2022 Houston Astros Thread

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

best part was winning at home, first time a WS has been clinched in Texas by a Texas team after 0-5 previously  

2010 Rangers, 2005, 2019 & 2021 Astros, 2020 Covid Dodgers/Rays at Globe Life. 

[runthebone 8322]

What a great year and a great ride.

I'm greedy like Dusty, let's get #3 next year.

[Macklemore 2945]

On 11/9/2022 at 12:21 PM, tx 3 putt said:

click is getting screwed over, yankees are probably going to extend cashman 5 years / $25mil and he's been a pure failure 

 

Stearns or Sig would be an upgrade. Click would have let Brantley walk until Crane stepped in. Same thing with Verlander. Thankfully, we have an owner who meddles in a good way. I love that Crane is hellbent on winning and is not sentimental like fans are. He wants killers on his team.

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

1 hour ago, Macklemore said:

He wants killers on his team.

Julio Machado is old, but unsigned.

[Chuckie Finster 22978]

On 4/25/2022 at 10:24 PM, Chuckie Finster said:

We are not a good team.

Nailed it.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[UTexasFight 9790]

Ahh… thanks for posting 

one of their cameras was set up next to me for 2-3 innings during game 1 and figured it was for something like this. 

[texashorne 1185]

What a magical season this was.. It won't be forgotten as I'll be telling stories for decades to come about no hitters, immaculate innings, Yor-bombs, The Catch, walkoffs, and most importantly REDEMPTION. 

See, 2017 was special because we finally won a WS. It was the first one for the Astros and any long time fan spent most of their life with a championship as something that other teams get to play for. Not us. Then that ended in LA. Next came the bullshit scandal following a horrific letdown in 2019. Fans and media ganged up and ran their mouths, ran their articles, and books.. Astros fans knew the truth and wanted redemption. Fell short in 2021 to a hot Braves team, then accomplished something epic in 2022. This championship was so damn gratifying because of the shit we went through post scandal. 

Johnny Cash "God's gonna cut you down" is perfect for this team this season. 

"You can run on for a long time" - all the fucks that wouldn't stop running their mouths about cheating

"god" is the heart, talent, skill, and dedication of the players and fans... sooner or later we were going to cut em down. 

Not sorry for the long post. Go Stros

[Gourmand 7778]

Bumping this thread just to give another rec for this limited edition print. 

https://www.mlbshop.com/houston-astros/houston-astros-2022-world-series-champions-24-x-36-limited-edition-minimalist-fine-art-print/t-36779752+p-7257568652040+z-9-1119291328?_ref=p-DLP:m-GRID:i-r18c1:po-55

Mine arrived yesterday and when I opened it I was blown away by the print quality and color. It's fucking beautiful y'all. 

If you have an Astros fan in your family or circle of friends, a framed version of this would make for an excellent and memorable holiday gift. Would buy again 10/10.

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

put together this montage of Papi's picks showcasing Houston legends:

game 1

game 2 

game 6 

he nailed it.  Philly was Randall Cunningham, Daryl Dawkins and I don't remember their 3rd. 

 

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

The Houston ones were no-brainers, but I'm kind of surprised Chocolate Thunder got the nod over Dr. J. for Philly.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[Wally Pryor 5388]

This is fantastic. Doesn't matter if you love or loathe the Astros. 

From the Vegas thread. DIdn't see it posted in Astros stuff. But it cannot be posted too much. It's that great.  

 

 

Edited November 21, 2022 by Wally Pryor

[elfenix 34661]

i'm in the first photo

 

 

[CycleTex87 3005]

13 hours ago, elfenix said:

i'm in the first photo

 

 

There you are!  Wave!

[CycleTex87 3005]

[The Dog 44774]

 

[Planet Houston 4949]

13 hours ago, The Dog said:

 

Fields good, man!

[kevwun 16293]

I'm guessing he doesn't need surgery since there's no word of him having his hand operated on.

[Dutchrudder 11228]

16 hours ago, The Dog said:

 

Didnt that deal avoid a bunch of arbitration years that otherwise would have him earning way less for a while? 

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

finished this one up and oh what a pleasure to color green the last WS cell on the Astros line. 

I didn't remember the abyss of 2011-2013, did they get any good draft picks from that?  From the depths to the top of the mountain in a decade.  What a spectacular ride, what  fine tuned organization! 

 

-- respect to the Cardinals for continued excellence and to the Giants for their 5 year run.  Dodgers/Braves I despise but can't overlook their tremendous runs either. 

IMO Oz is the most important non-player in Astros history. 

 

[Scraps 13747]

Wrong thread

[Wulaw Horn 19561]

On 11/26/2022 at 1:47 PM, Dutchrudder said:

Didnt that deal avoid a bunch of arbitration years that otherwise would have him earning way less for a while? 

Yes. It was a reasonable buying out of 2 FA years,  probably for something like 25 or 30 a year. 

[Dutchrudder 11228]

33 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Yes. It was a reasonable buying out of 2 FA years,  probably for something like 25 or 30 a year. 

Yeah, so it's not really 19 million a year, it's more like he got a 4 year extension worth 120m, but it's stretched over 6 years to reduce his total cap hit for the length of the deal. It's a good idea, but it's not like they got Yordan for real cheap or he sold himself short. 30m AAV on a 4 year deal is pretty standard for a top tier DH. 

[TonyTexas 10685]

12 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Yeah, so it's not really 19 million a year, it's more like he got a 4 year extension worth 120m, but it's stretched over 6 years to reduce his total cap hit for the length of the deal. It's a good idea, but it's not like they got Yordan for real cheap or he sold himself short. 30m AAV on a 4 year deal is pretty standard for a top tier DH. 

Yordan’s deal was 6/$115m, buying out 3 arb years. Using Judge arb years as a template, Yordan would get about $38M for those years. That means the Astros are paying about $77M for 3 free agent years. 

[TonyTexas 10685]

^^^
Yordan’s projected arb earnings could actually be higher making his FA AAV lower due to escalating salaries in general due to rising revenues and CBT levels. Regardless, it’s a very good deal for the team. 

[henrygandorf 29223]

i saw ohtani just won the award for best dh so not sure why we're paying so much for a mid-tier dh.