2022 Houston Astros Thread

[Macklemore 2870]

Click is single-handedly shutting down our championship window by years. His failure to bolster this club with any move to help bring in an extra bat and an extra arm in the Pen and as a SP is pathetic compared to the greatness we were spoiled with in Luhnow. Seeing a Springer Dinger hurt is in our home park has left me cranky and I have been drinking too much in response. Click is the worst GM in this city and I am not some homer who rides Caserio’s or Stone’s jock. I don’t think either of them would be as stupid as Click when it comes to maximizing your championship window. Fuck Click.

[Wulaw Horn 18980]

55 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

Click is single-handedly shutting down our championship window by years. His failure to bolster this club with any move to help bring in an extra bat and an extra arm in the Pen and as a SP is pathetic compared to the greatness we were spoiled with in Luhnow. Seeing a Springer Dinger hurt is in our home park has left me cranky and I have been drinking too much in response. Click is the worst GM in this city and I am not some homer who rides Caserio’s or Stone’s jock. I don’t think either of them would be as stupid as Click when it comes to maximizing your championship window. Fuck Click.

He’s not the worst GM in the city bc we have fools at the other 2 spots, but he’s a massive step down from the guy before him, it seems, at this time. 
that said- we aren’t this bad offensively. This is silly. 

[tx 3 putt 76348]

you have to see what the young arms / bats can bring. The bats sucking have more to do with a shortened spring training than click / dusty 

[Guadaloopy 10921]

28 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

you have to see what the young arms / bats can bring. The bats sucking have more to do with a shortened spring training than click / dusty 

Sucks for us that everyone else got a full spring training. 

[tx 3 putt 76348]

3 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Sucks for us that everyone else got a full spring training. 

They need to get their shit together, no doubt. .200 team batting avg isn’t going to cut it 

Edited April 24, 2022 by tx 3 putt

[Macklemore 2870]

11 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

He’s not the worst GM in the city bc we have fools at the other 2 spots, but he’s a massive step down from the guy before him, it seems, at this time. 
that said- we aren’t this bad offensively. This is silly. 

How can you call Rafael Stone a fool with the draft he had last year. I hate the Texans. Not been impressed so far with Caserio but his first big test is this week with the draft capital we have. Click inherited 103 win team that should have won the WS the year before  and has been the best team in baseball for years and has not done a damn thing to improve it. He has taken the lazy Tampa Bay way instead of being creative financially to retain at least one of Correa or Springer. Fuck Click.

Edited April 24, 2022 by Macklemore

[David Dennison 18655]

11 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

They need to get their shit together, no doubt. .200 team batting avg isn’t going to cut it 

 

[TonyTexas 10482]

Rare Sunday game with the “A” lineup. I have no problem moving Peña back down and trying something new at lead off. 

[David Dennison 18655]

14 hours ago, Macklemore said:

Click is single-handedly shutting down our championship window by years. His failure to bolster this club with any move to help bring in an extra bat and an extra arm in the Pen and as a SP is pathetic compared to the greatness we were spoiled with in Luhnow. Seeing a Springer Dinger hurt is in our home park has left me cranky and I have been drinking too much in response. Click is the worst GM in this city and I am not some homer who rides Caserio’s or Stone’s jock. I don’t think either of them would be as stupid as Click when it comes to maximizing your championship window. Fuck Click.

The big decisions, a la Springer and Correa, are probably not up to James Click.

Edited April 24, 2022 by David Dennison

[Hank Chinaski 6310]

2 hours ago, Macklemore said:

He has taken the lazy Tampa Bay way instead of being creative financially to retain at least one of Correa or Springer. Fuck Click.

I mean…I get the frustration, but this is backwards. The “Tampa Bay way” is necessarily the opposite of “lazy.” Signing high-priced FAs strikes me as more “lazy” than having to dig and find value in overlooked places and managing a good roster opportunistically with a very restrained payroll.

I’m not saying Click is hitting the right buttons, just saying that there are ways to win beyond throwing hundreds of millions of dollars at FAs. Whether he can do that remains to be seen.

3 hours ago, Macklemore said:

Click inherited 103 win team that should have won the WS the year before  and has been the best team in baseball for years and has not done a damn thing to improve it. 

In fairness, there is no improving on the 2019 team. That is the best team in franchise history, probably will be the best team we’ll ever have, and it would be virtually impossible to improve upon it without doubling the luxury tax threshold. That’s why that WS stung so badly.

Anyway, this team is in a funk because nobody is hitting. That won’t last. I still think the team is a little worse than last year, but I think that has more to do with the rotation probably not being quite as good as the results indicated last year, Altuve and Yuli being another year older, and Pressley having whatever issues he’s having. Losing Correa hurts, sure, but Pena has outperformed him dramatically so far, meaning that the results so far could conceivably be worse with Correa.

[Macklemore 2870]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

The big decisions, a la Springer and Correa, are probably not up to James Click.

Right, Click taking the lazy Tampa route instead of selling Crane on keeping one of these guys and getting creative financially. I hate his stand pat mindset. From what I can tell he would have never made winning moves like trading for Verlander or Cole like the GOAT.

[Wulaw Horn 18980]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

The big decisions, a la Springer and Correa, are probably not up to James Click.

Sure. But I don’t think he had any interest in advocating for anything being done to keep those guys. 
I don’t exactly envision him as going all Dave on the budget trying to balance it and show crane a way forward. 
I don’t think he had any interest in keeping those guys. They aren’t spare middle relievers which is his fetish. 

[TonyTexas 10482]

Javier joining the rotation and starting Wednesday. Before you get to excited about dumping Odorizzi, they are going to a 6-man rotation 

[Wulaw Horn 18980]

6 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

I mean…I get the frustration, but this is backwards. The “Tampa Bay way” is necessarily the opposite of “lazy.” Signing high-priced FAs strikes me as more “lazy” than having to dig and find value in overlooked places and managing a good roster opportunistically with a very restrained payroll.

I’m not saying Click is hitting the right buttons, just saying that there are ways to win beyond throwing hundreds of millions of dollars at FAs. Whether he can do that remains to be seen.

In fairness, there is no improving on the 2019 team. That is the best team in franchise history, probably will be the best team we’ll ever have, and it would be virtually impossible to improve upon it without doubling the luxury tax threshold. That’s why that WS stung so badly.

Anyway, this team is in a funk because nobody is hitting. That won’t last. I still think the team is a little worse than last year, but I think that has more to do with the rotation probably not being quite as good as the results indicated last year, Altuve and Yuli being another year older, and Pressley having whatever issues he’s having. Losing Correa hurts, sure, but Pena has outperformed him dramatically so far, meaning that the results so far could conceivably be worse with Correa.

We didn’t try to be great and don’t appear to ever want to do that again. Maybe it’s rational in baseball since playoff baseball is such a crapshoot, but it hurts as a fan. 

[David Dennison 18655]

3 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Sure. But I don’t think he had any interest in advocating for anything being done to keep those guys. 
I don’t exactly envision him as going all Dave on the budget trying to balance it and show crane a way forward. 
I don’t think he had any interest in keeping those guys. They aren’t spare middle relievers which is his fetish. 

Jim Crane's five year limit isn't doing James Click (or any GM for that matter) any favors when it comes to retaining players who reach free agency.  

[Hank Chinaski 6310]

12 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

We didn’t try to be great and don’t appear to ever want to do that again. Maybe it’s rational in baseball since playoff baseball is such a crapshoot, but it hurts as a fan. 

Yup, and that’s exactly what the owners want. More playoff teams = reduced incentive to construct great teams; good teams should be good enough. 

[Macklemore 2870]

15 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Sure. But I don’t think he had any interest in advocating for anything being done to keep those guys. 
I don’t exactly envision him as going all Dave on the budget trying to balance it and show crane a way forward. 
I don’t think he had any interest in keeping those guys. They aren’t spare middle relievers which is his fetish. 

Exactly. That’s what I mean by being Tampa Bay lazy. The GOAT made moves prior to trade deadline to bolster this team’s chances. He traded for Cole AFTER winning the WS. Click doesn’t have the winner mindset of Luhnow. The GOAT would have gotten either Correa or Springer to stick around.

[David Dennison 18655]

Just now, Macklemore said:

Exactly. That’s what I mean by being Tampa Bay lazy. The GOAT made moves prior to trade deadline to bolster this team’s chances. He traded for Cole AFTER winning the WS. Click doesn’t have the winner mindset of Luhnow. The GOAT would have gotten either Correa or Springer to stick around.

Only if they agreed to five year deals. 

[David Dennison 18655]

Also, are we prepared to blame the GOAT for letting CFM and Cole get away?

[Guadaloopy 10921]

30 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

From what I can tell he would have never made winning moves like trading for Verlander or Cole like the GOAT.

To be faiiirrrr… Click didn’t really have the farm pieces or excess proven MLB talent (Joe Musgrove) to make big moves like that.  

[UTexasFight 9379]

Re: Altuve “Unprecedented healing” per astros trainer on GM show. click them goes on to say “we want to make sure this is 100% behind us.”

 

so, yeah. We might get him back by the all star break… if 2023.

[Wulaw Horn 18980]

34 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Also, are we prepared to blame the GOAT for letting CFM and Cole get away?

He thought he was upgrading with Greinke from CFM and he built one of the greatest 10 teams of my lifetime the years after CFM left so yeah- he 100% gets a pass for letting him get away. 

[cabowabo 4452]

Oh great... a baseball basics broadcast. Always love those.

[Wulaw Horn 18980]

41 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Only if they agreed to five year deals. 

Is it so happened correa was open to a 1 year deal while Springer signed for only 150, so… yeah- they were affordable. 
Correa could have stayed for the year and we could have broken Peña in with no issues at all and had insurance for Altuve or Yuli getting hurt or declining. 

[TonyTexas 10482]

3 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

Oh great... a baseball basics broadcast. Always love those.

You need to pay close attention 

Edited April 24, 2022 by TonyTexas

[Planet Houston 4923]

Fuck this losing streak. We are 1-0 when I’ve gone this year, the home opener with Garcia on the bump. Back in the house, look for the trucker hat in 118. We are gonna baby rock out of this mini slump today. 

[Scraps 13542]

Keep booting balls George Michael

[TonyTexas 10482]

Thanks. Bitchette

[Scraps 13542]

Lmao Collins....come on bro....Tucker don't play that shit

[David Dennison 18655]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Is it so happened correa was open to a 1 year deal while Springer signed for only 150, so… yeah- they were affordable. 
Correa could have stayed for the year and we could have broken Peña in with no issues at all and had insurance for Altuve or Yuli getting hurt or declining. 

If George would have signed a five year deal, he'd be an Astro.

[clapclapclap 9000]

Chas almost popped that Kikuchi.

Edit:

Followed by a professional Kikuchi popper.

Edited April 24, 2022 by clapclapclap

[Planet Houston 4923]

Uncle strength!!

[WBT 20418]

18 hours ago, Macklemore said:

Click is single-handedly shutting down our championship window by years. His failure to bolster this club with any move to help bring in an extra bat and an extra arm in the Pen and as a SP is pathetic compared to the greatness we were spoiled with in Luhnow. Seeing a Springer Dinger hurt is in our home park has left me cranky and I have been drinking too much in response. Click is the worst GM in this city and I am not some homer who rides Caserio’s or Stone’s jock. I don’t think either of them would be as stupid as Click when it comes to maximizing your championship window. Fuck Click.

Lulz no

[WBT 20418]

Bagwell has been in the radio booth this series and on that homer the field mike picked up the crack really loud and then Bagwell just said, "Oh Mike" before Ford could get anything out

[clapclapclap 9000]

So after bro scores on a solo homer Yuli answers with a run of his own.

I'm a lip reader, and during the pitching change La Pina was singing towards left field:

Oh, Lourdes, it's hard to be humble
When you're perfect in every way
I can't wait to look in the mirror
'Cause I get better lookin' each day

To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a man
Oh, Lourdes, it's hard to be humble
But I'm doin' the best that I can

[Scraps 13542]

I hope you weren't holding on to that one all weekend

[Scraps 13542]

Well thats one way to not get thrown out at 2nd

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Fuck everything

[Honeysucklerose 957]

What a rough week

[David Dennison 18655]

That is so bad.

[Scraps 13542]

Yordan needs to play the field to get out of this slump

[Macklemore 2870]

Thanks a lot Click. Fuck I hate getting angry drunk on a Sunday.

[Macklemore 2870]

God damn it. Going to get swept at home. This should be a wake up call to Crane that Click has us on the road to mediocrity. Clean house fire Dusty and Click now.

Edited April 24, 2022 by Macklemore

[Guadaloopy 10921]

3 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

God damn it. Going to get swept at home. This should be a wake up call to Crane that Click has us on the road to mediocrity. Clean house fire Dusty and Click now.

Yep.  A series of one run losses against one of the best teams in the league is a clear signal to blow it all up.  

[David Dennison 18655]

5 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

God damn it. Going to get swept at home. This should be a wake up call to Crane that Click has us on the road to mediocrity. Clean house fire Dusty and Click now.

That won't do a thing to change the underlying business philosophy of the Houston Astros.

[kevwun 15643]

Anyone been having trouble with mlb66.ir on apple devices lately?  Tried to stream the games this weekend on my phone connected to a tv and the broadcast kept freezing.  Still seems fine on my laptop, but we tried it on multiple phones and a friend had the same issue last week on an ipad.

Edited April 24, 2022 by kevwun

[clapclapclap 9000]

30 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I hope you weren't holding on to that one all weekend
 

That tune works great with a Mariachi band.

[Scraps 13542]

Tucker should try batting without a helmet next

[Hank Chinaski 6310]

Alvarez: .135/.220/.405

Tucker: .130/.217/.241

Altuve: .167/.268/.250

When this is the performance of 3 of your 5 best offensive players, it doesn’t make any difference what Click has done, what Dusty does, what the business model is, etc. 

[tx 3 putt 76348]

Get him home !