2023 Official Astros World Champs Offseason Thread

[tx 3 putt 77974]

Such a horrible clubhouse and culture ….

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[UTexasFight 9660]

45 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Such a horrible clubhouse and culture …

Correa taking that toxic culture to Minnesota (from an article in the WSJ today):

“He was very clear with our coaches and front office as to areas of improvement for us pertaining to advanced scouting and game preparation,” said Levine. “He was very direct with some of our players in terms of his perception of them from across the diamond and
ways that they could improve to
help the team win the championship.
This was before his first workout last year.”

[tx 3 putt 77974]

 

[tx 3 putt 77974]

49 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Correa taking that toxic culture to Minnesota (from an article in the WSJ today):

“He was very clear with our coaches and front office as to areas of improvement for us pertaining to advanced scouting and game preparation,” said Levine. “He was very direct with some of our players in terms of his perception of them from across the diamond and
ways that they could improve to
help the team win the championship.
This was before his first workout last year.”

Future head coach 

[Scraps 13600]

Correa rules....fuck the haters

[David Dennison 19133]

 

[rvm96 1643]

6 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

 

 

17 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

 

Have to be quicker than that. 

[David Dennison 19133]

D'OH!

[Dutchrudder 11160]

Good luck, Fuckers should be the 2023 thread title.

[tx 3 putt 77974]

1 hour ago, Dutchrudder said:

Good luck, Fuckers should be the 2023 thread title.

Good Luck, Fuckers while we’re slamming. Buds after the dog pile !!!!

[TonyTexas 10575]

1 hour ago, Dutchrudder said:

Good luck, Fuckers should be the 2023 thread title.

No

[TonyTexas 10575]

I agree with this 

 

 

[Wulaw Horn 19265]

27 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

I agree with this 

 

 

We could actually hit our best hitter at #2 which is where you are supposed to hit your best hitter and hit Yordan there, but if we are arguing over whether we suboptimally hit out 6th best hitter there or our 7th best hitter there yay for choosing the 6th best I guess?  

[henrygandorf 29201]

anybody have any good links for st games?  my mlb.tv won't kick in until the season.

[tx 3 putt 77974]

I heart radio 790

[tx 3 putt 77974]

I’m prepared for no LMJ, brantley, Yordan to start the season 

let the kids play !

[Hank Chinaski 6324]

2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

I agree with this 

 

 

I mean, Brantley at 2 is fine (if less than ideal) but basing the decision on one guy having been good for longer than another guy is…well y’all know what it is. 

Edited March 5, 2023 by Hank Chinaski

[Wulaw Horn 19265]

16 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

I mean, Brantley at 2 is fine (if less than ideal) but basing the decision on one guy having been good for longer than another guy is…well y’all know what it is. 

The only thing that gets me through is that his buffoonish decisions at war with logic and math can’t lose us more than a couple games and he’s not allowed to do silly shit during the playoffs, so…. whatever. But yeah. 

[formermav43 4606]

36 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

I mean, Brantley at 2 is fine (if less than ideal) but basing the decision on one guy having been good for longer than another guy is…well y’all know what it is. 

You don’t think service time is the best way to make out a lineup? Technically you should flip Altuve and Brantley, but they’d be 1-2, so it’s close.

I’m interested in seeing new #3 hitter Martin Maldonado in particular.

[tx 3 putt 77974]

Brown was chatty Kathy on the radio, good stuff 

[henrygandorf 29201]

21 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

this information is very valuable, especially to those in the gambling community, most notably those who like a good 1st 5 runline bet.  check change go ahead.

so pos rep, and please let me know if you stumble across this stuff for any other teams.

[HtownHorn 14952]

No problems with Brantley hitting 2nd over Pena. I mean the ALCS and WS MVP hitting 7th after another regular season MVP because the top 4 or 5 is so fucking good. Like the AI said, Good luck fuckers.

[tx 3 putt 77974]

We’ll have many line ups. I care about lineups, starting in Oct. 

Edited March 5, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[rvm96 1643]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

The only thing that gets me through is that his buffoonish decisions at war with logic and math can’t lose us more than a couple games and he’s not allowed to do silly shit during the playoffs, so…. whatever. But yeah. 

I'll argue with you for fun. I'll just ignore the Yordan hitting 2 because we both know it's not going to happen. Regarding Brantley over Pena I like it. Pena still needs time to adjust to how he's being pitched. I think that's easier hitting lower in the lineup. I also just like having Brantley in the top half of the lineup with the good at bats he takes every time he's up. Hopefully he has less double plays without the shift.

[Wulaw Horn 19265]

7 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

I'll argue with you for fun. I'll just ignore the Yordan hitting 2 because we both know it's not going to happen. Regarding Brantley over Pena I like it. Pena still needs time to adjust to how he's being pitched. I think that's easier hitting lower in the lineup. I also just like having Brantley in the top half of the lineup with the good at bats he takes every time he's up. Hopefully he has less double plays without the shift.

No I agree- if your only 2 options are Brantley or Peña at 2 then give me Brantley unless he’s even more washed than I think he is, or unless Peña hits like an All Star. 
But the better option would be anyone but Chas and Maldy than those 2. 

[henrygandorf 29201]

2 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

No I agree- if your only 2 options are Brantley or Peña at 2 then give me Brantley unless he’s even more washed than I think he is, or unless Peña hits like an All Star. 
But the better option would be anyone but Chas and Maldy than those 2. 

if pena is hitting like an all-star out of the 7 hole, i don't think you'll hear much complaining about batting order.

[Wulaw Horn 19265]

Also what’s wrong with you fuckers failing to make note of Whitley’s perfect outing?  

[Wulaw Horn 19265]

2 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

if pena is hitting like an all-star out of the 7 hole, i don't think you'll hear much complaining about batting order.

It would be awesomely non- optimal I guess. 

[Limp Brisket 546]

4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Also what’s wrong with you fuckers failing to make note of Whitley’s perfect outing?  

Came here to see the comments on Whitley.

[tx 3 putt 77974]

21 minutes ago, Limp Brisket said:

Came here to see the comments on Whitley.

he’s about to get a lot of innings with guys leaving for the world baseball tourney 

[billfromlaketravis 11632]

5 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

I agree with this 

 

 

Didn't the Astros plays .800 baseball with Pena in the 2 hole? Bold strategy Dusty. 

[rvm96 1643]

MLB.com will release the Astros top 30 prospects list tomorrow 

[tx 3 putt 77974]

1 hour ago, Limp Brisket said:

Came here to see the comments on Whitley.

 

[tx 3 putt 77974]

6 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

MLB.com will release the Astros top 30 prospects list tomorrow 

Kind of related ….

 

[tx 3 putt 77974]

 

[billfromlaketravis 11632]

I'm OK with not just handing the job to Chas. I'm not OK with Jake being his primary competition. I think Chas played OK in the postseason. Obviously the Jordan catch was huge. But I'm not sure he has the bat to be an everyday player. Defense should be fine. Hopefully Gilbert is ready June 2024. 

Whitley has earned a spot start. I think as someone posted upthread, there are so many off days in March that they really don't need a 6th starter. 

[rvm96 1643]

55 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

I haven't seen him pitch this spring. Has he thrown any splitters?

[TonyTexas 10575]

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

there are so many off days in March that they really don't need a 6th starter.

They could get away with a 2 man rotation in March. 

Edited March 6, 2023 by TonyTexas

[tx 3 putt 77974]

I think Chad keeps the job, dirden gets a shot at the #4 spot. Jake make the roster, brantley won’t be ready 

hennsley also makes the team 

Edited March 6, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[tx 3 putt 77974]

 

[tx 3 putt 77974]

‘At the worst’. Hmmmmm

[formermav43 4606]

2 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I'm OK with not just handing the job to Chas. I'm not OK with Jake being his primary competition. I think Chas played OK in the postseason. Obviously the Jordan catch was huge. But I'm not sure he has the bat to be an everyday player. Defense should be fine. Hopefully Gilbert is ready June 2024. 

I just don’t understand this take, especially because it’s pretty common. He’s been an above average bat both seasons he’s been up-last year his wRC+ was 114. Compare that to other CFs, and he’s comfortably a top 10 player at the position if he played all his games there. 

[Wulaw Horn 19265]

35 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

I just don’t understand this take, especially because it’s pretty common. He’s been an above average bat both seasons he’s been up-last year his wRC+ was 114. Compare that to other CFs, and he’s comfortably a top 10 player at the position if he played all his games there. 

People don’t understand above average. It’s awesome or awful. 

[WBT 20766]

Springer spoiled a lot of people.

[henrygandorf 29201]

5 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Also what’s wrong with you fuckers failing to make note of Whitley’s perfect outing?  

would love to see him before the 7th inning, but i understand trying to get him some confidence.

[tx 3 putt 77974]

1 hour ago, WBT said:

Springer spoiled a lot of people.

this train keeps going 

[uoftorange 1388]

Chas is everything you could possibly want in an 8th best fielding player.  I simply do not get how people think we can just randomly upgrade CF.  There aren't many teams that can say their 8th best player in the lineup has a wRC+ like that

I agree that Springer absolutely spoiled people but damn. Chas has performed offensively pretty damn especially considering being yanked around all over the place and in and out of the lineup.  

[Jshep34 2385]

They pulled off thier bracket championship win today. Lilshep brought the bat. Hit .over .400 on weekend. Today came in with bases loaded championship game induced a ground out. We tied the game in bottom of inning. In top of last inning he struck out first 2 kids, next hitter was thrown out stealing (reached on E5). We won on walk off wild pitch in bottom of inning.

[Wulaw Horn 19265]

8 hours ago, Jshep34 said:

They pulled off thier bracket championship win today. Lilshep brought the bat. Hit .over .400 on weekend. Today came in with bases loaded championship game induced a ground out. We tied the game in bottom of inning. In top of last inning he struck out first 2 kids, next hitter was thrown out stealing (reached on E5). We won on walk off wild pitch in bottom of inning.

How old is he? 

[Jshep34 2385]

How old is he? 

10.