2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Wulaw Horn 19,152]

Lulz blummer “good to see Dubon grounding the ball there blah blah blah”. Yeah dude- it found a hole. It’s basically the ball he hits all the time that ends up as a double play with a guy on first but bc he was on third with the IF in it worked out ok. 

[tx 3 putt 77,434]

Don’t fuck this up stanek 

[Scraps 13,577]

Blanco would have ended this game here....Stanek will probably blow it

[WBT 20,670]

8 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Our offense blows. They won last year and now we’re gonna have to hope they kick it in gear mid season and start getting focused for another run.

Mid season huh?  What if they start to hit next week?

[tx 3 putt 77,434]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

Lulz blummer “good to see Dubon grounding the ball there blah blah blah”. Yeah dude- it found a hole. It’s basically the ball he hits all the time that ends up as a double play with a guy on first but bc he was on third with the IF in it worked out ok. 

[Gut Wagon 8,087]

1 minute ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Hey I hope he comes back killing it but he’s gonna take a step back at some point. 

Not sure you'd get an argument out of anyone there.

[Rockethorn1978 6,102]

Just now, WBT said:

Mid season huh?  What if they start to hit next week?

Then that will be incredible. 

[tx 3 putt 77,434]

2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Blanco would have ended this game here....Stanek will probably blow it

I like it, baptism by fire !

[David Dennison 18,947]

How many times is Maldonado going to do that?

[tx 3 putt 77,434]

Have to make that catch Maldonado 

[Wulaw Horn 19,152]

Wear it St Maldy fans. He’s a terrible choice to catch 120 games. 

[cabowabo 4,514]

Maldonado needs to get fat again. 

[billfromlaketravis 11,524]

It’s be nice to have a catcher that can actually see the baseball. 

[tx 3 putt 77,434]

Just set up the DP !

[BrazilHorn 6,634]

1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

It’s be nice to have a catcher that can actually see the baseball. 

Don’t forget and hit consistently. 

[David Dennison 18,947]

This sucks.

Wow.

[tx 3 putt 77,434]

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck 

[Honeysucklerose 990]

This is hard to watch

[billfromlaketravis 11,524]

Maybe the pitchers stop writing love letters to Maldy after this week. 

[tx 3 putt 77,434]

Stanek is all over the place 

Pull him 

[David Dennison 18,947]

Should have sent Pressly out again.

[billfromlaketravis 11,524]

I would pull Stanek. There’s a reason the guy was a ghost in the 2022 postseason. 

[HtownHorn 14,781]

I mean we have to know by now Stanek is not an option to close games.

Maldonado was horrible at blocking pitches last year as well, but it will only get worse the older he gets.

 

Edited April 7, 2023 by HtownHorn

[closetojumping 62,872]

Maldonado being a lazy tub of goo is why this went to extras and why they’re on the verge of losing this game. He had no business hitting in the top of the 10th, either. 

[tx 3 putt 77,434]

Kiss my ducking ass 

[WBT 20,670]

Just now, billfromlaketravis said:

I would pull Stanek. There’s a reason the guy was a ghost in the 2022 postseason. 

I was told by Surly that was Dusty malfeasance

[David Dennison 18,947]

Get it all out early, fellas.

Yuck.

[Scraps 13,577]

Blanco would have ended this game here....Stanek will probably blow it

Hi

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1,549]

5 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

Don’t forget and hit consistently. 

he's on the other team today. 

btw, can a player, maybe Bregs, be put behind the catcher? Is that legal? 

[Rockethorn1978 6,102]

If we had an offense worth a shit that could muster up 5 runs a game would win 115 games. 

[UTHornFan014 710]

3 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Maldonado being a lazy tub of goo is why this went to extras and why they’re on the verge of losing this game. He had no business hitting in the top of the 10th, either. 

Fucking infuriating. He is too lazy to try to slide over and block the ball. He tries to pick everything backhanded. And he almost whiffed catching balls that didn't bounce. Fucker should get his eyes checked

[Mitch Hedberg 2,090]

There’s a reason why Astros let Maldy go once. He isn’t the end all, be all behind the plate. How many balls has he missed in just a few games? 
Stanek should have been traded this off-season on a sell high bid coming off last year. He’s not a main guy here and Arizona was dying to give up an OF for relief pitchers. But we had no GM. Stanek will be DFA before he brings returns now.

[David Dennison 18,947]

Five hits.

Sigh.

[Halohal 502]

We'll get next game. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,152]

4 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Maldonado being a lazy tub of goo is why this went to extras and why they’re on the verge of losing this game. He had no business hitting in the top of the 10th, either. 

God forbid Diaz get some time back there. 
tell me again Maldy fans how I’m just too fucking stupid to see why replacing that fuck face with Wilson Contreras or Vasquez or a 9th grade sped kid would be so disastrous. 

[runthebone 8,046]

I don't know whom you're arguing with.  This thread isn't where the Maldonado fans are.

[Rimbo 26,122]

[TejasPedro 1,858]

The Rays didn’t get the memo that you have to suck and not care about winning to build confidence down the road. 

[WBT 20,670]

Funny note on the ESPN crawl....HOU 3-5, worse start since 2019.

Hmm, how'd that work out?

[LCHorn 2,631]

A couple of observations from the box score:

We threw 34 more pitches than they did despite the fact that the Twins had 4 more AB's--our batters aren't working the counts worth a shit. 

[Hank Chinaski 6,321]

Reminder that we’re actively choosing to lead off every day with a guy who has a sub-.300 career OBP.

But this doesn’t matter, we shouldn’t actually try to maximize our chances of winning games because we have so much room for error, right? We can skip an entire off-season because the logo on the hat means everything will just fall into place? Cool.

[Hornsbay22 470]

Full panic mode coming, I'm may become frank the tank of the Astros. 

[WBT 20,670]

Also f manfred innings

[perfectchaos007 6,677]

I want to say we have been well under .500 in extra inning games under Dusty 

[Wulaw Horn 19,152]

7 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I want to say we have been well under .500 in extra inning games under Dusty 

Certainly feels that way. 

[HtownHorn 14,781]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Certainly feels that way. 

16-26 under Dusty in extras. He doesn't seem to understand the single most important job of the 1st hitter in extras is to get the runner to 3B.

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1,549]

1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I want to say we have been well under .500 in extra inning games under Dusty 

well the most important one vs Seattle 

[Wulaw Horn 19,152]

I have a $50 ticket on a bet I made for a parley of Tampa, Twins and Astros to all win the division. It’s like +2600. Right now if the season ended today the reason that ticket wouldn’t cash is the Astros. Kind of funny. 

[UTexasFight 9,528]

26 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

well the most important one vs Seattle 

Different rules in that one 

[UTexasFight 9,528]

8 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I have a $50 ticket on a bet I made for a parley of Tampa, Twins and Astros to all win the division. It’s like +2600. Right now if the season ended today the reason that ticket wouldn’t cash is the Astros. Kind of funny. 

Funny yes. But not funny, haha