2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Scraps 13,561]

How does machete beat that to 2nd(even with a 2ft lead off and running on contact) but Don'tbon can't beat it out at first?

Mind blown

[rvm96 1,643]

1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

Fuck Dubon is fucking slow.

Above league average

[UTexasFight 9,459]

When did the expanded CF store open.

i like it 

[tx 3 putt 76,985]

1 minute ago, UTexasFight said:

When did the expanded CF store open.

i like it 

It’s great 

[Scraps 13,561]

When did the expanded CF store open.
i like it 

Opening day and its now the main store....they swapped from union station to make that the everyday opened store

[tx 3 putt 76,985]

Fuuuuuuuck

[David Dennison 18,896]

Good thing we took Javier out.

[rvm96 1,643]

Kody just pimp jobbed us

Edited April 29, 2023 by rvm96

[Mo Horn 8,848]

Kody with a dagger 

[Lat22 4,014]

I ain’t even mad. 

[Gut Wagon 8,079]

We're above .500. Saying it while I still can. 

[Scraps 13,561]

On to tomorrow

[perfectchaos007 6,671]

I’m ready for the next road trip. We seem to do better away from MMP

[tx 3 putt 76,985]

Please avoid the sweep tomorrow 

[WBT 20,586]

48 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I thought the Abreu signing was fantastic.

I was ok with it but worried about his age/decline.  I wasn't as ready to tar and feather Keith Law about it as most of you all were.

[tx 3 putt 76,985]

Keep hitting maldy 

[Scraps 13,561]

Its early. He sucks every April. If you are going to give Bregman that excuse every season then give him the same
Also he is historically a beast in August. So get ready

[Rockethorn1978 6,091]

Just when they pulled me back in they fucking shove me off a cliff.

[HtownHorn 14,692]

This is going to be a rough few weeks now that Dubon and Meyers have hit their apex and are going to try to match Maldonado on their way down.

[HtownHorn 14,692]

4 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Its early. He sucks every April. If you are going to give Bregman that excuse every season then give him the same
Also he is historically a beast in August. So get ready

Abreu is over 200 points below is average start in OPS. He sucks right now. Bregman at least is near MLB average, Abreu is 43 points below it.

[Gut Wagon 8,079]

I hope Dubon's sudden regression to the mean doesn't mean 20 straight games without a hit. 

[Scraps 13,561]

Abreu is over 200 points below is average start in OPS. He sucks right now. Bregman at least is near MLB average, Abreu is 43 points below it.

Cool. Bregman sucked 2 weeks ago and everyone was freaking out. Its what they do

[HtownHorn 14,692]

6 minutes ago, Scraps said:

8 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Abreu is over 200 points below is average start in OPS. He sucks right now. Bregman at least is near MLB average, Abreu is 43 points below it.

Cool. Bregman sucked 2 weeks ago and everyone was freaking out. Its what they do

Bregman isn't 36 years old. Abreu could mash the rest of the season, but this start is more worrisome than Bregman's.

[perfectchaos007 6,671]

6 minutes ago, Scraps said:

7 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Abreu is over 200 points below is average start in OPS. He sucks right now. Bregman at least is near MLB average, Abreu is 43 points below it.

Cool. Bregman sucked 2 weeks ago and everyone was freaking out. Its what they do

Hopefully he can hit his first HR as an Astro soon. With over 240 career homeruns, it seems to be a big part of his game that he just hasn’t brought to Houston yet 

[perfectchaos007 6,671]

I thought the timeline for Brantley coming back was end of April. Did he shockingly have an injury setback?

[Scraps 13,561]

Hes rehabbing in AAA. He could prob come up tomorrow if they really wanted

[uoftorange 1,386]

Utterly ridiculous that Maldanado keeps catching.  Every game he catches our starters get one inning of bad pitch sequence. 
And that would be fine if he could hit his weight 

[WBT 20,586]

One run per game isn't getting it done.  We should probably try not to lose Framber and Javier starts back to back.

Avoid the sweep tomorrow.

[dr99 560]

32 minutes ago, WBT said:

One run per game isn't getting it done.  We should probably try not to lose Framber and Javier starts back to back.

Avoid the sweep tomorrow.

Good thing we got our best pitcher going tomorrow

[Rockethorn1978 6,091]

Doesn’t matter who’s pitching when we can’t score more than 1 run.

[billfromlaketravis 11,503]

42 minutes ago, uoftorange said:

Utterly ridiculous that Maldanado keeps catching.  Every game he catches our starters get one inning of bad pitch sequence. 
And that would be fine if he could hit his weight 

His salary is manageable enough to sit him. Last contract year didn’t work out. Things happen. It’s ok. 

[dr99 560]

The problem with Maldy is that Dusty thinks he is doing great and will keep playing him 80% of the time. He can't buy a hit, throw out a runner, or stop a ball anymore.

[Wulaw Horn 19,076]

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Hit him a couple more times, might wake up his bat 

Can’t wake up what’s dead. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,076]

Dubon down to 712 OPS which I assume is below league average now. 
I wonder if this means Sean Salisbury will stop asking questions of Dana Brown like, what do you do when Altuve comes back if Dubon is an all star?  
I’m happy for his hit streak and helping keep us afloat. He needs to be moved back down to 9th in the lineup (Maldy’s needs to sit) and then go back to being a once a week player once Altuve is back (with a big pat on the back for a job well done in April) 

[tx 3 putt 76,985]

 

[HtownHorn 14,692]

1 hour ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Doesn’t matter who’s pitching when we can’t score more than 1 run.

[tx 3 putt 76,985]

 

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13 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

When did the expanded CF store open.

i like it 

Does it have CenterFielders?

[Hank Chinaski 6,315]

14 hours ago, Scraps said:

Cool. Bregman sucked 2 weeks ago and everyone was freaking out. Its what they do

Nah, Bregman’s underlying data always looked fine. Even two weeks ago, he was hitting the ball as hard as always, striking out and walking as frequently as always, etc. It was clearly bad luck that was driving his poor outcomes and there was no reason at all to worry about him.

You can’t say that about Abreu. His contact quality is way down. His strikeouts are way up. We’ve reached a point in the season at which this data tends to stabilize. The Keith Law critique was based on signs that his bat speed was slowing down. That looks prescient right now.

I’m not saying he’s done, but there are real indicators that he could be in decline; he wouldn’t be the first guy whose skill and production fell off a cliff in the second half of his 30s.

Edited April 30, 2023 by Hank Chinaski

[tx 3 putt 76,985]

This team was red hot off that road trip, Phillies pitching was hotter. Hopefully we don’t get swept today 

[Slacks 6,821]

Hey everyone that is suffering through the annual April with teeth gnashing and nipe twisting, I have a treat for you!!! 

Tomorrow is May. 

As of April 29

2022 11-9.

2021 13-12.

Chill. 

 

[tx 3 putt 76,985]

[tx 3 putt 76,985]

[billfromlaketravis 11,503]

What’s Abreu’s shelf life in the cleanup spot if he keeps this up? Another frustrating Dusty data point.He gives veterans 6 million chances to right the ship. 

[Gourmand 7,774]

That looks like a AAAA lineup jfc

[UTexasFight 9,459]

6 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

What’s Abreu’s shelf life in the cleanup spot if he keeps this up? Another frustrating Dusty data point.He gives veterans 6 million chances to right the ship. 

What manager doesn’t?

[Gourmand 7,774]

Hensley, Bannon, Meyers, and Machete all in the same lineup. 

Dusty making dad julks writing tonight's lineup......

[WBT 20,586]

11 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

What’s Abreu’s shelf life in the cleanup spot if he keeps this up? Another frustrating Dusty data point.He gives veterans 6 million chances to right the ship. 

He's been dropped to 6 lately...until today

[Wulaw Horn 19,076]

Y’all dunking on @closetojumpinga week ago- anyone want to change their mind?
his hypothesis was “as long as Dusty continues 

to ___________” (in addition to the stuff about Dubon and Julks sucking) and looking at a lineup like today- after scoring 3 runs in the last 27 innings, I can’t say that Dusty isn’t engaged in match fixing. 
he is so frustrating. 
 

Edited April 30, 2023 by Wulaw Horn

[tx 3 putt 76,985]

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