2023 Official Astros World Champs Offseason Thread

[Fudge Nuggets 19,240]

Flew out to the left center warning track, but the ball got there in a hurry. Didn’t quite piss on it, but it was close. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19,240]

Abréu going with the Yuli tribute by having the back pocket hanging out. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19,240]

McKenna smoked one 406 off the wall in straight away center for a stand up triple. 

[tx 3 putt 77,650]

Carry 3 catchers until the rosters are reduced ?

Little more extra rest for machete ?

[Wulaw Horn 19,156]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Welp 

 

This is jack’s complete lack of surprise. 

[tx 3 putt 77,650]

So Javier is our #2 ? 

[Gut Wagon 8,097]

11 hours ago, Gourmand said:

This is wild to me because having lived all those and more, 2019 doesn't come close to the top of my list. Yeah it sucked to lose all four home games against an inferior wild card team but I can't agree with anything but the Buffalo debacle at the top of the list, followed by the Coogs losing in '83. 

I have only this to say:

(1) 1980 Astros worse than 1986; and

(2) Mike Renfro was in bounds. 

[Focht Up 631]

18 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

I have only this to say:

(1) 1980 Astros worse than 1986; and

(2) Mike Renfro was in bounds. 

It doesn't get much worse than blowing the 35-3 lead against Buffalo in the playoffs.   

[runthebone 8,052]

I assume a Phillies fan is going to buy this:

https://astros.auctions.mlb.com/lance-mccullers-2022-world-series-game-used-jersey/isynmv1/aucd/4449816

[Victor Lazlo 1,780]

1 hour ago, Gut Wagon said:

I have only this to say:

(1) 1980 Astros worse than 1986; and

(2) Mike Renfro was in bounds. 

Absolutely 1980 Astros was my greatest disappointment.

First time in the playoffs, they’d always been crummy since inception, and you have prime Nolan Ryan pitching in the 8th with a 5-2 lead, win and you go to the World Series.

My young mind was blown with the possibility of the World Series right in front of us. And then it all fell apart.

Complete and utter devastation for young Victor. Nothing comes close for me.

[runthebone 8,052]

Well, all that shit is why I was crying in 2017.

[Jshep34 2,324]

Lilshep is quickly becoming a mixture of Maddux and Mariano. Played 2 games today. Closed out first game
2 innings 1 hit no walks 4 K's on 28 pitches (22 strikes)
Started 2nd game
4 innings 2 hits 1 walk 5 K's on 49 pitches (37 strikes). Had a 6 pitch inning. No runs allowed on the day.
17 innings 2 runs allowed on season in AAA. 26 punch outs on 3 walks. Strikes thrown percentage is around 70 to 75%

[tx 3 putt 77,650]

1 hour ago, Victor Lazlo said:

Absolutely 1980 Astros was my greatest disappointment.

First time in the playoffs, they’d always been crummy since inception, and you have prime Nolan Ryan pitching in the 8th with a 5-2 lead, win and you go to the World Series.

My young mind was blown with the possibility of the World Series right in front of us. And then it all fell apart.

Complete and utter devastation for young Victor. Nothing comes close for me.

2019 hurt more than 1980

 

[HtownHorn 14,795]

If the Astros decide to sign Pinder or any MLB player they need him to replace Dubon. He's just not an MLB caliber player and his spring has been as shitty as one should expect.

Edited March 26, 2023 by HtownHorn

[tx 3 putt 77,650]

35 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

If the Astros decide to sign Pinder or any MLB player they need him to replace Dubon. He's just not an MLB caliber player and his spring has been as shitty as one should expect.

[Gourmand 7,774]

 

[Guest]

Is it Thursday, yet?

[Gourmand 7,774]

RBI double for Abreu.

We're gonna love this guy in our lineup this year. 

[Gourmand 7,774]

Yainer Diaz GRAND SLAM

Stros crushing the Cards today 8-1 in the 2nd

Also this

 

This guy is our next Springer

Edited March 26, 2023 by Gourmand

[Gourmand 7,774]

things got interesting

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[billfromlaketravis 11,562]

29 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Yainer Diaz GRAND SLAM

Stros crushing the Cards today 8-1 in the 2nd

Also this

 

This guy is our next Springer

 

[Gut Wagon 8,097]

11 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

2019 hurt more than 1980

 

If not for 2017, I might agree. That WS win exorcised the demons for me. 

The fact we've had so many sports heartbreaks over the past 40-odd years is sickening. But hey...at least we're not Cleveland. 

[Gourmand 7,774]

3 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

If not for 2017, I might agree. That WS win exorcised the demons for me. 

Same, and I'm honestly surprised more of us don't have the same perspective, especially the olds. 

Perhaps it's a matter of getting older and not being affected as much, but we endured so many damn heartbreaking losses in Houston sports that 2019 doesn't even register much on my sports heartbreak richter scale. Yeah I was pretty bummed about it but I still remember that feeling immediately after of still savoring the 2017 WS and thinking at least we had that one, not to mention all the playoff winning that led up to it. Shit, we couldn't win playoff dick during the Biggio/Bagwell era and yet by Halloween 2019 we'd won our first World Series and been to three consecutive ALCS, so that gut punch game 7 loss wasn't nearly as painful or permanent as the Oilers debacle or the 1980, 1986, and 1998 Astros teams. 

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[tx 3 putt 77,650]

29 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Same, and I'm honestly surprised more of us don't have the same perspective, especially the olds. 

Perhaps it's a matter of getting older and not being affected as much, but we endured so many damn heartbreaking losses in Houston sports that 2019 doesn't even register much on my sports heartbreak richter scale. Yeah I was pretty bummed about it but I still remember that feeling immediately after of still savoring the 2017 WS and thinking at least we had that one, not to mention all the playoff winning that led up to it. Shit, we couldn't win playoff dick during the Biggio/Bagwell era and yet by Halloween 2019 we'd won our first World Series and been to three consecutive ALCS, so that gut punch game 7 loss wasn't nearly as painful or permanent as the Oilers debacle or the 1980, 1986, and 1998 Astros teams. 

in 1980, it was a very distant game. Box scores in the paper was your highlights. wgn and tbs weren’t a thing yet. I was lucky and could catch 740 out of hou. That post game show was my ESPN highlights.

 

 

[runthebone 8,052]

1 hour ago, Gourmand said:

things got interesting

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Sounds like someone doing his job.

[tx 3 putt 77,650]

1 hour ago, Gourmand said:

Yainer Diaz GRAND SLAM

Stros crushing the Cards today 8-1 in the 2nd

Also this

 

This guy is our next Springer

If chas or Jake can’t hold down CF, he’s getting a shot by the end of the season 

[Scraps 13,585]

Mlb the show graphics....come on bruh lol

[TonyTexas 10,537]

Per article, Peña is going to be lead off man.  Dubon probably at 2nd for opener for defensive reasons with Framber starting. 

 

[tx 3 putt 77,650]

4 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Dubon probably at 2nd for opener for defensive reasons

[elfenix 34,364]

"and we're going to the ninth. Finally'

Love Robert Ford

[Gourmand 7,774]

Absolute ass kicking today by the bats

[elfenix 34,364]

astros radio played this bumper

 

 

[UTPhil2006 3,821]

Dubon shouldn’t even be on the team much less starting. 

[kevwun 15,938]

Brown will move him eventually either to the minors or another team.

[Wulaw Horn 19,156]

Peña 1st is stupid. Brantley 2nd is stupid. We really are deciding to give 2 spots that should go to 2 of your best 3 hitters (cleanup being the other one of top 3 hitters) in the lineup to our 5th and 6th or 6th and 7th best hitters on the team. I mean, lineup construction isn’t that important but that doesn’t mean you should throw it away. But it’s the regular season Dusty gets to do whatever he wants. 

[Hank Chinaski 6,324]

31 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Peña 1st is stupid. Brantley 2nd is stupid. We really are deciding to give 2 spots that should go to 2 of your best 3 hitters (cleanup being the other one of top 3 hitters) in the lineup to our 5th and 6th or 6th and 7th best hitters on the team. I mean, lineup construction isn’t that important but that doesn’t mean you should throw it away. But it’s the regular season Dusty gets to do whatever he wants. 

Pena makes outs 70% of the time. Bregman makes outs 63% of the time. Their power is a wash.

Do we want to start the game with an out less frequently or more frequently? Put another way, do we want Yordan/Tucker/Abreu to bat with runners on base less frequently or more frequently?

It’s really not complicated. Yet here we are.

[TonyTexas 10,537]

55 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.    But it’s the regular season Dusty gets to do whatever he wants. 

Edited for succinctness 

Edited March 26, 2023 by TonyTexas

[henrygandorf 29,198]

2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Per article, Peña is going to be lead off man.  Dubon probably at 2nd for opener for defensive reasons with Framber starting. 

 

so dubon will play 2nd, but not bat 2nd, right?  with mike out, who hits 2nd?  pena-yordan-bregs-tucker-abreu-?

[tx 3 putt 77,650]

We’ll have four different lineups, first four games 

[HtownHorn 14,795]

Meyers has been outplayed by every other OF in Florida, but somehow this fuckstick will make the roster.

[runthebone 8,052]

Well, it's up to you again, Astros.

[kevwun 15,938]

33 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Meyers has been outplayed by every other OF in Florida, but somehow this fuckstick will make the roster.

At least Brown doesn't love him like Click.  I believe he wants Gilbert to take over soon.

[Gut Wagon 8,097]

3 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

so dubon will play 2nd, but not bat 2nd, right?  with mike out, who hits 2nd?  pena-yordan-bregs-tucker-abreu-?

To me, Tucker seems well suited to it, if not in his usual (and more appropriate) spot. 

[kevwun 15,938]

I really want Abreu batting cleanup.

[Ichabod 184]

Team boarded the plane out of West Palm Beach this evening, H-Town and title defense bound. 

[HtownHorn 14,795]

1 hour ago, runthebone said:

Well, it's up to you again, Astros.

I don't know the Longhorn baseball team seems to be riding the momentum of beating a lot of shitty teams into an opening Big 12 sweep over #14 Tech. Hopefully they have turned the corner, the offense is starting to take off and outside of a few bad innings, Williams has done an excellent job with the pitching staff.

[HtownHorn 14,795]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

At least Brown doesn't love him like Click.  I believe he wants Gilbert to take over soon.

Yeah, the Atlanta way was a much quicker path to the majors. I think we will see Gilbert at some point this season if he stays healthy and produces.

[tx 3 putt 77,650]

 

[tx 3 putt 77,650]

25 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Yeah, the Atlanta way was a much quicker path to the majors. I think we will see Gilbert at some point this season if he stays healthy and produces.