2023 Official Astros World Champs Offseason Thread

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

9 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

He was the front office spokesman at Fan Fest today. 😡

[Wulaw Horn 18,968]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

He was the front office spokesman at Fan Fest today. 😡

I mean- he’s a face of the franchise and it’s a fan event. I’m not going to read too much into that. 

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

 

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

All the fan fest radio interviews ….

https://sportstalk790.iheart.com/featured/chris-gordy/content/2023-01-21-astros-fan-fest-2023-interviews-on-sportstalk790

[Scraps 13,538]

Bill Doran was my fav player in the 80s

[Jshep34 2,303]

Loved Doran. Always enjoyed the story of him helping Biggio on how to play 2nd base on the floor of the astrodome after the rodeo.

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

not sure why bagwell would be giving a timeline like this for ANY injured player, gm or not  ....

 

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

 

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

 

[kevwun 15,608]

The gm timeline only makes sense if they are waiting a year for Stearns

[The Earl of Texas 3,131]

 

[TonyTexas 10,481]

16 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

 

I don’t trust Nightengale but here’s what he has to say:

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Dana Brown, Atlanta’s vice president of scouting, has emerged as the clear front-runner to become the Astros' next general manager. 

Brown, 55, who has been with Atlanta the past four years, is one of the game’s shrewdest talent evaluators. He has been responsible for Atlanta’s fabulous draft success, recently selecting outfielder Michael Harris and starter Spencer Strider, who finished 1-2 in last year’s NL Rookie of the Year voting. 

Brown would become baseball’s lone Black GM, and join vice president Ken Williams of the Chicago White Sox as the only Black executives in charge of baseball operations. 

 

[Wulaw Horn 18,968]

Sweet!  That was the guy I wanted from Atlanta. 

[TonyTexas 10,481]

2 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Sweet!  That was the guy I wanted from Atlanta. 

I hope he’s privy to Atlanta’s mind control techniques that allow them to sign players to dirt cheap extensions. 

[kevwun 15,608]

I knew Crane was too smart to fuck it up and hire someone like Ausmus.

[runthebone 7,931]

Is this like college where he can bring some players with him?

[runthebone 7,931]

From The Athletic Braves mailbag

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Should we be concerned about potentially losing Dana Brown? I’ve seen articles mentioning him as a possible GM candidate for other teams. — Ariston B.

Brown is the Braves’ vice president in charge of scouting, the man who has put together some of the best drafts in baseball since coming to Atlanta in 2019 from the Nationals, where he also had plenty of success. With the Braves, Brown has overseen the kind of resounding results that can help bolster an organization’s foundation in a major way —and get the attention of teams looking to fill positions at the top of the baseball operations. In his first draft with the Braves, they took Shea Langeliers with the No. 9 pick, and Langeliers was the key piece of the trade that brought Matt Olson to Atlanta last spring.

But Brown and the Braves were just getting warmed up in that draft. In the third round, they took center fielder Michael Harris II out of Stockbridge High School south of Atlanta, and in the fourth round they selected Spencer Strider from Clemson, where the pitcher was below the radar after missing a lot of time recovering from Tommy John surgery. Strider didn’t have anything like the electric stuff that he features now, but the Braves saw something, and as a rookie in 2022 he struck out batters at a higher rate than any starting pitcher in baseball. Harris was the NL Rookie of the Year, Strider was runner-up, and both are now signed to long-term extensions.

Will Brown be? Signed long-term, that is. It can be quite difficult to keep a highly sought-after front-office official if other organizations are offering a promotion to a GM job, which usually comes with a far bigger salary. But some guys do love the scouting aspect of baseball and don’t necessarily want the far-reaching responsibilities that come with moving to the big chair of the GM office. Some people also would prefer to stay with their current organization, in anticipation of that GM job opening someday. Who knows if either description fits Brown? But I would just say Brown and Anthopoulos have a terrific working relationship going back to their days with the Toronto Blue Jays. And the Houston ownership/management situation might not seem as attractive or comfortable as what Brown has with the Braves. I don’t know. It won’t surprise me if the Astros, who’ve already interviewed him at least once, offer him the job. Or if he takes it.

However, consider what Brown has been able to do with the Braves and the working relationship Anthopoulos has with him and other front-office officials. There’s also the talent-rich area of the country where the Braves operate — it makes a scouting director’s job easier to be able to get to see so many players without as many travel hassles. Those factors will make the job one of the more attractive scouting director positions in baseball if it opens up. I’m sure the Braves would fill it with another impressive candidate. I’m also positive that they hope they don’t have to, but Anthopoulos would never dissuade an employee from accepting a promotion with another team, not even his friend and exceptional scouting director.

 

[The Dog 43,785]

30 minutes ago, runthebone said:

From The Athletic Braves mailbag

 

Holy hopium Batman.

[IDIOTsavant 8,437]

1 hour ago, runthebone said:

From The Athletic Braves mailbag

 

This reminds me why I tried to cancel my subscription to The Athletic this year. I say tried because they begged me to stay and slashed the price to $20 for the year…still not sure it was worth it. It started off really solid with some very good writers doing national stories. It’s since devolved into something akin to Bleacher Report 2.0. 

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

Yuli chatter heating up ….

 

[Wulaw Horn 18,968]

3 hours ago, The Dog said:

Holy hopium Batman.

Reads like texags honestly. Their fanbase must be even dumber than I thought for their beat guy to be writing that nonsense. 

[TonyTexas 10,481]

The butthurt is strong. 

 

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

[Js1 85,085]

Everyone knows a meaningless regular season win >>> WS title 

[WBT 20,411]

7 hours ago, runthebone said:

There’s also the talent-rich area of the country where the Braves operate — it makes a scouting director’s job easier to be able to get to see so many players without as many travel hassles.

Lulz.  No baseball talent in Houston 

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

25 minutes ago, WBT said:

Lulz.  No baseball talent in Houston 

It’s a desert 

within 1 mile of Minute Maid, I’m the top prospect 

Edited January 23, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[Wulaw Horn 18,968]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

It’s a desert 

within 1 mile of Minute Maid, I’m the top prospect 

Maybe within 1 block. 

[HtownHorn 14,468]

Hell yes to the Brown. Home run hire. We have the established core, we need to get the pipeline going to maintain the window.

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

11 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Hell yes to the Brown. Home run hire. We have the established core, we need to get the pipeline going to maintain the window.

 

im going to start stretching now for open try outs 

[henrygandorf 29,174]

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

Everyone knows a meaningless regular season win >>> WS title 

also what does the venn diagram even look like with astros fans and uh basketball fans?  i follow college hoops and didn't even know that happened.

hopefully the temple twitter guy hates the phillies and did that to rub shit in their face, because that's what this seems like.

[The Dog 43,785]

 

[runthebone 7,931]

When your most famous alum turns out to be a serial rapist, you've got to celebrate the regular season wins.  I think Sun Tzu said that.

[Fudge Nuggets 19,144]

10 hours ago, runthebone said:

When your most famous alum turns out to be a serial rapist, you've got to celebrate the regular season wins.  I think Sun Tzu said that.

What do them little fluffy dogs got to do with anything?  Although finding one that talks would be pretty badass.

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

Bringing in Brown would be about a perfect ending to the offseason 

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

On 1/21/2023 at 8:21 PM, tx 3 putt said:

All the fan fest radio interviews ….

https://sportstalk790.iheart.com/featured/chris-gordy/content/2023-01-21-astros-fan-fest-2023-interviews-on-sportstalk790

damn these were great interviews. I’m ready to run through a wall. These guys are ready to get back on the field 

[henrygandorf 29,174]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Bringing in Brown would be about a perfect ending to the offseason 

if we've offered, i don't see how he could turn it down.  assuming he's looking to be a gm, jobs like this don't just pop open every offseason.

[Storm the Field 5,271]

When the hell are they gonna release our start times for the 2023 home slate? Every single home game is still TBA. Trying to start putting together a priority list for my share of group tickets.

[Js1 85,085]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Bringing in Brown would be about a perfect ending to the offseason 

Are you done wetting your pants about Bagwell? 

[Wulaw Horn 18,968]

15 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

When the hell are they gonna release our start times for the 2023 home slate? Every single home game is still TBA. Trying to start putting together a priority list for my share of group tickets.

I mean, all home times are basically the same right?  7:00 pm Mon-friday 6:00 pm Saturday, 1:00 PM sunday except for 2 or 3 sunday night games on ESPN and the occasional getaway day game on Thursday.  So, like 10 games might have a different start time than that?

Sunday ESPN Games- Rangers- 4/16, Phillies 4/30.  Serious possibility of Seatle- Sunday July 9, Seattle- Sunday August 20th, Yankees- Sunday September 3 (almost a guarantee on this one), San Diego- sunday September 10th (not if we get the Yankees game the week before of course), That's it for Sunday games.

Potential Wed/Thursday getaway day games: Wed 4/5 Detroit, Wed 5/31- Minn, Thur 8/24- Boston, 

The schedule looks awesome for the Astros for home games.  Those are the only 3 games all year where we end a home stand and don't have an off day to get to the next city.  That's pretty crazy good on the schedule from a body travel perspective.  Didn't look at it the other way to see how many road games we will have where we play until 11 PM and then get in to the next city at 5 AM or something.   

[Storm the Field 5,271]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I mean, all home times are basically the same right?  7:00 pm Mon-friday 6:00 pm Saturday, 1:00 PM sunday except for 2 or 3 sunday night games on ESPN and the occasional getaway day game on Thursday.  So, like 10 games might have a different start time than that?

Sunday ESPN Games- Rangers- 4/16, Phillies 4/30.  Serious possibility of Seatle- Sunday July 9, Seattle- Sunday August 20th, Yankees- Sunday September 3 (almost a guarantee on this one), San Diego- sunday September 10th (not if we get the Yankees game the week before of course), That's it for Sunday games.

Potential Wed/Thursday getaway day games: Wed 4/5 Detroit, Wed 5/31- Minn, Thur 8/24- Boston, 

The schedule looks awesome for the Astros for home games.  Those are the only 3 games all year where we end a home stand and don't have an off day to get to the next city.  That's pretty crazy good on the schedule from a body travel perspective.  Didn't look at it the other way to see how many road games we will have where we play until 11 PM and then get in to the next city at 5 AM or something.   

Yeah, I can guess on probably 90% of the start times. Mostly just want to know the weekday day games. And I feel like a lot of early season Saturday games are 3:10 and then they move them to 6:10 when it gets closer to Summer.

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

20 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Are you done wetting your pants about Bagwell? 

has brown accepted yet ?

he could be seeing way too many spoons in the pot here and lots of outside influence from bagwell 

[Wulaw Horn 18,968]

Just now, Storm the Field said:

Yeah, I can guess on probably 90% of the start times. Mostly just want to know the weekday day games. And I feel like a lot of early season Saturday games are 3:10 and then they move them to 6:10 when it gets closer to Summer.

Fair point on some 3:10 Saturday games.  that seems to happen during the school year I feel like early season and then again in September when we aren't on the 6:00 regional game for Fox.  

The potential day game schedule looks very light to me man, just those 3 games.  Crazy how well that turned out for us.  There is just no need/reason to have a day game on Wednesday/Thursday when you are home the next day nor when you have a travel day the next day.  Fuck it.  fill the stands and play at night.  

[The Dog 43,785]

 

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

I love those early season afternoon games. Easy walk home for me. Walk over to tout suite, get a drink or coffee. 15 min walk home 

tout suite has good food, I recommend 

Edited January 23, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[Scraps 13,538]

They have 3:10 saturday games through the summer months as well. I set up an outing every year and thats what i always look for in June/July to do our outing because it works out better. Typically i have about 3 of them to choose from.

[Scraps 13,538]

I love those early season afternoon games. Easy walk home for me. Walk over to tout suite, get a drink or coffee. 15 min walk home 
tout suite has good food, I recommend 

You don't even go fool.

And you sure as hell ain't walking.

Troll

[Gourmand 7,774]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Bringing in Brown would be about a perfect ending to the offseason 

 

[tx 3 putt 76,296]

52 minutes ago, Scraps said:

You don't even go fool.

And you sure as hell ain't walking.

Troll

 

i try to hit the early season afternoon games. ive walked home many times, it's maybe a 25 min walk

[Fudge Nuggets 19,144]

25 minutes?  Meh, I'm taking the ghetto rickshaw in that situation.

Edited January 23, 2023 by Fudge Nuggets