2023 Houston Astros Thread

[David Dennison 19117]

Completely and absolutely unacceptable.

[runthebone 8131]

30 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Abreu's best game of the season, IMO.  Still time for him to fuck it up.

That motherfucker

[Wishbone 4839]

Lol! Furk. Better to SO in that scenario.

[Mo Horn 8899]

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

This ump has gone blind 

Horrible strike call to totally change that at bat, and the inning

[billfromlaketravis 11601]

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

waste of buttons.  Start Dubon!

[Gut Wagon 8105]

We must get him out of the cleanup spot. It's high time. 

[kevwun 15943]

I texted my friend he was gonna ground in to a double play.  Good call moving him back up in the order.

[David Dennison 19117]

Just now, Gut Wagon said:

We must get him out of the cleanup spot. It's high time. 

Somebody in the FO is going to have to force Dusty's hand.

[WBT 20735]

Just now, kevwun said:

I texted my friend he was gonna ground in to a double play.  Good call moving him back up in the order.

But the A's have all those lefties!!!

[UTexasFight 9603]

4 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Bold prediction:

we lose out on a perfect homestand because Abreu comes up in a critical spot and strikes out or GIDP or Dusty fails to pinch hit for Maldy in the 7th or 8th and he does the same 

Oh look 

[David Dennison 19117]

Framber Valdez better start the top of the 9th.

[WBT 20735]

89 pitches.  Let him finish it.

[Mo Horn 8899]

1 minute ago, UTexasFight said:

Oh look 

That's like predicting if you fall into a pool you're gonna get wet. Not very impressive

Edited May 21, 2023 by Mo Horn

[Wishbone 4839]

Finish it Framber!

[David Dennison 19117]

Five hits. Against the A's.

[Wishbone 4839]

Framber with the complete game shut out! 

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Five hits. Against the A's.

Fuck it. A sweeps a sweep.

[Mo Horn 8899]

Framber with a fucking gem today

[WBT 20735]

CGSO!  Probably won't see another all year.

That bunt took away the chance of a dp and the Maddux.

[tx 3 putt 77920]

Just now, Wishbone said:

Framber with the complete game shut out! 

Damn nice start today 

[WBT 20735]

7 in a row

[tx 3 putt 77920]

4 hitter

home stand sweep !!!

[tx 3 putt 77920]

I certain #9 hitter is now hitting .200

 

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Maldy with the complete game 4 hitter! Framber just along for the ride! 

[Rockethorn1978 6153]

I’ll take a sweep any day no matter how we do it. But this offense has to pick it up. It’s crazy how bad they’ve been this year and thank God our pitching is elite. If we could hit and score like the rangerettes we would be 46-0.

[Rimbo 26420]

GOOD LUCK, FUCKERS

[runthebone 8131]

Abreu at -1.0 WAR

[formermav43 4606]

38 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

I certain #9 hitter is now hitting .200

 

They should rename it the Maldonado line. 

[billfromlaketravis 11601]

Is keeping Abreu in the clean up spot a Dusty decision, a Dana decision, or a Crane/Bagwell decision? I’d say the latter.

Hopefully Mr. October will stop promoting his documentary and inform Crane that Abreu sucks. 

[WBT 20735]

4 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

They should rename it the Maldonado line. 

I already christened .150 as the Maldonado line last year but maybe it didn't take

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

[DaysOff 8002]

Not showing off; not falling behind.

[Hank Chinaski 6324]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

Somebody in the FO is going to have to force Dusty's hand.

This has to happen at some point. You can’t just keep penciling in the literal worst everyday player in baseball into a critical spot just because he used to be good. We’re almost 30% of the way through the season; this isn’t a “slump,” there is something fundamentally wrong with him and there is no rationale for batting him 4th while he figures out how to fix it.

[kevwun 15943]

There's no fixing father time.

[Hank Chinaski 6324]

9 minutes ago, kevwun said:

There's no fixing father time.

Right. But he’s going to get time to try to adjust to it. I’m just saying it is professional malpractice to bat him cleanup while there is no reason to believe he’s going to be productive any time soon. It’s not Dusty’s fault that Abreu has completely fallen off a cliff; it is Dusty’s fault that he continues to bat in one of the most important lineup slots every day.

[Wulaw Horn 19233]

34 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Right. But he’s going to get time to try to adjust to it. I’m just saying it is professional malpractice to bat him cleanup while there is no reason to believe he’s going to be productive any time soon. It’s not Dusty’s fault that Abreu has completely fallen off a cliff; it is Dusty’s fault that he continues to bat in one of the most important lineup slots every day.

Whose fault is it maldy plays 90% of the time?  3 putt. That’s who. 

[TonyTexas 10567]

Judging by this thread, one would think the Astros were on a 7 game losing streak, not a winning one. SMH

[rvm96 1643]

18 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Judging by this thread, one would think the Astros were on a 7 game losing streak, not a winning one. SMH

I call it closetojumping syndrome. 

[henrygandorf 29199]

[tx 3 putt 77920]

54 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Judging by this thread, one would think the Astros were on a 7 game losing streak, not a winning one. SMH

keep Abreu at 4 or 5, we need his bat for a long playoff run. We’re stuck with  him and that contract 

I thought Diaz should have caught yesterday. Keep bringing him along. Maldy’s bat is heating up. 

Fingers crossed for all 3 of our rookie starters. Scouting will soon catch up to them. We’ll see how they react 

keep healing up

we are in the thick of it, with a wounded squad. Dusty and the staff are doing a great job. Remember people being upset when Strom left ?

I think blanco is the next man up to get spot start 

[formermav43 4606]

2 hours ago, WBT said:

I already christened .150 as the Maldonado line last year but maybe it didn't take

To be fair, Mendoza hit below .200 in 4 of his full seasons to merit the line being named for him, while Maldonado has never hit below .150. Yet. But .190 would be pretty accurate.

Fun fact: Mendoza has the higher career batting average.

[The Dog 44180]

Good luck, fuckers:

 

[tx 3 putt 77920]

Will dusty ‘love’ or ‘hate’ Gilbert ?

[kevwun 15943]

He's gonna end up skipping AAA if he keeps it up and Brantley doesn't come back soon.  Also, that is a 4' outfield wall.

Edited May 22, 2023 by kevwun

[Rimbo 26420]

3 hours ago, runthebone said:

Abreu at -1.0 WAR

[tx 3 putt 77920]

Lindor isn’t worth his contract 

[Hank Chinaski 6324]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

keep Abreu at 4 or 5, we need his bat for a long playoff run. We’re stuck with  him and that contract 

 

 

I don’t follow the logic. Because we’re overpaying him and because we hope he’s not useless in the playoffs, we should continue to put him in the middle of the order now? He’s been worse than Maldy at the plate. It’s not bad luck: his expected stats are worse than Maldy’s.

There is not a single reasonable explanation for slotting Abreu higher in the order than Tucker. In what universe would anyone want Abreu to come to bat more frequently than Tucker? Hell, he should probably bat behind Pena and Chas too, but that is less egregious.

If Dusty insists, flip Yordan and Bregman and move Tucker to cleanup to get your r-l-r-l in the order. But for the love of god, stop deliberately handicapping your lineup every day. The FO needs to intervene if Dusty is truly too stubborn to see it. 

[tx 3 putt 77920]

I haven’t watched sports center in years. Looooot wnba highlights / talk, zero Astros highlights or even the score 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

 

I don’t follow the logic. Because we’re overpaying him and because we hope he’s not useless in the playoffs, we should continue to put him in the middle of the order now? He’s been worse than Maldy at the plate. It’s not bad luck: his expected stats are worse than Maldy’s.

There is not a single reasonable explanation for slotting Abreu higher in the order than Tucker. In what universe would anyone want Abreu to come to bat more frequently than Tucker? Hell, he should probably bat behind Pena and Chas too, but that is less egregious.

If Dusty insists, flip Yordan and Bregman and move Tucker to cleanup to get your r-l-r-l in the order. But for the love of god, stop deliberately handicapping your lineup every day. The FO needs to intervene if Dusty is truly too stubborn to see it. 

we’re winning 

Edited May 22, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[tx 3 putt 77920]

Ride it out until it needs to be changed. Have to hope for the best here 

when it happened, I knew it was the better move but I would have been much happier with yuli and a rookie Diaz backing him up. Wish we would have followed the heart strings on this one. 

Edited May 22, 2023 by tx 3 putt