniforms

For the red carpet show. 

[billfromlaketravis 11601]

6 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

At what opportunity cost though in a potential trade and how does he fit in with this starting depth and bullpen?

He’s not the model of health, but I like a somewhat consistent veteran on a pretty young staff. I always have worry about injuries. 
 

I agree Odo doesn’t do much for the team in the playoffs. 

[Guadaloopy 11039]

5 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

He’s not the model of health, but I like a somewhat consistent veteran on a pretty young staff. I always have worry about injuries. 
 

I agree Odo doesn’t do much for the team in the playoffs. 

100% this. You have to navigate 162 games to get to the playoffs.  That takes different pieces than needed for a playoff roster.  The 2017 team could have gone off of the rails in July and August due to SP injuries, but we had the Rat to eat innings at an MLB average level and tread water to keep the lead that was built early in the season.  

[WBT 20735]

f city

[tx 3 putt 77921]

Kemp’n ain’t easy !

He’s out 

[Guest]

Pena has a little work to do on his accuracy.

Gurriel makes a hellova play.  Shoulda been easy.

[perfectchaos007 6713]

Pena bailed out by Yuli

[Rickylovesweed 14829]

40 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

100% this. You have to navigate 162 games to get to the playoffs.  That takes different pieces than needed for a playoff roster.  The 2017 team could have gone off of the rails in July and August due to SP injuries, but we had the Rat to eat innings at an MLB average level and tread water to keep the lead that was built early in the season.  

I'm not sure I would say Fiers was "MLB average level" but your point still remains. He was definitely able to eat some innings which is what we needed. 

[runthebone 8131]

Pena's 14th error reminds me of the old Jose Offeeeeeeeerman joke

[tx 3 putt 77921]

The defense all around needs to tighten up 

[runthebone 8131]

That's better.

[Guest]

Choo-choo!!!

Payback to Yuli by Pena.   Nice work.

[rvm96 1643]

Let's go Pena! Regarding his defense I think in an ideal scenario he would be a second baseman but obviously that's not going to happen

[clapclapclap 9000]

Granny jumping like The Price Is Right told her to 'Come on down!"

 

Edited July 17, 2022 by clapclapclap

[tx 3 putt 77921]

Close it out now !

[Gourmand 7774]

Yankees continuing to beat the shit outta Boston

[Gut Wagon 8105]

Odo looks ready. Who wants him badly enough to make us a nice deal? 

[Huckleberry 33521]

This shit started right after the crowd did the wave. I did not participate, I blame everyone else here. 

[rvm96 1643]

Just now, Huckleberry said:

This shit started right after the crowd did the wave. I did not participate, I blame everyone else here. 

You didn't stop it either

[Chuckie Finster 22759]

I could be completely wrong but I don't think he is a player that will help in the playoffs so I would be inclined to trade him.

Traditionally I would agree, however our last few playoff runs have forced me to change my tune. I think the most valuable playoff asset these days are pitchers that you can trust to give you 3+ innings if needed. Our current roster (including LMJ) has at least 7 guys that would be the third starter or better on most teams, which I don’t think anyone can match.

Everyone fantasizes about the games where the ace goes 7, but forget that most of these teams are into the bullpen by the 4th.

[David Dennison 19117]

Our defense honks.

[perfectchaos007 6713]

I thought Meyers would make that play

[Gut Wagon 8105]

Looks like our one careless inning against a bad opponent. Almost expected at this point. 

[Wulaw Horn 19235]

FFS the defense has been terrible the last 2 weeks. Now we have 2 errors in 1 inning, we are giving away runs, maybe the game itself, and now  Meyers looks hurt. 
Awesome. 

[Huckleberry 33521]

4 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

You didn't stop it either

I tried but Laureano beat me to it. 

[clapclapclap 9000]

Friday night deja vu.  Jake playing crappy and team player Stanek with "Inherited runners are not my problem" pitching.

Edited July 17, 2022 by clapclapclap

[TonyTexas 10567]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

I thought Meyers would make that play

He’s a bad center fielder. His speed covers up a lot of his deficiencies. 

[rvm96 1643]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

FFS the defense has been terrible the last 2 weeks. Now we have 2 errors in 1 inning, we are giving away runs, maybe the game itself, and now  Meyers looks hurt. 
Awesome. 

Not an error

[Scraps 13598]

Probably shouldn't leave him in but ok

[Wulaw Horn 19235]

Just now, TonyTexas said:

He’s a bad center fielder. His speed covers up a lot of his deficiencies. 

His metrics are pretty decent right? 
I know that many people want 3 year samples to feel confident in the defensive numbers. 
that catch should be made. 

[Huckleberry 33521]

Yeah that catch definitely should have been made. I can see officially not giving an error but he should have caught it. He'd probably admit that. 

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Meyers has a ways to go defensively. Most major league CF make that play. He makes me nervous.

[Wulaw Horn 19235]

1 minute ago, rvm96 said:

Not an error

I saw that afterwards.  I guess it wasn’t an ordinary effort play but it wasn’t that extraordinary either and it’s a ball that gets caught 8 or 9 out of 10. 
He and every other OF (non Brantley or Alvarez edition) will tell you that’s a play that ought to be made. 
I guess technically they didn’t charge Odo with an error either?  That damn sure should have been. 

[rvm96 1643]

3 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I saw that afterwards.  I guess it wasn’t an ordinary effort play but it wasn’t that extraordinary either and it’s a ball that gets caught 8 or 9 out of 10. 
He and every other OF (non Brantley or Alvarez edition) will tell you that’s a play that ought to be made. 
I guess technically they didn’t charge Odo with an error either?  That damn sure should have been. 

The Odo play was close at the bag so it's a single and then since the runners advanced it becomes an error on that part.

[TonyTexas 10567]

11 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

His metrics are pretty decent right? 
I know that many people want 3 year samples to feel confident in the defensive numbers. 
that catch should be made. 

I don’t know his metrics but, in general,  I don’t think defensive stats tell the whole story. I do know he often gets bad jumps, takes bad routes, throws to wrong bases and looks awkward on even routine plays. 

Edited July 17, 2022 by TonyTexas

[Gut Wagon 8105]

Horrible appearance by Stanek. Out of the zone at 98 is still out of the zone. Throw strikes or you serve no real purpose. As for Meyers, I'd rather see Dubon out there when a play has to be made. 

Edited July 17, 2022 by Gut Wagon