2022 Houston Astros Thread

[tx 3 putt 76,389]

 

[Gourmand 7,774]

[Dondrysdale1 363]

17 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

That looks like an awful photoshop 

[tx 3 putt 76,389]

 

[TonyTexas 10,482]

22 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

4 minutes ago, Dondrysdale1 said:

That looks like an awful photoshop 

 

[HtownHorn 14,487]

One hour to go.

[tx 3 putt 76,389]

Just now, HtownHorn said:

One hour to go.

[UTexasFight 9,380]

Where’s wulaw

i need an assessment on what this would mean for the 40 man.

[mrhorn 1,376]

[tx 3 putt 76,389]

6 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Where’s wulaw

i need an assessment on what this would mean for the 40 man.

diaz to 60 day il 

[TonyTexas 10,482]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

diaz to 60 day il 

That would take him out of the ALDS

Edited September 1, 2022 by TonyTexas

[Gourmand 7,774]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

diaz to 60 day il 

He's due back soon

[Gourmand 7,774]

13 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Where’s wulaw

i need an assessment on what this would mean for the 40 man.

Goodrum DFA'd, Tucker to Sugar Land, duh.

[Gourmand 7,774]

While we're waiting on Conforto news......

 

 

[Wulaw Horn 18,981]

On 8/30/2022 at 12:24 PM, Wulaw Horn said:

Here is your big decision- we have to take 2 guys off the 40 man roster, and it cannot be a guy currently on the 60 day DL b/c he doesn't count so he doesn't get you there. 

Your options not currently on the 26 man:

Jake Meyers, Joe Perez, Taylor Jones, Nico Goodrum,  Korey Lee, Forrest Whitley, Peter Solomon, Enoli Paredes, Parker Mushinski, Shawn Dubin, Ronel Blanco.

My guess is that it's Goodrum, and Blanco. 

I'd like for Smith to get his walking papers but that doesn't seem super likely to me to happen.  

 

36 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Where’s wulaw

i need an assessment on what this would mean for the 40 man.

There is your 40 man roster guys not on the 26 currently. 
my guess is, if they sign him then Y Diaz doesn’t get a call up and you still need only 2 moves from the 40 (for him and Brown) 

If I had to guess it’s bye bye to Goodrum and Blanco. If he’s on a 2 year deal it’s possible they cut bait on Jones instead of Blanco, since he makes Jones kind of redundant for next year, but maybe they envision a Jones/JJ platoon at 1B, I have no idea. My guess is, if he’s signed, 1B is Y Diaz next year. 

[henrygandorf 29,177]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

maybe they envision a Jones/JJ platoon at 1B

[HtownHorn 14,487]

We can go to bed, fucked by Boras again.

 

[Gourmand 7,774]

 

[Wulaw Horn 18,981]

If you are bringing back JV then basically this is it for your financial flexibility for next year. The upside is it means you only have 3 positions to fill- back up catcher, CF and 1B. 
Diaz takes 1B, Chas/Meyer/Leon go into a cage fight where 3 enter and 2 leave, and Lee is you backup C?  Those 4 roster spots get filled for 3 million. No money to bring back Vasquez unless they don’t sign JV. 

2023 roster:

JV, Framber, LMJ, Javier, Urquidy, Garcia, Brown, Presley, Stanek, Neris, Maton, Martinez, Whitley 

Maldy, Lee, Diaz, JJ, Altuve, Peña, Bregman, Alvarez, Dubon, Conforto, Tucker, Chas, Meyers. 
 

210 million plus the 15M in payroll taxes for your luxury tax number. Right on the tax threshold. That’s with JV getting 40 ish. I’d personally trade Garcia, Maton and Chas for a CF with a couple years of team control left if JV comes back. That roster, either way, Fucks. 

[runthebone 7,932]

Is the deadline midnight eastern?

 

[Wulaw Horn 18,981]

Never trust any media reports with Boras involved. The second your name is associated with one of his guys in the press as a rumor you can pretty much rule it out. Oh well, such is life. 

1 minute ago, runthebone said:

Is the deadline midnight eastern?

 

Yes. 

[TonyTexas 10,482]

It’s not happening. Go to bed 

[Gourmand 7,774]

Meanwhile, LAA doing their best Astros bullpen to blow this game

[Wulaw Horn 18,981]

That would have been a fun signing. Oh well. Looking forward to watching Diaz get about 12 AB’s between now and then I guess. That will be fun. 

[Gourmand 7,774]

Yankees lose, Astros up 5 games

[WBT 20,422]

8 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Yankees lose, Astros up 5 games

Yanks are only up 6 on the Rays, 5 in the loss column.  Hmm.

Edited September 1, 2022 by WBT

[henrygandorf 29,177]

23 minutes ago, WBT said:

Yanks are only up 6 on the Rays, 5 in the loss column.  Hmm.

rays host nyy this weekend. 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Gourmand said:

Meanwhile, LAA doing their best Astros bullpen to blow this game

It is uncanny how they torpedo the insane results of their big dogs and find a way to lose.  Oh well, so sad that the Angels ineptitude is trumped by NYY terrible luck since the All-Star game.

[tx 3 putt 76,389]

2 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

rays host nyy this weekend. 

Meaningful September baseball ! 
 

ha

[Guest]

So Conforto signed with nobody, right?

[Gourmand 7,774]

4 hours ago, slorch said:

So Conforto signed with nobody, right?

Correct

[Scraps 13,542]

40 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Correct

[kevwun 15,653]

Very brave for a guy coming off serious shoulder surgery.

[Wulaw Horn 18,981]

19 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Very brave for a guy coming off serious shoulder surgery.

Dumb. Other than this- The great Satan said the reported Astros offer wasn’t correct, so who really knows. 

[kevwun 15,653]

Boras likes technicalities, the Astros might have have offered 2 years 29 million.

[tx 3 putt 76,389]

Like Correa, he’s getting bad advice 

[Gourmand 7,774]

 

[Scraps 13,542]

[The Earl of Texas 3,131]

Fuck him.

When I look at batting averages and the IL and just generally observing, I’m amazed our record is what it is. Pitching is obviously this team’s bread and butter, but we can be and should be, and IMO will be, way better, and hopefully that coincides with the playoffs starting.

This team is unreal.

Conforto should’ve hopped on in the hopes he got a chance to be a part of the magic. What a donkey 

[Ojo Rojo 1,905]

40 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

 

What did we get in return?

[Gourmand 7,774]

Today is the day Goodrum gets DFA'd imo. He hasn't played since Aug 12th iirc and the team will need at least one 40-man spot for Brown and maybe another for Yanier Diaz if he gets called up as well.

One 40-man development worth watching is the never-ending saga of Josh James. He was sent on a rehab assignment last week to Single A Fayetteville, pitched well and has been transferred to Sugar Land. The Skeeters used seven pitchers last night, with Dubin starting and getting three innings of work while all the others got an inning each. The winning pitcher of record? Josh James, who pitched the 5th and went 1 H 0 R 0 BB 3 K. The Astros have about three weeks to decide what to do with him and his 40-man roster spot.

8 minutes ago, Ojo Rojo said:

What did we get in return?

No details were provided by the Astros yet. Maybe a PBTNL?

[Wulaw Horn 18,981]

5 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Today is the day Goodrum gets DFA'd imo. He hasn't played since Aug 12th iirc and the team will need at least one 40-man spot for Brown and maybe another for Yanier Diaz if he gets called up as well.

One 40-man development worth watching is the never-ending saga of Josh James. He was sent on a rehab assignment last week to Single A Fayetteville, pitched well and has been transferred to Sugar Land. The Skeeters used seven pitchers last night, with Dubin starting and getting three innings of work while all the others got an inning each. The winning pitcher of record? Josh James, who pitched the 5th and went 1 H 0 R 0 BB 3 K. The Astros have about three weeks to decide what to do with him and his 40-man roster spot.

No details were provided by the Astros yet. Maybe a PBTNL?

Cash considerations. They used them to buy Dusty Baker some sweet new wristbands, toothpicks, readers and Rona masks. We won the trade bigly imo. 

[WBT 20,422]

How did we trade Brinson?  I thought the trade deadline was a for real trade deadline as of a few years ago.

[Gourmand 7,774]

6 minutes ago, WBT said:

How did we trade Brinson?  I thought the trade deadline was a for real trade deadline as of a few years ago.

Minor leaguers who have been with the org all year and were not on a major league roster at any point in the season are eligible to be traded. 

[ballrific 215]

On 8/30/2022 at 11:14 AM, henrygandorf said:

astros are in the 1st base dugout, and the friends and family section is right above that and typically half full.  i would recommend buying a bit above that and wandering down.

prepare yourself though, it's gonna hot as fuck this weekend no matter where your seats are.

Thanks, yeah saw the "heat wave".  Hopefully Austin/Houston has prepared me for it over the last month, if it's humid as fuck all bets off.

Looks like seating options above 1B dugout are field level/mvp and "terrace" options.  Is there better beer/food options/views/shade in "terrace" or not worth it?

[huge 3,788]

Buy a cheapo and meander to whatever suits your fancy.  It won't be crowded.

[henrygandorf 29,177]

27 minutes ago, ballrific said:

Thanks, yeah saw the "heat wave".  Hopefully Austin/Houston has prepared me for it over the last month, if it's humid as fuck all bets off.

Looks like seating options above 1B dugout are field level/mvp and "terrace" options.  Is there better beer/food options/views/shade in "terrace" or not worth it?

not sure which day(s) you're going but the 3rd base side is better for the shade.  the first base side will get sun most of the game (prob only affect you on sat or sunday).  if you're on that side and in the sun, you can always back up to use the overhang until the sun goes down (7:30ish).  it will be every bit of 100+ and it's a dry heat - more like phx, vegas, or mexico than austin/houston.

there are a couple decent food options kinda centrally placed - we typically hit them on the way in.  if memory serves, there's a good beer/booze area right near that main astros section.  it's an old stadium so that stuff is all pretty spread out and there's nothing cool or unique about any particular place that i know of.

not sure how you're doing it, but if you're staying in la, i would recommend the train from union station.  it drops you off in the stadium parking lot and it's fun to booze on the train (and at union station).  the freeways will be fucked up because of the beach traffic/holiday weekend/disney.

27 minutes ago, huge said:

Buy a cheapo and meander to whatever suits your fancy.  It won't be crowded.

also this.  it won't be crowded (although shohei is throwing on sat).  and it's pretty easy to move around.

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[ballrific 215]

58 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

not sure which day(s) you're going but the 3rd base side is better for the shade.  the first base side will get sun most of the game (prob only affect you on sat or sunday).  if you're on that side and in the sun, you can always back up to use the overhang until the sun goes down (7:30ish).  it will be every bit of 100+ and it's a dry heat - more like phx, vegas, or mexico than austin/houston.

there are a couple decent food options kinda centrally placed - we typically hit them on the way in.  if memory serves, there's a good beer/booze area right near that main astros section.  it's an old stadium so that stuff is all pretty spread out and there's nothing cool or unique about any particular place that i know of.

not sure how you're doing it, but if you're staying in la, i would recommend the train from union station.  it drops you off in the stadium parking lot and it's fun to booze on the train (and at union station).  the freeways will be fucked up because of the beach traffic/holiday weekend/disney.

also this.  it won't be crowded (although shohei is throwing on sat).  and it's pretty easy to move around.

Thanks for the info, going to the Sunday game for now. Game says 3pm start so I assume thats 1pm local time, so head to the 3B side for shade?

[henrygandorf 29,177]

9 minutes ago, ballrific said:

Thanks for the info, going to the Sunday game for now. Game says 3pm start so I assume thats 1pm local time, so head to the 3B side for shade?

yeah, it's 1pm local and the whole stadium will probably be in the sun for most of the game.  i would say find tickets in the back of the lowest/2nd lowest section so you can get under the overhang for shade.