2022 Houston Astros Thread

[tx 3 putt 78717]

 

[Scraps 13807]

Lulz wut ^

[runthebone 8379]

10!

[Wishbone 4958]

This is how you break out of a post all star game funk. 

[TonyTexas 10783]

3 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

This is how you break out of a post all star game funk. 

I’m guessing that you can’t remember what you had for breakfast

Edited July 30, 2022 by TonyTexas

[runthebone 8379]

The A's are actually playing well now.  For a shitty team.

[rvm96 1643]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

[Scraps 13807]

I need a CG SO

[Tommy Nobis 905]

 

Ok.gif

[TonyTexas 10783]

16 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

That's a big haul for 1.5 seasons. I wonder if Kelenic was off limits or Cincy didn't rate him highly

 

[UTexasFight 9819]

4 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I need a CG SO

Dammit

 

but probably for the best.

get him out at ~100 pitches vs coming out for the 9th already above that mark 

[rvm96 1643]

Damn, had the ERA lead for just a few minutes.

[Scraps 13807]

He just ruined my fantasy team era.

[Wishbone 4958]

8 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

I’m guessing that you can’t remember what you had for breakfast

Wut? Odd take. At least I don’t worry about whether I get one.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Wishbone

[The Earl of Texas 3214]

 

[TonyTexas 10783]

5 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

Wut? Odd take. At least I don’t worry about whether I get one.

Do you not remember the Yankee DH sweep and the Mariners sweep last weekend?  Hardly a funk

Edited July 30, 2022 by TonyTexas

[runthebone 8379]

That was a meatball, haha.  At least the OF didn't jump.

[rvm96 1643]

Didn't Yordan have a 3 home run day including 1 off a position player against the Orioles?

Edited July 30, 2022 by rvm96

[runthebone 8379]

Wonder whose glove he's wearing if he's a catcher.

[Guadaloopy 11138]

Diaz enjoying some PPP.  

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

is this guy from the HR Derby? 

[billfromlaketravis 11834]

Well, have yourselves a day Astros. 

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

watch Lee K 

 

well damn, this guy is better than their real Ps.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Make em eat Taco Bell

[cabowabo 4692]

Congrats to the Mariners on your new acquisition. Lulz. 

[billfromlaketravis 11834]

21 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

What in the f*** is wrong with that front office in Arlington?

[runthebone 8379]

Giving up their 1/3/5 prospects may affect the AL West for years.  In a good way, I mean.

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

1 minute ago, cabowabo said:

Congrats to the Mariners on your new acquisition. Lulz. 

gave up a decade of core talent for 1 guy for a 1 year run. 

[rvm96 1643]

1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

What in the f*** is wrong with that front office in Arlington?

They had an interesting draft. Got 2 of the top pitchers but had to pay their 9th and 10th rounders $1k bonuses to make it work

[Gut Wagon 8219]

12 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

 

I think pretty much all Seattle cares about right now is not missing the 2022 postseason. 

[formermav43 4630]

Compare that the Astros only gave up their #3, 9, and 11 for multiple years of JV AND got the Tigers to pay a chunk of his contract too.

[Wishbone 4958]

15 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Do you not remember the Yankee DH sweep and the Mariners sweep last weekend?  Hardly a funk

Nope. I was out of the country most of last week (Ecuador). Should have made a  better effort to catch up. Got back in time to see the A’s series. Failure on my part to get up to speed upon return. Carry on.

I had a basic breakfast of eggs over easy, bacon, pan sausage, toast and hash browns with coffee and OJ.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Wishbone

[Rimbo 27049]

https://streamable.com/2ykg5

 

[elfenix 34754]

Astros win!

[Scraps 13807]

I was told we were trading Correa for Castillo....i guess that deals dead

[Rimbo 27049]

[UTexasFight 9819]

9 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

I think pretty much all Seattle cares about right now is not missing the 2022 postseason. 

Great.

so they break the streak…while setting themselves up to miss the postseason for another 20 year stretch.

found this looking up to confirm their playoff drought streak. Lol:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/sports/baseball/seattle-mariners-win-streak-standings.html

 

SEATTLE — The familiar sinking feeling returned quickly, in the first inning of the first game of the most anticipated Mariners homestand in a long, long while.

The team had entered Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game bathing in the glow of a 14-game win streak, an expectation-less squad suddenly turned bully. Coming out of the break, last weekend’s three-game series against the A.L. West-leading Houston Astros was to be a litmus test.

Was it finally OK to hang real hope on the Seattle Mariners?

Whack. With one clean swing, an Astros home run confirmed the answer.

[WBT 20989]

Much needed run differential boost tonight!

[The Dog 44862]

Rent. Free:

 

[ERhine 1938]

You seem like you have some issues.

[Guadaloopy 11138]

[billfromlaketravis 11834]

25 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Rent. Free:

 

Full on bogeyman. 

[HtownHorn 15235]

This reminds me of our trade for Randy Johnson. We gave up a shit ton of value for his 13 starts.

Edited July 30, 2022 by HtownHorn

[Wulaw Horn 19598]

3 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

This reminds me of our trade for Randy Johnson. We gave up a shit ton of value for his 13 starts.

He’s got another year after this one but yeah- that’s a steep price. Glad they paid it if we are being honest. He doesn’t make them as good as us next year, and now they are worse going forward. 

[UTexasFight 9819]

4 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

This reminds me of our trade for Randy Johnson. We gave up a shit ton of value for his 13 starts.

And yet you do that deal 100 times out of a 100 

[The Dog 44862]

37 minutes ago, Honeysucklerose said:

Can I say suck it liberals??

Or suck it retards???

Since “suck it liberal retards” is apparently where we draw the line in the baseball thread, which part of the equation are you people moaning about?

dude...

just say "fuck you Mariners"

that's enough.

[HtownHorn 15235]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

He’s got another year after this one but yeah- that’s a steep price. Glad they paid it if we are being honest. He doesn’t make them as good as us next year, and now they are worse going forward. 

I mean, yeah they may be worse, but those prospects may never be as good as the 40+ starts they will get from Castillo, and they could just as easily flip him at the deadline next year if they aren't in contention, but they will likely be a WC team this year and next. As we saw with Kevin Brown, all it takes is one hot pitcher to take out a 100 win team in a short series.

2 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

And yet you do that deal 100 times out of a 100 

Absolutely.

[tx 3 putt 78717]

Good for musgrove, I always liked him …

 

[UTexasFight 9819]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Good for musgrove, I always liked him …

 

Got a ball signed by him and Bregs when they came through round rock with Fresno in 2016.

for the longest, sure seemed like having musgrove’s autograph on that ball was the lesser of the two…

[runthebone 8379]

Please use his official name, Winning Pitcher of the Greatest Game in Astros History Joe Musgrove.

[txduck87 1021]

Can I say suck it liberals??

Or suck it retards???

Since “suck it liberal retards” is apparently where we draw the line in the baseball thread, which part of the equation are you people moaning about?

How about neither? You seem like a swell guy.