2022 Houston Astros Thread

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Sounds promising:

 

Edited July 15, 2022 by Seasick Sailor

[Mitch Hedberg 2117]

When is the last time Houston started a game without at least one of Altuve, Bregman, Gurriel, Springer or Correa? The band is slowly breaking up. 
 

edit: I just saw the lineup. Won’t be today.

[TonyTexas 10755]

Lol. Unfortunately I pretty much nailed it. Didn’t take into account that Diaz has been playing a lot and is 3 years older than Bregs. Fuck it. Still better than the A’s lineup. 

[Wulaw Horn 19590]

27 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Yep  - If we can get a TOR without giving up Brown I say you go do it.  

You set up your staff for the playoffs.   LMJ ain't gonna give us shit, and if he does it really should be from the bullpen only.  I would feel way more comfortable with JV, Castillo/Montas, Framber, then one of the other guys as the 4.  Let Javier come in from the pen.  Remove Maton/Abreu from anything significant and leave one of them off roster.  LMJ(maybe), Javier, Neris, Montero, Stanek, Pressly main parts of the pen.  Grab a Lefty RP.  

With all that being said I would probably only do it for Castillo or Montas.  Everyone else is really just a guy, and we have guys just as good, or better than them already.  

LMJ should be going on rehab assignment next week man. He should be fully weaponized in August with 6 weeks to Go before the playoffs.  He will be strong and fresh. I expect him to be awesome this year in the post season, as a starter. 

[kevwun 16437]

He's a #2 or 3 when he's healthy.  He's not in the same league as Castillo and has been on the shelf for a long time.  You can't just count on his stepping in and pitching like he was last year.

Edited July 15, 2022 by kevwun

[TexArcher 39062]

4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

LMJ should be going on rehab assignment next week man. He should be fully weaponized in August with 6 weeks to Go before the playoffs.

Great, so he's got time to get a couple more IL stints out of his system before the playoffs.

[TexArcher 39062]

I love LMJ, but I agree with the notion that he should be someone we hope can contribute out of the pen in the postseason and if we get more it's gravy.  You can't possibly plan around him being one of the starters.

[Wulaw Horn 19590]

If he’s good in august he will be good in October. All indications are he’s feeling great and the velo and stuff is still there so I’m going to choose to believe he’s going to be good. 
what I do not believe will happen is him pitching out of the arm barn.  Both he and Click are adamant that will not be the path. 

[tx 3 putt 78675]

22 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

8 out of 9. Bregman is the only one you missed. 

let’s get it !!!!

[henrygandorf 29225]

6 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

If he’s good in august he will be good in October. All indications are he’s feeling great and the velo and stuff is still there so I’m going to choose to believe he’s going to be good. 
what I do not believe will happen is him pitching out of the arm barn.  Both he and Click are adamant that will not be the path. 

if we add a castillo (anyone with 1+ years left) and get a healthy lance back, our 2023 rotation should be quite a treat.

[tx 3 putt 78675]

If you listened to click, no one is unreadable and he’s listening to all teams 

[TonyTexas 10755]

2 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

if we add a castillo (anyone with 1+ years left) and get a healthy lance back, our 2023 rotation should be quite a treat.

Whether or not they go that route probably depends on what they think Verlander is going to do and how they want to respond. 

[tx 3 putt 78675]

11 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

if we add a castillo (anyone with 1+ years left) and get a healthy lance back, our 2023 rotation should be quite a treat.

verlander, Javier, Castillo, urquidy, Garcia 

yes please. Isn’t framber a free agent in 2023 ?

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Isn’t framber a free agent in 2023 ?

Not until 2026

[tx 3 putt 78675]

1 minute ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Not until 2026

Lee better learn Spanish this off-season 

[tx 3 putt 78675]

Bigger and a very real question, do you roll with Lee as your #2 and dfa Castro ?

maldy thinks very highly of Lee, calls him little brother 

[tx 3 putt 78675]

He’s dropping that whip. Will LMJ be his set up man for the playoffs ?

[henrygandorf 29225]

11 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Bigger and a very real question, do you roll with Lee as your #2 and dfa Castro ?

you really askin?

/omar

[Scraps 13799]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Bigger and a very real question, do you roll with Lee as your #2 and dfa Castro ?

maldy thinks very highly of Lee, calls him little brother 

we already went over this like 2 days ago.  Yes 

[TonyTexas 10755]

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

Bigger and a very real question, do you roll with Lee as your #2 and dfa Castro ?

maldy thinks very highly of Lee, calls him little brother 

That’s a tough one. While getting coached daily by Maldy is a benefit, does it trump the absence of reps that Lee probably needs. With a big lead, maybe Dusty will go full platoon to address that. 

 

also, this sounds like we won’t see Jose until the Yankee games

 

[tx 3 putt 78675]

Everything I’ve read / heard, the organization loves that Lee is getting a full tutorial from maldy. Especially the scouting and game planning. 

[tx 3 putt 78675]

 

[Wulaw Horn 19590]

30 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Whether or not they go that route probably depends on what they think Verlander is going to do and how they want to respond. 

I would think so. Seems weird to think we might trade for Castillo, give JV a big raise, have a healthy LMJ back, an all star Framber and then just have Brown, Urquidy, Garcia and Javier ready to go?  
I wonder if the Castillo deal would be a 3 for 1 type?  Garcia, Urquidy and Brown for Castillo. I’d have to think long and hard about that one. That’s 13 years of likely average to above pitching vs 2 post seasons of excellent run. 
If we did that I’d want to flip Maton, Odo and Chas all for pitching prospects at the deadline. 

[Wulaw Horn 19590]

16 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Bigger and a very real question, do you roll with Lee as your #2 and dfa Castro ?

maldy thinks very highly of Lee, calls him little brother 

There’s no need to DFA Castro unless you need the 40 man roster spot but as has been pointed out there’s far to easily be cut there. I think it’s more likely they keep him stashed on the DL in case of injury. No benefit (other than 40 man) in a DFA. 

[TonyTexas 10755]

5 hours ago, texashorne said:

I am going tomorrow; driving in from DFW and taking my boy to see his favorite player, which is Jose Altuve. Before yesterday, we were looking ok as we were only missing Uncle Mike and Yordan and JV was on the bump. Now Altuve is out too and Odo may be on the bump.  I guess it could be worse but damn. 

You’re in luck. JV on the bump tomorrow. 

 

[runthebone 8374]

The problem with LMJ in the pen is that he has the tendency to throw curveballs over and over and over again.  There is no way that will ever work.

[billfromlaketravis 11817]

2 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:

8 out of 9. Bregman is the only one you missed. 

Yep, Dusty is just trolling us at this point. 

[Scraps 13799]

Ok lets see what this lineup can do lol

[Wulaw Horn 19590]

5 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Ok lets see what this lineup can do lol

So far so good!  

[billfromlaketravis 11817]

Working thread? Mlb66 nuked again.

[Smax 3800]

Just now, billfromlaketravis said:

Working thread? Mlb66 nuked again.

 

 

working for me

[TonyTexas 10755]

18 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Working thread? Mlb66 nuked again.

It’s been really hit or miss lately, particularly  the AT&T feed. Try the opponents feed. 

[tx 3 putt 78675]

1 minute ago, TonyTexas said:

It’s been really hit or miss lately, particularly  the AT&T feed. Try the opponents feed. 

its been a little choppy all week 

[mycox 587]

I'm watching on sportsurge Finally found a stream that worked.

[Wulaw Horn 19590]

This is awesome. Blummer voice “ you look at that middling futility”

no complaints. Awful travel situation. Is what it is. 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

He’s dropping that whip. Will LMJ be his set up man for the playoffs ?

You no like Montero?

[clapclapclap 9000]

gotdam Manfred probably paying Putin to hack n jam mlb66

[billfromlaketravis 11817]

That fat f*** needs to get got. Let the player complete the play before you stick your fat f***ing arms out. 

[runthebone 8374]

Altuve is going to Willis Reed this one!

[TonyTexas 10755]

22 minutes ago, mycox said:

I'm watching on sportsurge Finally found a stream that worked.

Care to share with the class?

[tx 3 putt 78675]

Y’all keep talking shit about Siri 

[TonyTexas 10755]

Nice, brisk pace to this game. These 2 pitchers get the ball and go. 

[mycox 587]

14 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Care to share with the class?

sportsurge.net

volokit2 worked for me

Edited July 16, 2022 by mycox
and it quit working. bad day for streaming

[Dondrysdale1 379]

http://live.720pstream.me/mlb-streams

[billfromlaketravis 11817]

7 minutes ago, mycox said:

sportsurge.net

volokit2 worked for me

[cabowabo 4687]

What the fuck is going on with our defense? Good Lord.

[clapclapclap 9000]

If I die before I wake

Bench Jake

[Honeysucklerose 1006]

You have to be better than that Jake. Crap

[rvm96 1643]

I was shocked Urquidy wasn't done after the 6th. Usually the Stros pitching staff is right but this blew up.

[Honeysucklerose 1006]

This is escalating