2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Chuckie Finster 22694]

30 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Some of our best players have been douchebags.

Bregman's play has declined significantly since he stopped being one.

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

39 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Dubon needs to bat 6-8th

No fucking shit. It's what's so irritating about Dusty.  Want to ride the hot streak?  eh- no- but whatever. Now you have a clearly shitty hitter for his career that's below average this year after a hot streak and you are still giving him more AB's than anyone else. Grrrrrrr.  Makes zero sense.   With this collection of spares if I was trying to win a game tomorrow I would go like this:

Tucker/Alvarez/Chas/Bregman/Pena/Brantley/Diaz/Meyers/Dubon

Best hitter 2nd. Best OB/steal 1st, Chas up to face a lefty on the 3 batter minimum rule if they bring in Tucker, 3rd best hitter cleanup, after that in descending order of quality as a hitter. That's how I have them ranked every day. Brantley plays 1b. Meyers CF, Chas Left, Yordan DH.

[tx 3 putt 76960]

55 minutes ago, WBT said:

I'd rather trade him.  Watched too much of his douchebag act in college.

 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

51 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Follow up question: why not?

And why the fuck did we fly him to Anaheim instead of Chicago 

[HtownHorn 14683]

Loperfido and Wagner, I have hope. Clifford also gives us another developmental 1B. Gilbert in CF. Lefties all over the place.

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14 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Loperfido and Wagner, I have hope. Clifford also gives us another developmental 1B. Gilbert in CF. Lefties all over the place.

I’m veeeeery interested to see how Clifford develops. 

[ChickenSandwich 9836]

20 hours ago, hornmpa96 said:

They need to sit Abreu for at least a week and see if he can get his mind right. Find a slumpbuster and do whatever it takes. Brantley and Diaz can fill in at first.

 

[HtownHorn 14683]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

I’m veeeeery interested to see how Clifford develops. 

Power likely comes next year, but the hit tool with BB% has me very excited.

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1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

Power likely comes next year, but the hit tool with BB% has me very excited.

the kid has skills. Vandy has an eye for talent 

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[Scraps 13561]

It's Nick Allgeyer Choadler you dumbass

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[UTPhil2006 3807]

Ohtani 2 HR no no game coming tonight 

[WBT 20572]

You know how Kyle Tucker is always mentioned as one of the most underrated players in the game?  His ma ager always batting him 5th - 7th is probably a big part of that.

[David Dennison 18860]

Oh, good, the guy with 0 HR and .540 OPS is hitting clean up again.

[tx 3 putt 76960]

Jose Altuve got eight at-bats today in a simulated game without any issues.

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

 

[Guadaloopy 10971]

2 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

 

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

25 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

 

Not a set back huh?  Ok. 
What a fucking stupid off-season. 2 of the 3 were beyond obvious. That Abreu is the worst 1B in the majors is just a fun little dick punch. 

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54 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

 

[Gourmand 7774]

I hope you guys realize there's a very good chance that Chandler Rome is being a dickhead again and not taking Dusty at his word that it's just for rest and he's very close to playing.

We all had similar freakouts about Yordan, remember?

The tweet McTaggart wrote is significantly different in tone than the alarmist one Rome tweeted above.

I know which one of these guys I trust and which one I don't.

I'm just sayin is all. 

[Gourmand 7774]

 

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3 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

I hope you guys realize there's a very good chance that Chandler Rome is being a dickhead again and not taking Dusty at his word that it's just for rest and he's very close to playing.

We all had similar freakouts about Yordan, remember?

The tweet McTaggart wrote is significantly different in tone than the alarmist one Rome tweeted above.

I know which one of these guys I trust and which one I don't.

I'm just sayin is all. 

Rome hates dusty. Be probably a posts here 

[tx 3 putt 76960]

5 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

No fucking shit. It's what's so irritating about Dusty.  Want to ride the hot streak?  eh- no- but whatever. Now you have a clearly shitty hitter for his career that's below average this year after a hot streak and you are still giving him more AB's than anyone else. Grrrrrrr.  Makes zero sense.   With this collection of spares if I was trying to win a game tomorrow I would go like this:

Tucker/Alvarez/Chas/Bregman/Pena/Brantley/Diaz/Meyers/Dubon

Best hitter 2nd. Best OB/steal 1st, Chas up to face a lefty on the 3 batter minimum rule if they bring in Tucker, 3rd best hitter cleanup, after that in descending order of quality as a hitter. That's how I have them ranked every day. Brantley plays 1b. Meyers CF, Chas Left, Yordan DH.

Doesn’t dubon lead the team in hits and avg ? 

Edited May 10, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[David Dennison 18860]

5 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

No fucking shit. It's what's so irritating about Dusty.  Want to ride the hot streak?  eh- no- but whatever. Now you have a clearly shitty hitter for his career that's below average this year after a hot streak and you are still giving him more AB's than anyone else. Grrrrrrr.  Makes zero sense.   With this collection of spares if I was trying to win a game tomorrow I would go like this:

Tucker/Alvarez/Chas/Bregman/Pena/Brantley/Diaz/Meyers/Dubon

Best hitter 2nd. Best OB/steal 1st, Chas up to face a lefty on the 3 batter minimum rule if they bring in Tucker, 3rd best hitter cleanup, after that in descending order of quality as a hitter. That's how I have them ranked every day. Brantley plays 1b. Meyers CF, Chas Left, Yordan DH.

What are the chances they don't use a player making $19.5 million a year?

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6 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

What are the chances they don't use a player making $19.5 million a year?

he has a longer leash than Hensley 

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Let’s get it !

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

18 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Doesn’t dubon lead the team in hits and avg ? 

He’s a below average hitter for his career and this year. Who cares about batting average if you don’t get on base, steal or slug? 

[tx 3 putt 76960]

Ugh,

dubon up there swinging away 

 

 

That place is empty. So much for ohtani packing the stands 

Edited May 10, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[HtownHorn 14683]

29 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

I hope you guys realize there's a very good chance that Chandler Rome is being a dickhead again and not taking Dusty at his word that it's just for rest and he's very close to playing.

We all had similar freakouts about Yordan, remember?

The tweet McTaggart wrote is significantly different in tone than the alarmist one Rome tweeted above.

I know which one of these guys I trust and which one I don't.

I'm just sayin is all. 

Nah, the Astros should prepare with the thought that Brantley isn't playing this year.

[kingkoopa6 8350]

[HtownHorn 14683]

27 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Doesn’t dubon lead the team in hits and avg ? 

He's also 2nd in the league in GIDPs on pace for 40.

[tx 3 putt 76960]

Yordan it’s just a damn good hitter 

*breaking 

[Scraps 13561]

Ohtani bitched out

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Just now, HtownHorn said:

He's also 2nd in the league in GIDPs on pace for 40.

lead off guy has one less gidp opp !

[Gourmand 7774]

5 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Nah, the Astros should prepare with the thought that Brantley isn't playing this year.

Yet he just played a number of games in AAA?

[David Dennison 18860]

Thanks, Dusty.

[Honeysucklerose 990]

The fact that Dusty continues to bat this idiot 4th is criminal

[HtownHorn 14683]

Just now, Gourmand said:

Yet he just played a number of games in AAA?

and after that they have to shut him down for an unspecified amount of time.

[Scraps 13561]

More criminal than the fact Dana Brown continues to do nothing about it?

[HtownHorn 14683]

Just now, Scraps said:

More criminal than the fact Dana Brown continues to do nothing about it?

What do expect a GM to do that didn't hire the manager? I pretty sure Brown understands that he's currently lower in the pecking order than Dusty Baker right now.

[Scraps 13561]

What do expect a GM to do that didn't hire the manager? I pretty sure Brown understands that he's currently lower in the pecking order than Dusty Baker right now.

His job

[Gourmand 7774]

1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

and after that they have to shut him down for an unspecified amount of time.

shut him down???

Dusty just told you he's very close to playing. Why are you letting dipshits like Chandler Rome pull on your leash?

[HtownHorn 14683]

Just now, Gourmand said:

shut him down???

Dusty just told you he's very close to playing. Why are you letting dipshits like Chandler Rome pull on your leash?

Because I don't believe a word that Dusty Baker says. He's always saying misleading things, as do the Astros. It's really quite annoying. If Brantley was ready to go, he'd be playing, and not shut down from swinging.

[HtownHorn 14683]

2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

2 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

What do expect a GM to do that didn't hire the manager? I pretty sure Brown understands that he's currently lower in the pecking order than Dusty Baker right now.

His job

Which is what? Force Baker to bench a guy that the owner personally signed in the off-season?

[Gourmand 7774]

@HtownHorn Read Rome's tweets and then read McTaggart's and tell me if you think one of those two guys is injecting a lot of his own opinion to get engagement on twitter.

[runthebone 7983]

'tis but a flesh wound!

[HtownHorn 14683]

4 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

@HtownHorn Read Rome's tweets and then read McTaggart's and tell me if you think one of those two guys is injecting a lot of his own opinion to get engagement on twitter.

Everything he tweeted he attributed to things Dusty Baker said. Are you saying Dusty Baker didn't say that Brantley had stopped swinging the bat, and Rome just made it up. Dusty saying Brantley is close is bullshit things Dusty has said in the past, thinking it gives the Astros a competitive advantage. Even though, the Astros would have to make a move to put Brantley on the active roster. Based on the evidence we have from what Dusty has said a player coming off shoulder surgery that plays some games, and immediately has to stop swinging the bat doesn't sound like a guy that is close to coming back to the lineup.

The fact that Baker is attributed to saying, "It's not a setback leads me to believe it was a setback."

Edited May 10, 2023 by HtownHorn

[Honeysucklerose 990]

I am gonna have to mute our own team’s broadcast tonight.

[David Dennison 18860]

7 minutes ago, Scraps said:

8 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

What do expect a GM to do that didn't hire the manager? I pretty sure Brown understands that he's currently lower in the pecking order than Dusty Baker right now.

His job

Yeah, I'd like to know what you think Dana Brown should do.