2022 Houston Astros Thread

[Guadaloopy 11012]

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 8030]

2 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

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

Juan Soto, I assume.

[tx 3 putt 77352]

3 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Does he have his 10 yrs of MLB service?  

 13 seasons 

[Wulaw Horn 19147]

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 7774]

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 14763]

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 19147]

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 7774]

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 7774]

 

[Gourmand 7774]

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Wonder if he hurt it in the HR derby:

 

[Wulaw Horn 19147]

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 1441]

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

[TonyTexas 10524]

10 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Wonder if he hurt it in the HR derby

 

[Wulaw Horn 19147]

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 7013]

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 7774]

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 10524]

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 8030]

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 11012]

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 8030]

11.1 yrs per baseball reference

[Gourmand 7774]

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 560]

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 7774]

 

[tx 3 putt 77352]

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

[runthebone 8030]

JV should put someone on the ground

[tx 3 putt 77352]

Just now, runthebone said:

JV should put someone on the ground

 

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

[Scraps 13570]

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

[cabowabo 4513]

I love this bunting we’ve been doing. 

[Pimphand 5855]

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 77352]

10 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

I love this bunting we’ve been doing. 

pitchers duel, bunts are your friend today

[kevwun 15856]

Bregman has started popping up again.

[Js1 85536]

Moore played that poorly. Easy send 

[rvm96 1643]

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 77352]

Hell yes !!!

[Js1 85536]

2 out 2Bs for 2 runs 

[tx 3 putt 77352]

Light him up 

[kevwun 15856]

2 runs with 2 outs, very nice.

[tx 3 putt 77352]

Yordan is a great base runner 

[Guadaloopy 11012]

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

[kevwun 15856]

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

[TonyTexas 10524]

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

[rvm96 1643]

The bunt crowd got what they wanted

[clapclapclap 9000]

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

[Guadaloopy 11012]

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 11012]

Just now, clapclapclap said:

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

[rvm96 1643]

And that's why you don't giveaway outs

[Guadaloopy 11012]

1 minute ago, rvm96 said:

And that's why you don't giveaway outs

[tx 3 putt 77352]

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