2023 Houston Astros Thread

[billfromlaketravis 11477]

The Astros are so vague about injuries. I guess the Altuve news is good. Status quo on Brantley. 
 

Chas seems to be nailing down the everyday CF gig. He still has a pop gun arm, but Tucker and Yordan’s canons protect him a little bit. He’s growing on me. His emergence will probably keep me from looking up Gilbert’s stats 30 times a week. 
 

 

[tx 3 putt 76956]

Sounds like brantley will be in sugarland, at least a week 

[formermav43 4606]

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Chas seems to be nailing down the everyday CF gig. He still has a pop gun arm, but Tucker and Yordan’s canons protect him a little bit. He’s growing on me. His emergence will probably keep me from looking up Gilbert’s stats 30 times a week. 
 

 

Objectively, he nailed it down way before this season. So I’m not holding my breath on him suddenly being a fixture in the lineup based on previous playing time trends. I’d love to be wrong.

[billfromlaketravis 11477]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Sounds like brantley will be in sugarland, at least a week 

Yeah Dana said first week of May back on the big league team. Hopefully it works out. It’s a good contract if Brantley can be a top half of the league DH for 6 months. 

[tx 3 putt 76956]

I think they dfa Jake when brantley comes back 

[billfromlaketravis 11477]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

I think they dfa Jake when brantley comes back 

Haha oh boy. Julks still has options right?

[formermav43 4606]

3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Haha oh boy. Julks still has options right?

Of course. He’s never been up before.

Meyers has options too, and I don’t think there’s any way the DFA him given they don’t need room on the 40 for Brantley.

[tx 3 putt 76956]

 

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Y’all  saying 3 weeks for him were  always dreaming. I mean, he will probably beat Altuve back but I wouldn’t bet a ton of money on it. 

Edited April 10, 2023 by Wulaw Horn

[formermav43 4606]

4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Yeah all saying 3 weeks for him after always dreaming. I mean, he will probably best Altuve back but I wouldn’t bet a ton of money on it. 

So far, they’ve gone from Opening Day to a couple of weeks later to by the end of April to now early May.

If all goes well, Altuve could be back before the end of May. I wouldn’t be surprised if Brantley is still out at this point.

Edited April 10, 2023 by formermav43

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

18 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

So far, they’ve gone from Opening Day to a couple of weeks later to by the end of April to now early May.

If all goes well, Altuve could be back before the end of May. I wouldn’t be surprised if Brantley is still out at this point.

It was a stupid signing that just continues to get worse. They had no business signing him at 36, after that surgery, when they clearly had no timetable for when he’d be back and what he’d look like when he did come back. It’s not just the money- it’s turning over a spot to him that was dogshit terrible last year and could have cost us bigtime in the playoffs instead of making what you’d know is an actual upgrade. 

[tx 3 putt 76956]

 

[Gourmand 7774]

Late night Gattis

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

3 hours ago, Gourmand said:

 

 

Late night Gattis

 

But he speaks truth.We zll gotta die; I'd like to die in her orchard of peaches.

 

 

Edited April 10, 2023 by MaybeACoordinator

[Snake Diggity 4624]

Assigning blame for the 6 losses so far: Garcia, Stanek, Brown, Stanek, Martinez/Bregman, Pressly/Montero/Bregman

 

 

[TonyTexas 10512]

1 minute ago, Snake Diggity said:

Assigning blame for the 6 losses so far: Garcia, Stanek, Brown, Stanek, Martinez/Bregman, Pressly/Montero/Bregman

 

 

I thought it would go Dusty, Dusty, Dusty, Dusty, Dusty, Dusty

[Snake Diggity 4624]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

I thought it would go Dusty, Dusty, Dusty, Dusty, Dusty, Dusty

They have 2 bullpen meltdowns and 2 crummy SP outings.  That’s all over the backdrop of Bregman starting in a slump with Altuve/Brantley out.  I think Dusty probably could’ve managed another win if he’d played Diaz more but otherwise it’s pretty standard shit aside from Bregmans slump.

[Chuckie Finster 22694]

10 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

It was a stupid signing that just continues to get worse. They had no business signing him at 36, after that surgery, when they clearly had no timetable for when he’d be back and what he’d look like when he did come back. It’s not just the money- it’s turning over a spot to him that was dogshit terrible last year and could have cost us bigtime in the playoffs instead of making what you’d know is an actual upgrade. 

Wait... are you saying you aren't a fan of the Brantley signing?  Your stance on this issue has been unclear, to this point.

[tx 3 putt 76956]

Brantley is printing out all of the surly posts about him 

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

3 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Wait... are you saying you aren't a fan of the Brantley signing?  Your stance on this issue has been unclear, to this point.

Me- we’ll be lucky to see him by june

Bosrd/ fuck off- they said opening day 

me- we have no idea what his health will be

Board- wtf are you talking about- they have his medicals 

Me- we need a bat there- we can’t have gaping black hole 

board- Especially @Hank Chinaski calm down we are fine- we don’t need to make any upgrades at all and we sure don’t need an overarching plan led by a competent Gm. Bagwell has this bro. 

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

Brantley is printing out all of the surly posts about him 

He gonna print them out, roll them up and hit a soft line drive over the second baseman’s head with them ?  

[tx 3 putt 76956]

Get on base for Yordan and Tucker

[Guadaloopy 10970]

5 hours ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

But he speaks truth.We zll gotta die; I'd like to die in her orchard of peaches.

 

 

Her feed is a beating... not worth it at all.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Early afternoon Gattis:

 

Edited April 10, 2023 by Seasick Sailor

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

[Gourmand 7774]

jfc stfu evan and put the booze down.

[tx 3 putt 76956]

4 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Let’s get it !

radio pre game starts at 4:30 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Yankees fans are going to be big mad:

 

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

41 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

So- when Dusty said this lineup is going to get some starts he didn't mean 2-4 Diaz who had some good looking AB's he meant the one with Maldy that sucks (dick- or shit through a straw- it's a choose your own adventure post- finish the sentence how you want).  

Greatness.  It's like the groundhog seeing it's shadow but instead of 6 more weeks of Winter it's 6 more weeks of strugglebus lineup. 

[LCHorn 2620]

I still think stealing signs is NOT cheating. 

[HtownHorn 14681]

5 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Me- we’ll be lucky to see him by june

Bosrd/ fuck off- they said opening day 

me- we have no idea what his health will be

Board- wtf are you talking about- they have his medicals 

Me- we need a bat there- we can’t have gaping black hole 

board- Especially @Hank Chinaski calm down we are fine- we don’t need to make any upgrades at all and we sure don’t need an overarching plan led by a competent Gm. Bagwell has this bro. 

He gonna print them out, roll them up and hit a soft line drive over the second baseman’s head with them ?  

I was on the record of it being a horrible sign because he was already a declining player (can't hit lefties or play the OF better than Alvarez) and he had major shoulder surgery. So, Wulaw wasn't the only person on that ledge.

[HtownHorn 14681]

Btw, Correa is out with another "Daniella found out he was cheating, again" injury.

[tx 3 putt 76956]

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

4 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I was on the record of it being a horrible sign because he was already a declining player (can't hit lefties or play the OF better than Alvarez) and he had major shoulder surgery. So, Wulaw wasn't the only person on that ledge.

Yeah.  I wanted him to be in a strict platoon with Chas for most of 2021 and 2022 and to upgrade in CF.  I now believe that selling Chas short.  

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

That is absolutely spectacular. I'm bummed I've never been to a game there. 

[Mo Horn 8840]

28 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

That is absolutely spectacular. I'm bummed I've never been to a game there. 

Went a couple of times when we lived there. It is a nice stadium. Went to the last game played at three rivers stadium before they tore it down. 

[Storm the Field 5294]

Yep, I said last week that Bregman's timing was totally off. His hardest hit line drives have all gone foul. When he gets hittable pitches, he's swinging early.

[Rip76 4928]

What channel is the game on in Houston?

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

29 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

What channel is the game on in Houston?

Att sports SW. same as always. 

[Rip76 4928]

Weird.  My TV says college baseball.

I got it now, thank ya.

[Gut Wagon 8069]

Dubon with another RBI after the Pena double. Good for both of them. 

[TonyTexas 10512]

10 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

Dubon with another RBI after the Pena double. Good for both of them. 

Dubon slashing .333/.360/.417 so far this season. 

[Rip76 4928]

I don’t know how you pitch to Alvarez with the bases loaded.

I’d walk in the one run and take my chances.

[tx 3 putt 76956]

7-8-9. = deadly !!!

[rvm96 1643]

Machete bitches 

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

10 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

I don’t know how you pitch to Alvarez with the bases loaded.

I’d walk in the one run and take my chances.

The old Barry Bonds treatment. Yordan isn’t that good to my way of thinking but it would probably cross my mind for at least a second. 

[Limp Brisket 546]

The Pirates suck.

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

so Bregs will hit 0.150 but have a 0.300 OBP for the season.  Score 100 runs without so many official ABs. 

[tx 3 putt 76956]

Buff stream is down for me, does anyone have a good stream ?

[Scraps 13561]

Big man flashing the leather

[Planet Houston 4930]

Piña!

Shit wrong thread. Or not.