2022 Houston Astros Thread

[henrygandorf 29191]

 

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

3 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

 

Ha. Was literally thinking it was 6 games under and wondering if we could get over by the end of the week and deciding nah, will probably have to be the end of the month best case. 

[henrygandorf 29191]

for those scoring at home, the astros are 75-41 with 46 games remaining.

to get to 100 wins, we'd have to go 25-21.  to break our all-time win record (107) we'd have to go 33-13.

if we got to 100 wins, we'd have done it 4x in the past 5 (eligible) seasons.  the 5th year (2021) we only won 95.

the covid season screws things up, but excluding 2020, i would love to see the teams that have put up similar 5 year win totals.

currently, the cumulative record (excluding 2020) is 481-283.  19 more wins to get to 500 over a 5 year span.  that's crazy.  200 games over .500 over 5 years is also crazy.

[Harrison Stafford 3335]

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

vasquez has some hidden speed !

We got ourselves another Manny Sanguillen.

[tx 3 putt 76975]

The versatility with this roster is crazy. smith needs to find his path, he’s better than this 

[tx ind 7013]

[henrygandorf 29191]

Quote

KEN GILES RP, MLB

According to Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet, the Blue Jays are among the teams showing interest in right-hander Ken Giles.

Giles elected free agency on Sunday after refusing his outright assignment to Triple-A Tacoma. Giles spent two and a half seasons with the Jays from 2018-2020 before signing with the Mariners, so there's already a strong familiarity on both sides there. Expect him to sign somewhere within the next couple of days.

release all the gifs!

Edited August 15, 2022 by henrygandorf

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Yankees lose

[Guadaloopy 10973]

3 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

release all the gifs!

[HtownHorn 14685]

2 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Yankees lose

2.5 game lead.

[henrygandorf 29191]

yankees + dodgers = 4 hits, 0 runs.

you hate to see it.

[Guadaloopy 10973]

4 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Yankees lose

[tx ind 7013]

Check all the standings…

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

yankees + dodgers = 4 hits, 0 runs.

you hate to see it.

We are fucking 7 back of the dodgers in the loss column. It’s absurd how good those pricks are, especially with all their injuries. 

[tx ind 7013]

14 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Yankees lose

2-8 in their last 10

[tx 3 putt 76975]

zero respect from espn. they showed baseball highlights (no astros), fucking nfl preseason week 1 highlights (no astros), nfl preseason talk (no astros), more reds/yankees talk (no astros) .................

[henrygandorf 29191]

they had a bunch of guys years removed from their prime having bonkers seasons, a middling closer pitching like mo rivera, and a couple starters doing gerrit cole impressions while playing .690 ball.  only the helo's of the world thought, "yeah, this seems about right."

[tx 3 putt 76975]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

zero respect from espn. they showed baseball highlights (no astros), fucking nfl preseason week 1 highlights (no astros), nfl preseason talk (no astros), more reds/yankees talk (no astros) .................

 

reds/yankees post game reaction (no astros), talking about the tampa game again (no astros) ..........

[UTexasFight 9454]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

reds/yankees post game reaction (no astros), talking about the tampa game again (no astros) ..........

It’s mid-august

i honestly really only care that they’re are talking about us mid-October (which they will)

[runthebone 7987]

We play some teams that don't suck next, but that usually is a good thing for this team. 

Tony Kemp would be in the HoF if he played the Astros 162 games a year.

[UTPhil2006 3807]

10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

zero respect from espn. they showed baseball highlights (no astros), fucking nfl preseason week 1 highlights (no astros), nfl preseason talk (no astros), more reds/yankees talk (no astros) .................

Theres your problem.   Zero reason to watch Sportscenter anymore.

[billfromlaketravis 11486]

12 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

zero respect from espn. they showed baseball highlights (no astros), fucking nfl preseason week 1 highlights (no astros), nfl preseason talk (no astros), more reds/yankees talk (no astros) .................

There's always going to lead on Mondays in the summer with their Sunday Night Baseball Game. It's the best historic rivalry in baseball to be sure, but the Sox are in last place in their division. They deserve zero media attention right now. 

[TonyTexas 10515]

Yeesh guys. It’s not like a game against the worst team in the league was a compelling matchup. Y’all will be able to quench your thirst for national coverage with this weekend’s series with the Braves. 

[Storm the Field 5294]

13 games in the next 14 days, all against teams currently above .500. 

Time to shine.

[tx 3 putt 76975]

10 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

13 games in the next 14 days, all against teams currently above .500. 

Time to shine.

 

 

[Ojo Rojo 1965]

By my count we have six starting pitchers.  Only four of those will be on the playoff roster, right? Or would we carry a starting pitcher to come out of the bullpen?  Maybe Javier would come out of the pen and Garcia would be the odd man out if the playoffs started today, right?

[tx 3 putt 76975]

Garcia is odd man out, imo

jv, framber, LMJ (knock on wood), urquidy

javier to the BP. If needed, a Javier / Garcia combo start would be very ok 

 

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by tx 3 putt

[WBT 20579]

We would carry all 6 starters with 2 in the pen imo.

[UTPhil2006 3807]

32 minutes ago, WBT said:

We would carry all 6 starters with 2 in the pen imo.

Agree with this.  I assume Abreu would be the odd man out.

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

32 minutes ago, WBT said:

We would carry all 6 starters with 2 in the pen imo.

For sure, no doubt about it. Those guys are all good enough that you want them on the roster.  ALDS the roster should only be 12 pitchers historically.

IMO it will be

Locks:

JV/Framber/LMJ/Javier

Presley/Montero/Neris/Stanek/Urquidy/Garcia/Abreu

Borderline

Lefty specialist:  Smith or Maton (the guy they seem to like best as a righty on lefty guy if Smith can't get unfucked.  

 

I hold out hope that neither of those guys make the post season roster and it's Brown instead after he comes up and shoves it up the leagues ass in September as a multi inning weapon and a power arm/strikeout guy, but don't know if that's got a chance at reality or merely my wishful thinking fever drea.

[TonyTexas 10515]

Plan your schedule accordingly 

 

[Scraps 13561]

Rangers finally fired their manager

[tx 3 putt 76975]

[tx 3 putt 76975]

They should interview Espada asap and offer 

[TonyTexas 10515]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

They should interview Espada asap and offer 

WTF?  
 

With regard to the playoff schedule, you can pretty much take it to the bank that our games will be early ones on October 11 & 12, especially if the LAD, NYY and NYM are the other home teams. 

Edited August 15, 2022 by TonyTexas

[Pimphand 5755]

15 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Rangers finally fired their manager

They need to fire the GM tying up half a billion on 2 players that play the same position was like Sacramento Kings level stupid.

[tx 3 putt 76975]

20 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

They need to fire the GM tying up half a billion on 2 players that play the same position was like Sacramento Kings level stupid.

Correct 

very curious to see if drew and melton develop into something. saw a highlight of Justin Dirden, damn he has very good stats. 

[texashorne 1178]

36 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Rangers finally fired their manager

This is odd considering they are on pace to win what everyone expected, 72 games. Not sure why they think Woodward is the problem here and not sure who could be more successful with that roster. 

[Scraps 13561]

WTF?  
 
With regard to the playoff schedule, you can pretty much take it to the bank that our games will be early ones on October 11 & 12, especially if the LAD, NYY and NYM are the other home teams. 

We wouldn't play the 12th.

13th would only be AL so even if we are early it should be late afternoon

For the 11th...yeah we will be one of the first two games to start

[Js1 85347]

58 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

They should interview Espada asap and offer 

Shut up. 

[Scraps 13561]

I think Altuve is sitting tonight....y'all are going to love this lineup I'm sure 

[tx 3 putt 76975]

[Texas St. Armadillos 1381]

I can live with that.

[HtownHorn 14685]

2 hours ago, texashorne said:

This is odd considering they are on pace to win what everyone expected, 72 games. Not sure why they think Woodward is the problem here and not sure who could be more successful with that roster. 

6-24 in 1 run games. Managers do matter.

Edited August 15, 2022 by HtownHorn

[Pimphand 5755]

Which one of you mf-ers borked the playoff odds calculations at the mouse network?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings

They have the Halos at a 62.8% chance of making the playoffs LMFAO

Edited August 15, 2022 by Pimphand

[tx 3 putt 76975]

[WBT 20579]

Peña scratched?  What's wrong with him?  And obviously Dubon has to slot into the leadoff spot.

Edited August 15, 2022 by WBT

[mbtex 683]

Dusty's just Fuckin with us now.

[tx 3 putt 76975]

Our playoff % just dropped !

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

13 minutes ago, WBT said:

Peña scratched?  What's wrong with him?  And obviously Dubon has to slot into the leadoff spot.