2022 Houston Astros Thread

[tx 3 putt 76956]

 

[Scraps 13561]

Lulz wut ^

[runthebone 7982]

10!

[Wishbone 4760]

This is how you break out of a post all star game funk. 

[TonyTexas 10512]

3 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

This is how you break out of a post all star game funk. 

I’m guessing that you can’t remember what you had for breakfast

Edited July 30, 2022 by TonyTexas

[runthebone 7982]

The A's are actually playing well now.  For a shitty team.

[rvm96 1643]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

[Scraps 13561]

I need a CG SO

[Tommy Nobis 905]

 

Ok.gif

[TonyTexas 10512]

16 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

That's a big haul for 1.5 seasons. I wonder if Kelenic was off limits or Cincy didn't rate him highly

 

[UTexasFight 9443]

4 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I need a CG SO

Dammit

 

but probably for the best.

get him out at ~100 pitches vs coming out for the 9th already above that mark 

[rvm96 1643]

Damn, had the ERA lead for just a few minutes.

[Scraps 13561]

He just ruined my fantasy team era.

[Wishbone 4760]

8 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

I’m guessing that you can’t remember what you had for breakfast

Wut? Odd take. At least I don’t worry about whether I get one.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Wishbone

[The Earl of Texas 3132]

 

[TonyTexas 10512]

5 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

Wut? Odd take. At least I don’t worry about whether I get one.

Do you not remember the Yankee DH sweep and the Mariners sweep last weekend?  Hardly a funk

Edited July 30, 2022 by TonyTexas

[runthebone 7982]

That was a meatball, haha.  At least the OF didn't jump.

[rvm96 1643]

Didn't Yordan have a 3 home run day including 1 off a position player against the Orioles?

Edited July 30, 2022 by rvm96

[runthebone 7982]

Wonder whose glove he's wearing if he's a catcher.

[Guadaloopy 10970]

Diaz enjoying some PPP.  

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

is this guy from the HR Derby? 

[billfromlaketravis 11478]

Well, have yourselves a day Astros. 

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

watch Lee K 

 

well damn, this guy is better than their real Ps.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Make em eat Taco Bell

[cabowabo 4484]

Congrats to the Mariners on your new acquisition. Lulz. 

[billfromlaketravis 11478]

21 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

What in the f*** is wrong with that front office in Arlington?

[runthebone 7982]

Giving up their 1/3/5 prospects may affect the AL West for years.  In a good way, I mean.

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

1 minute ago, cabowabo said:

Congrats to the Mariners on your new acquisition. Lulz. 

gave up a decade of core talent for 1 guy for a 1 year run. 

[rvm96 1643]

1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

What in the f*** is wrong with that front office in Arlington?

They had an interesting draft. Got 2 of the top pitchers but had to pay their 9th and 10th rounders $1k bonuses to make it work

[Gut Wagon 8069]

12 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

 

I think pretty much all Seattle cares about right now is not missing the 2022 postseason. 

[formermav43 4606]

Compare that the Astros only gave up their #3, 9, and 11 for multiple years of JV AND got the Tigers to pay a chunk of his contract too.

[Wishbone 4760]

15 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Do you not remember the Yankee DH sweep and the Mariners sweep last weekend?  Hardly a funk

Nope. I was out of the country most of last week (Ecuador). Should have made a  better effort to catch up. Got back in time to see the A’s series. Failure on my part to get up to speed upon return. Carry on.

I had a basic breakfast of eggs over easy, bacon, pan sausage, toast and hash browns with coffee and OJ.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Wishbone

[Rimbo 25933]

https://streamable.com/2ykg5

 

[elfenix 34240]

Astros win!

[Scraps 13561]

I was told we were trading Correa for Castillo....i guess that deals dead

[Rimbo 25933]

[UTexasFight 9443]

9 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

I think pretty much all Seattle cares about right now is not missing the 2022 postseason. 

Great.

so they break the streak…while setting themselves up to miss the postseason for another 20 year stretch.

found this looking up to confirm their playoff drought streak. Lol:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/sports/baseball/seattle-mariners-win-streak-standings.html

 

SEATTLE — The familiar sinking feeling returned quickly, in the first inning of the first game of the most anticipated Mariners homestand in a long, long while.

The team had entered Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game bathing in the glow of a 14-game win streak, an expectation-less squad suddenly turned bully. Coming out of the break, last weekend’s three-game series against the A.L. West-leading Houston Astros was to be a litmus test.

Was it finally OK to hang real hope on the Seattle Mariners?

Whack. With one clean swing, an Astros home run confirmed the answer.

[WBT 20571]

Much needed run differential boost tonight!

[The Dog 44051]

Rent. Free:

 

[ERhine 1894]

You seem like you have some issues.

[Guadaloopy 10970]

[billfromlaketravis 11478]

25 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Rent. Free:

 

Full on bogeyman. 

[HtownHorn 14681]

This reminds me of our trade for Randy Johnson. We gave up a shit ton of value for his 13 starts.

Edited July 30, 2022 by HtownHorn

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

3 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

This reminds me of our trade for Randy Johnson. We gave up a shit ton of value for his 13 starts.

He’s got another year after this one but yeah- that’s a steep price. Glad they paid it if we are being honest. He doesn’t make them as good as us next year, and now they are worse going forward. 

[UTexasFight 9443]

4 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

This reminds me of our trade for Randy Johnson. We gave up a shit ton of value for his 13 starts.

And yet you do that deal 100 times out of a 100 

[The Dog 44051]

37 minutes ago, Honeysucklerose said:

Can I say suck it liberals??

Or suck it retards???

Since “suck it liberal retards” is apparently where we draw the line in the baseball thread, which part of the equation are you people moaning about?

dude...

just say "fuck you Mariners"

that's enough.

[HtownHorn 14681]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

He’s got another year after this one but yeah- that’s a steep price. Glad they paid it if we are being honest. He doesn’t make them as good as us next year, and now they are worse going forward. 

I mean, yeah they may be worse, but those prospects may never be as good as the 40+ starts they will get from Castillo, and they could just as easily flip him at the deadline next year if they aren't in contention, but they will likely be a WC team this year and next. As we saw with Kevin Brown, all it takes is one hot pitcher to take out a 100 win team in a short series.

2 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

And yet you do that deal 100 times out of a 100 

Absolutely.

[tx 3 putt 76956]

Good for musgrove, I always liked him …

 

[UTexasFight 9443]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Good for musgrove, I always liked him …

 

Got a ball signed by him and Bregs when they came through round rock with Fresno in 2016.

for the longest, sure seemed like having musgrove’s autograph on that ball was the lesser of the two…

[runthebone 7982]

Please use his official name, Winning Pitcher of the Greatest Game in Astros History Joe Musgrove.

[txduck87 985]

Can I say suck it liberals??

Or suck it retards???

Since “suck it liberal retards” is apparently where we draw the line in the baseball thread, which part of the equation are you people moaning about?

How about neither? You seem like a swell guy.