2022 Houston Astros Thread

[Guadaloopy 10,918]

3 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Yep, I think he's gonna retire whether an official announcement is coming or not.

Does he have his 10 yrs of MLB service?  

[runthebone 7,932]

2 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Who takes his spot on the 40-man? Yainer Diaz?

Juan Soto, I assume.

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

3 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Does he have his 10 yrs of MLB service?  

 13 seasons 

[Wulaw Horn 18,971]

14 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Who takes his spot on the 40-man? Yainer Diaz?

Brown. 
probably not, but I’d like to see it. 

[Gourmand 7,774]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

Brown. 
probably not, but I’d like to see it. 

Assuming Castro calls it quits, the organization will only have two catchers on the 40-man roster. 

[HtownHorn 14,468]

4 hours ago, The Earl of Texas said:

Props to Urquidy, pitched his ass off.

Urquidy has pitched to a 2.58 era in the last 7 starts, but HRs continue to plague him. He's given up 6 during that streak.

However, he's only allowing a .523 OPS, a .165 BAbip, and a 3.4 SO/BB ratio. He came into the streak with a season high 5.04 era and has now lowered it to 3.93.

Urquidy has been pitching his ass off for over a month now.

[Pablo 494]

7 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Urquidy has pitched to a 2.58 era in the last 7 starts, but HRs continue to plague him. He's given up 6 during that streak.

However, he's only allowing a .523 OPS, a .165 BAbip, and a 3.4 SO/BB ratio. He came into the streak with a season high 5.04 era and has now lowered it to 3.93.

Urquidy has been pitching his ass off for over a month now.

and signed with Boras - seeing big money is his future, props to him!

[Wulaw Horn 18,971]

39 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Assuming Castro calls it quits, the organization will only have two catchers on the 40-man roster. 

Eh- it’s not like 40 man spots aren’t created all the time when you need them, but I get your post.  I guess some would say even if Diaz was on the 40 man they’d still only have 2 catchers on the roster. 

[Gourmand 7,774]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Eh- it’s not like 40 man spots aren’t created all the time when you need them, but I get your post.  I guess some would say even if Diaz was on the 40 man they’d still only have 2 catchers on the roster. 

Right. Someone also has to come off when LMJ comes back. 

[Gourmand 7,774]

 

[Gourmand 7,774]

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

Wonder if he hurt it in the HR derby:

 

[Wulaw Horn 18,971]

13 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Right. Someone also has to come off when LMJ comes back. 

As long as we’ve got Goodrum on that bad boy I consider it to be completely and totally open. 

Brown has to be on the 40 man to get rule protection this year, right?  What about Diaz?  Feel like he needs that as well.

[BornOrange 1,441]

As long as we don't use Maton for the third game in a row, I'm feeling pretty positive.

[TonyTexas 10,481]

10 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Wonder if he hurt it in the HR derby

 

[Wulaw Horn 18,971]

1 minute ago, BornOrange said:

As long as we don't use Maton for the third game in a row, I'm feeling pretty positive.

I dream of trading Maton at the deadline. 

[tx ind 6,997]

8 minutes ago, BornOrange said:

As long as we don't use Maton for the third game in a row, I'm feeling pretty positive.

Dusty:

[Gourmand 7,774]

As long as we don't use Maton for the third game in a row, I'm feeling pretty positive.

Dusty already said he's not available today

[TonyTexas 10,481]

11 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

32 minutes ago, BornOrange said:

As long as we don't use Maton for the third game in a row, I'm feeling pretty positive.

Dusty already said he's not available today

I expect to see a healthy dose of Mushinski today. Might as well get some innings out of him before he’s optioned tomorrow when Pressly returns. 

[runthebone 7,932]

20 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

41 minutes ago, BornOrange said:

As long as we don't use Maton for the third game in a row, I'm feeling pretty positive.

Dusty already said he's not available today

That's too bad.

[Guadaloopy 10,918]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 13 seasons 

I know he’s been hanging around that long.  Was just wondering how options, etc, may have effected his service calculations.  

[runthebone 7,932]

11.1 yrs per baseball reference

[Gourmand 7,774]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

As long as we’ve got Goodrum on that bad boy I consider it to be completely and totally open. 

Yep and if Josh James wasn't already on the 60-day IL, he'd get got. 

[dr99 551]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

 

This guy hurt his wrist and then did the homerun derby and now he's missing games. You got to give credit to Altuve and Yordan for putting the team first and skipping the all-star crap.

[Gourmand 7,774]

 

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

10 days is looong time. Let's see what happens in 9

[runthebone 7,932]

JV should put someone on the ground

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

Just now, runthebone said:

JV should put someone on the ground

 

he did that to altuve the last time they faced each other 

[Scraps 13,540]

Soto will be in St Louis or nowhere...stay with Wash

[cabowabo 4,451]

I love this bunting we’ve been doing. 

[Pimphand 5,594]

2 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

I love this bunting we’ve been doing

Yeah it was pretty funny watching the MFY fans melt down over it and lament that small ball is not winning baseball during game 1 of the DH.

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

10 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

I love this bunting we’ve been doing. 

pitchers duel, bunts are your friend today

[kevwun 15,620]

Bregman has started popping up again.

[Js1 85,095]

Moore played that poorly. Easy send 

[rvm96 1,643]

19 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Yeah it was pretty funny watching the MFY fans melt down over it and lament that small ball is not winning baseball during game 1 of the DH.

I'm down with it with fast guys that have a chance at a hit

Also these FS1 commentators need some coffee 

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

Hell yes !!!

[Js1 85,095]

2 out 2Bs for 2 runs 

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

Light him up 

[kevwun 15,620]

2 runs with 2 outs, very nice.

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

Yordan is a great base runner 

[Guadaloopy 10,918]

Eugenio.  7 characters. 5 syllables.  Is that the best syllable/character ratio in the league?

[kevwun 15,620]

4 hard hit balls in a row.  Gilbert may be running out of steam.

[TonyTexas 10,481]

JV dealing very efficiently. 47 pitches through 4. Exactly what is needed for a tired bullpen 

[rvm96 1,643]

The bunt crowd got what they wanted

[clapclapclap 9,000]

Did not know that Maldy had a 10-second rewind button.

[Guadaloopy 10,918]

That was a really nice job by Jake on that leadoff double.  He seems to adjust to off-speed pitches really well, which informs my Jake>Chas opinion.  

[Guadaloopy 10,918]

Just now, clapclapclap said:

Did not know that Maldy had a 10-second rewind button.

[rvm96 1,643]

And that's why you don't giveaway outs

[Guadaloopy 10,918]

1 minute ago, rvm96 said:

And that's why you don't giveaway outs

[tx 3 putt 76,314]

Runner on 2nd, you swing at this point of the game