2022 Houston Astros Thread

[Scraps 13540]

Oz Ocampo just was interviewed on MLB Radio for 20 mins

What they look for in thesr international signings?
- arm action
- breaking ball
- athleticism
- self confidence
- work ethic
- disregard age

Strom would go to Dominican Republic and work with scouts/players. Don't see that too often from ML Pitching Coach.

Support up and down organization


JAVIER
84-86mph when signed what did you see?
- wae still missing bats with that velo
-delivery and arm action same back then as now
- mound presence

MOVEMENT PROFILE OF PLAYER
- delivery/ease of movement
-new in terms of biomechanics, but old in that scouts will still look for easy and classic mechanics that have worked in the past


FRAMBER
Signed at 21 seems old for international what was seen?
-area scout evaluated Framber early 1st day seen curveball was ML quality sharpness and break
-aggressive to sign him at that point
-big body but is athletic and strong

YORDAN
- tried hard to sign him at 18 on last day but didn't work out, thankfully trade happened a few months later
-not power hitter then but line drives to all fields
-frame/quality swing and contact
-sneaky athletic and arm

CURRENT WINDOW
- Pretty special and incedible
- homegrown team makes it special to see the guys from 18/19 yrs old to now...brought up Luis Garcia 5 innings last game as an example
-all here together (scouting dept etc) so long and pull for each other

ROBERT SUAREZ PHILLIES
They asked him about him cause he had tweeted recently about him
- tried to sign him in 2015 from Mexico
-big frame/big arm/aggressiveness
-he was just coming into own then and tried aggressively to sign, had better option to go to japan for 5 or 6 yrs

[runthebone 7932]

500 pages...would love to keep on going.  8 more wins = how many pages?

[WBT 20415]

1 hour ago, Seasick Sailor said:

To be fair, Mariners "fans" have only been watching baseball for about 4 months. 

Ok Helo

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

19 minutes ago, WBT said:

Ok Helo

How dare you. 

[Wulaw Horn 18974]

1 hour ago, Pimphand said:

ALCS has a game off on 10/21 between games 2 & 3 and that is it.

I know. That’s why I said Day off after game 5. As in we play 5 in a row when usually there is a day off most years. That schedule is our advantage. 

[Wulaw Horn 18974]

45 minutes ago, kevwun said:

I think the fees on our ALCS tickets were around $100 per ticket.  Nice racket they have going.

That’s why I got extras here. Figured someone would want to buy for face and not have to pay transaction fees as a community service. 

[Pimphand 5594]

9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

let's add 8 more ....

 

NYY 1903
STL 1882
LAD 1883
BOS 1901
ATL 1871
SFG 1883
OAK 1901
HOU 1962
CLE 1894
DET 1894
BAL 1894
PHI 1883
NYM 1962
CIN 1881
CHC 1876
PIT 1882
KCR 1969
MIN 1901
TOR 1977
CHW 1900
TBR 1998
LAA 1961
MIA 1993
WSN 1969
TEX 1961
SDP 1969
ARI 1998
SEA 1977
COL 1993

Of all the clubs ahead of the Astros they have at least a 59 year head start.... Crazy to think they have already surpassed 9 teams that had 60+ year head starts too.  Of all the expansion teams (1961 or later) only the Astros & Rays average more than 1 postseason win per year.

Edited October 18, 2022 by Pimphand

[tx 3 putt 76316]

I’m fine with us playing catch up

 

[henrygandorf 29174]

34 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

NYY 1903
STL 1882
LAD 1883
BOS 1901
ATL 1871
SFG 1883
OAK 1901
HOU 1962
CLE 1894
DET 1894
BAL 1894
PHI 1883
NYM 1962
CIN 1881
CHC 1876
PIT 1882
KCR 1969
MIN 1901
TOR 1977
CHW 1900
TBR 1998
LAA 1961
MIA 1993
WSN 1969
TEX 1961
SDP 1969
ARI 1998
SEA 1977
COL 1993

Of all the clubs ahead of the Astros they have at least a 59 year head start.... Crazy to think they have already surpassed 9 teams that had 60+ year head starts too.  Of all the expansion teams (1961 or later) only the Astros & Rays average more than 1 postseason win per year.

yeah, i was surprised to hear that 2022 was playoff appearance #15 for the phillies in 118 years.

it's also #15 for us in half that time.

[Pimphand 5594]

I say we nuke the entire site from Orbit and pass OAK after the 2023 postseason..... just to be sure.

[Pimphand 5594]

5 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

yeah, i was surprised to hear that 2022 was playoff appearance #15 for the phillies in 118 years.

it's also #15 for us in half that time.

Yeah the Athletics won 5 World Series during their 54 seasons in Philly.  Still they posted a sub .500 mark overall before moving west.  Of course that does nothing to usurp Chicago as the most historically underachieving MLB town.

[royiv 9150]

Arizona pretty efficient with a WS championship in 18 total postseason wins.

[tx ind 6997]

2 hours ago, runthebone said:

500 pages...would love to keep on going.  8 more wins = how many pages?

850

[Wulaw Horn 18974]

Doug Eddings is on the crew. Is that the guy who is a total and complete clown that’s only better than Angel Hernandez and that other prick whose name escapes me right now?  

[Scraps 13540]

Eddings is in NLCS

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

8 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Doug Eddings is on the crew. Is that the guy who is a total and complete clown that’s only better than Angel Hernandez and that other prick whose name escapes me right now?  

CB Bucknor?

[Wulaw Horn 18974]

7 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

CB Bucknor?

Yes. 

[TonyTexas 10481]

30 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Doug Eddings is on the crew. Is that the guy who is a total and complete clown that’s only better than Angel Hernandez and that other prick whose name escapes me right now?  

Here’s his season rankings. It’s a travesty to reward such mediocrity with an important playoff series. Just be glad he’s doing the NLCS

Edited October 18, 2022 by TonyTexas

[Macklemore 2871]

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

yeah, i was surprised to hear that 2022 was playoff appearance #15 for the phillies in 118 years.

it's also #15 for us in half that time.

Phillies have the most losses of any North American team in any sport if I remember correctly.

[henrygandorf 29174]

12 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Here’s his season rankings. It’s a travesty to reward such mediocrity with an important playoff series. Just be glad he’s doing the NLCS

all you want out of an ump is consistency.  his consistency is 4.  unless that's out of 5...

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Houston Astros	0	0		9.53	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	10	6	6	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	28	1.765	4.8

 

Hit him well back in June. 

[Shaggy3.0 1695]

4 hours ago, runthebone said:

500 pages...would love to keep on going.  8 more wins = how many pages?

All of them.

[Pimphand 5594]

1 hour ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Houston Astros	0	0		9.53	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	10	6	6	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	28	1.765	4.8

 

Hit him well back in June. 

Can't believe Boone's Farm was willing to answer that question.  Actually no wait I totally can....

[Sleepygrad 1029]

yanks up 3-0, would love to see both clubs burn through their bullpens today

[TonyTexas 10481]

12 minutes ago, Sleepygrad said:

yanks up 3-0, would love to see both clubs burn through their bullpens today

I’m just happy that the Yankees had to burn their #2 starter. Heavy bullpen usage would be a bonus but not looking likely at this point. 

[Pimphand 5594]

So during the Astros 2017-2021 runs

ALCS
Home: 10-6
Road: 6-9

WS
Home: 3-7
Road: 6-4

[IDIOTsavant 8437]

That’s weird. Marwin just ran onto the field at Yankee Stadium, and I didn’t hear a single boo.

[TonyTexas 10481]

If roof’s not going to be open tomorrow night, it will never be open

 

[Gut Wagon 8052]

A pretty low-stress regular season (overall) and a quick ALDS, and we still got to pg. 500 before even knowing our ALCS opponent. Pretty impressive, especially considering how few regulars there are on the thread.

Let's sweep the next two series and call it a year. 

[TonyTexas 10481]

^^^
You can thank tx 3 putt

[HtownHorn 14469]

Is Francona even trying to win this game?

[Pimphand 5594]

Guardians not guarding the plate very well only making Cortes throw 6 pitches that inning.

[Pablo 494]

Guardians are a weird combo of so many young guys and old ass Tito as manager.

They probably didn't expect to get this far this soon and Tito will return.

Still game left but it doesn't look good for them.

[Rockethorn1978 6061]

I used to love Bob costas in the 90’s for nba games and the nba finals intros, but he is giving me tired head listening to none stop rambling in between pitches for 9 innings. Stfu!

[Pablo 494]

6 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

I used to love Bob costas in the 90’s for nba games and the nba finals intros, but he is giving me tired head listening to none stop rambling in between pitches for 9 innings. Stfu!

 

no doubt, here's a few good memes from the bird app

[Pimphand 5594]

6 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

I used to love Bob costas in the 90’s for nba games and the nba finals intros, but he is giving me tired head listening to none stop rambling in between pitches for 9 innings. Stfu!

We had to have someone fill the Joe Buck annoy the world during the MLB postseason void.

[wood 11121]

Bob Costas sucks the soul out of every sport he covers, and always has.

[wood 11121]

16 minutes ago, Pablo said:

Guardians are a weird combo of so many young guys and old ass Tito as manager.

They probably didn't expect to get this far this soon and Tito will return.

Still game left but it doesn't look good for them.

At this point neither of these teams look really great to me.

Edited October 18, 2022 by wood

[Pimphand 5594]

216 mistake by the lake

 

[Pimphand 5594]

Boone's Farm is making the right moves today.

[royiv 9150]

4 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Boone's Farm is making the right moves today.

A broken clock is right two times a day.

[Gourmand 7774]

Oz Ocampo just was interviewed on MLB Radio for 20 mins

What they look for in thesr international signings?
- arm action
- breaking ball
- athleticism
- self confidence
- work ethic
- disregard age

Strom would go to Dominican Republic and work with scouts/players. Don't see that too often from ML Pitching Coach.

Support up and down organization


JAVIER
84-86mph when signed what did you see?
- wae still missing bats with that velo
-delivery and arm action same back then as now
- mound presence

MOVEMENT PROFILE OF PLAYER
- delivery/ease of movement
-new in terms of biomechanics, but old in that scouts will still look for easy and classic mechanics that have worked in the past


FRAMBER
Signed at 21 seems old for international what was seen?
-area scout evaluated Framber early 1st day seen curveball was ML quality sharpness and break
-aggressive to sign him at that point
-big body but is athletic and strong

YORDAN
- tried hard to sign him at 18 on last day but didn't work out, thankfully trade happened a few months later
-not power hitter then but line drives to all fields
-frame/quality swing and contact
-sneaky athletic and arm

CURRENT WINDOW
- Pretty special and incedible
- homegrown team makes it special to see the guys from 18/19 yrs old to now...brought up Luis Garcia 5 innings last game as an example
-all here together (scouting dept etc) so long and pull for each other

ROBERT SUAREZ PHILLIES
They asked him about him cause he had tweeted recently about him
- tried to sign him in 2015 from Mexico
-big frame/big arm/aggressiveness
-he was just coming into own then and tried aggressively to sign, had better option to go to japan for 5 or 6 yrs

Heard this segment as well, excellent summary. He gave a lot of credit to our cross checkers as well and came across as very humble and proud of the respective accomplishments of the development and scouting team.

[Horn80 6075]

Yankee fans.  WTF

[TexArcher 37508]

1 minute ago, Horn80 said:

Yankee fans.  WTF

Whappen??

[Horn80 6075]

Just now, TexArcher said:

Whappen??

Yankee fan holding up a Chucky doll and rocking it in the air.  Who the fuck does that?

[Sleepygrad 1029]

Ok, lets fuck up the yankees! This is gonna be a fun series for us I think!

[TexArcher 37508]

Fuck the Yank-ees, clap, clap, clapclapclap!

[TonyTexas 10481]

10 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

Yankee fans.  WTF

Response to this

 

[Horn80 6075]

5 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Response to this

 

Still think it’s weird to carry a Chucky doll to the game to do that.

[TonyTexas 10481]

For me, one of the best things about facing the Yankees in the ALCS is the opportunity to continue torturing Helobious.