2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Huckleberry 32,888]

Did I see that stat right during the game that the Astros have finished with a winning record on 15 of their last 16 road trips? That's insane. 

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

A winning home stand wound be nice 

[CycleTex87 2,970]

Winning is better than losing.  
- Mark Twain

[kevwun 15,790]

The MLB app is having some kind of issue today.  1 of my friends has been getting final score alerts on her phone for every Astros game that was played on this date.

Edited May 15, 2023 by kevwun

[UTexasFight 9,454]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

The MLB app is having some kind of issue today.  1 of my friends has been getting final score alerts on her phone for every Astros game that was played on this date.

I know it’s only May, but Darling getting the best of Nolan kinda hurts

I would not be shocked to see these two teams have some sort of epic LCS in a few months.

 

[kevwun 15,790]

Scipio Spinks also took a loss against the Padres.  That is a great name.

Edited May 15, 2023 by kevwun

[Welch 635]

16 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

Did I see that stat right during the game that the Astros have finished with a winning record on 15 of their last 16 road trips? That's insane. 

Looks like it might be “non-losing” rather than “winning” record.

But still… our last two “losing” trips were in August 2022 (3-4 at CHW and ATL) and way back in September 2021 (3-4 at LAA and OAK).  Had a few others where we went .500 last year 

Now if only we could manage a “winning” homestand…

[Wulaw Horn 19,076]

I said 5-1 in the week to come and Andrew had 3-3. We need to shove a broom up the cubs ass and then I get to do the same to him. 
 

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

I said 5-1 in the week to come and Andrew had 3-3. We need to shove a broom up the cubs ass and then I get to do the same to him. 
 

5-1 would be 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Scraps 13,561]

If we don't sweep the fucking A's I will be highly disappointed.

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

9 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I said 5-1 in the week to come and Andrew had 3-3. We need to shove a broom up the cubs ass and then I get to do the same to him. 
 

Oh so it’s THAT type of podcast 😲

[Victor Lazlo 1,777]

19 hours ago, Gut Wagon said:

Shocked (not really) that no one asked if Diaz needs to catch all the pitchers in case something happens to Maldenado. 

Oh, they asked. Good God, that answer tho

[Gut Wagon 8,079]

50 minutes ago, Victor Lazlo said:

Oh, they asked. Good God, that answer tho

Haven't had time to think about it? All he's paid to do is manage the Astros. We Surlyites are super busy and yet still have had a lot of time to think about it. 

[IDIOTsavant 8,493]

5 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

Haven't had time to think about it? All he's paid to do is manage the Astros. We Surlyites are super busy and yet still have had a lot of time to think about it. 

[Gut Wagon 8,079]

9 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

Super busy being Surlyites, I mean. 

[runthebone 7,994]

33 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

Haven't had time to think about it? All he's paid to do is manage the Astros. We Surlyites are super busy and yet still have had a lot of time to think about it. 

 

27 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

 

After this, I looked up that I have 8,000 posts, which means I have dedicated about one entire hour of my life to thinking about what I'm going to post here. 

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

[Wulaw Horn 19,076]

2 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Oh so it’s THAT type of podcast 😲

2 people getting together from surly?  You bet your ass it is. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,076]

2 hours ago, Victor Lazlo said:

Oh, they asked. Good God, that answer tho

It's so fucking absurd I'm just laughing right now.  St. Maldonado of minute maid.  Son of a fucking bitch man, it's so stupid at this point.  

[Dondrysdale1 363]

26 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

So it is Space City night, does Framber get to pick the other Jersey? 

[IDIOTsavant 8,493]

3 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I said 5-1 in the week to come and Andrew had 3-3. We need to shove a broom up the cubs ass and then I get to do the same to him. 
 

 

4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

2 people getting together from surly?  You bet your ass it is. 

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

Nothing but love for mancini …

 

[Wulaw Horn 19,076]

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

Nothing but love for mancini …

 

Boy he was terrible last year after about the first week of being over here.  Who knows if we win a world series without him making that play while falling all over himself- probably the best defensive play he's made as a 1b in his lifetime even if he looked like a donkey while doing it.  

Little things sometimes necessary to win it all.  Glad he had a part in it and will feel like a contributor when he looks at his ring b/c he seems like an awesome dude. 

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

He was Abreu before Abreu was cool 

[Wulaw Horn 19,076]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

He was Abreu before Abreu was cool 

He has a -0.5 WAR.  Everyone the Astros considered for even a millisecond for the 2023 team is absofuckinglutely terrible right now. It's truly bizarre.  Unless you think they considered JV. He's awesome as per usual.  But I sort of don't think they ever had the slightest intention of offering him a contract he'd actually accept. 

[Guadaloopy 10,973]

13 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Nothing but love for mancini …

 

Toxic organization.

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

He has a -0.5 WAR.  Everyone the Astros considered for even a millisecond for the 2023 team is absofuckinglutely terrible right now. It's truly bizarre.  Unless you think they considered JV. He's awesome as per usual.  But I sort of don't think they ever had the slightest intention of offering him a contract he'd actually accept. 

i thought Abreu was a good signing and replacement / upgrade for yuli. but it was a shitty fa class from the start. Everyone over paid 

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

Altuve will be in cc this week for his rehab 

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

Breaking News - I’ll be at the hooks game tomorrow. Expect a full game report with pics. I also need a new hooks cap. Going to pregame at Railroad Seafood by the stadium. 

[TonyTexas 10,515]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Altuve will be in cc this week for his rehab 

Already demoted to AA after his 1-13 start at Sugar Land. 

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

5 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Already demoted to AA after his 1-13 start at Sugar Land. 

 

"He's not getting a bunch of hits, but he feels good, so he's going to go to Corpus tomorrow and spend a couple days down there," Baker told the media prior to Monday's game against the Chicago Cubs. "He knows his timing is off a little bit, and he wants to be wide open when he gets here and have everything back to normal. This is Spring Training big time for him, so you can't rush him."

 

[Guest]

Boom Mancini...for the one post-season hit he had last season.

Not Boom-Boom.

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

Baker said it was "too soon" to determine when Altuve will return to the Astros, though he did not completely shoot down the possibility of him joining the MLB club during its current homestand.

"I'm not sure, it just depends what kind of timing he feels," Baker added. "Like I said, we don't want to rush him. We want him ready when he gets back. He'll be inserted probably into leadoff role, and those at-bats, they add up pretty quickly."

[runthebone 7,994]

So is Hensley or Abreu going down when Altuve returns...

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

Hensley or Salazar 

[billfromlaketravis 11,494]

Brown’s first big test is not extending Maldy this summer. You know his camp will ask for it.

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

21 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Hensley or Salazar 

If it’s not Salazar we riot. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,076]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

i thought Abreu was a good signing and replacement / upgrade for yuli. but it was a shitty fa class from the start. Everyone over paid 

Agreed completely on Abreu. As it turned out no good options. 

[elfenix 34,266]

3 strikeouts in an inning seems good

[elfenix 34,266]

Can Dubón play first? Asking for a friend.

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

Yordan loves getting on base 

[WBT 20,586]

37 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Agreed completely on Abreu. As it turned out no good options. 

Matijevic is chilling at Sugar Land with a .927 OPS

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

Y’all keep talking shit about Abreu !!!!

Edited May 16, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[billfromlaketravis 11,494]

Abreu!

[Dennis Taylor 18,829]

Wow can't give him an error so...yeah?

[Scraps 13,561]

Get off my boys nuts!!

[Limp Brisket 546]

He needed that and so did we.

[tx 3 putt 76,980]

Pena !!!

[WBT 20,586]

Slappy!

Nice route Magellan.  Lulz at Blum saying the ball beat him.  And that he hit it with authority.

[Scraps 13,561]

But yeah LFer is an idiot