2023 Houston Astros Thread

[WBT 20562]

Just now, David Dennison said:

I mean, it just makes sense to hit him in these tight, late inning situations. 

Especially when we're tied or trailing.

[HtownHorn 14677]

The three worst hitters on any night are Dubon, Maldonado, and Abreu. Somehow our dumbfuck of a manager leads one of them off ensuring he gets the most ABs and then bats 1st and 3rd back-to-back.

[Gut Wagon 8065]

I watch baseball for enjoyment...and this is not enjoyable. So I'll swing back by in a few days to see if anything's better. Can't be much worse.  

[David Dennison 18854]

Our big guns showed 'em.

[tx 3 putt 76908]

0-12 for the first 1/3 of the lineup today 

[David Dennison 18854]

Oh boy.

[HtownHorn 14677]

Here's that thing where Montero comes in a makes sure the Astros have no shot at coming back.

[WBT 20562]

One more baserunner and maybe Maldonado can bat as the winning run with 2 outs

Damn, almost a Crawford Box special

[Scraps 13561]

Lol how you let Abreu tag on you LFer

[WBT 20562]

Just now, Scraps said:

Lol how you let Abreu tag on you LFer

And why was he risking it?  I guess so we could avoid the shutout.

Edited June 17, 2023 by WBT

[WBT 20562]

Julks over Meyers here is dumb

[David Dennison 18854]

Womp womp.

[perfectchaos007 6635]

This team sucks

[WBT 20562]

Hit it pretty good.  Maybe tomorrow we'll score before the 9th?

[Honeysucklerose 987]

At least he went down fighting

[HtownHorn 14677]

Watch Dusty will sit McCormick tomorrow.

[tx 3 putt 76908]

Game 

bats need to wake up, too many 0’fers tonight 

Edited June 17, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[Honeysucklerose 987]

About to blow another chance to gain a game

[David Dennison 18854]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

This team sucks

Don't lump the pitchers in with this.

[perfectchaos007 6635]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Don't lump the pitchers in with this.

Fair. Can't ask for much more from JP France. He didn't deserve the Loss

[WBT 20562]

2 minutes ago, Honeysucklerose said:

About to blow another chance to gain a game

Yeah, Blue Jays win.  Rangers have now lost 7 out of 9 and I think we've picked up 2 games over that stretch.

[David Dennison 18854]

The Rangers are not our only problem.

We need to get better at the plate in a hurry.

[Honeysucklerose 987]

The Rangers are not our only problem.
We need to get better at the plate in a hurry.

True that

[tx 3 putt 76908]

Is mancini available ?

[tx 3 putt 76908]

It’s time to sacrifice a chicken ….

Altuve 7 for last 44 (.159)
Bregman 6 for last 43 (.140)

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

It’s time to sacrifice a chicken ….

Altuve 7 for last 44 (.159)
Bregman 6 for last 43 (.140)

they were due for off years, a trend that is probably permanent. 

[tx 3 putt 76908]

This kid had a great career at Tosu 

 

[TonyTexas 10510]

New beat guy for the Chronicle. Nice career move,, going from covering the A’s to the Astros 

 

Edited June 17, 2023 by TonyTexas

[WBT 20562]

I though Lerner was taking that over permanently.  Whatever, it's not like the Chronicle even bothers to cover the previous day's games anymore.

[Gourmand 7774]

11 minutes ago, WBT said:

Whatever, it's not like the Chronicle even bothers to cover the previous day's games anymore.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/houston-astros-cincinnati-reds-takeaways-18155909.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vdGV4YXMtc3BvcnRzLW5hdGlvbi9hc3Ryb3MvYXJ0aWNsZS9ob3VzdG9uLWFzdHJvcy1jaW5jaW5uYXRpLXJlZHMtdGFrZWF3YXlzLTE4MTU1OTA5LnBocA==&time=MTY4NzAxNDc3MzA5NA==&rid=ZWIwYjZmZGItNjBmOS00MzQ1LTg5OGYtYjVhYjc3YTdjMjdl&sharecount=MQ==

[WBT 20562]

 I should have specified the print edition.  /getoffmylawn

[Scraps 13561]

Lol got to get one last parting shot at Choadler

[Scraps 13561]

It’s time to sacrifice a chicken ….
Altuve 7 for last 44 (.159)
Bregman 6 for last 43 (.140)

I will give Altuve the benefit of the doubt with the injuries at start of season so far, but Bregman is on the struggle bus. At least he plays pretty good defense(except when he throws balls into the net during the 9th inning of games)

[TonyTexas 10510]

10 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Lol got to get one last parting shot at Choadler

Unfortunately, he’ll still be around until he gets the ax from The Athletic. Which, based on their new model, will happen sooner rather than later

Edited June 17, 2023 by TonyTexas

[Scraps 13561]

Yeah thats fine I don't mess with the Athletic. At least i can see this dudes tweets.....for now

[tx 3 putt 76908]

45 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I will give Altuve the benefit of the doubt with the injuries at start of season so far, but Bregman is on the struggle bus. At least he plays pretty good defense(except when he throws balls into the net during the 9th inning of games)

doesn’t matter who’s hitting 7 8 9, if our franchise players can’t produce, this whole team is on the struggle bus 

go out there and keep swinging 

Edited June 17, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

14 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

The three worst hitters on any night are Dubon, Maldonado, and Abreu. Somehow our dumbfuck of a manager leads one of them off ensuring he gets the most ABs and then bats 1st and 3rd back-to-back.

Dubon is at about 0.295

[HtownHorn 14677]

13 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

Dubon is at about 0.295

Who gives a shit about batting average. His OPS is awful because he doesn't walk or hit with any power. He is one of the worst hitters on the team along with Abreu and Maldonado, well now you can include Meyers in that list as well.

Moreover, today's lineup is just a fucking joke. At what point does Crane say enough is enough and fire the fuckturd. It's amazing that this team wastes two spots on guys even the A's would laugh at being on their 26-man roster, and the Astros are supposed to be contending for a long post-season run.

Edited June 17, 2023 by HtownHorn

[elguapo 4586]

Julks leading off???

[tx 3 putt 76908]

 

hahahahaha

 

[UTexasFight 9432]

ay chihuahua 

[tx 3 putt 76908]

5 minutes ago, elguapo said:

Julks leading off???

2 Bad games, change it up !

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

17 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Who gives a shit about batting average. His OPS is awful because he doesn't walk or hit with any power. He is one of the worst hitters on the team along with Abreu and Maldonado, well now you can include Meyers in that list as well.

Moreover, today's lineup is just a fucking joke. At what point does Crane say enough is enough and fire the fuckturd. It's amazing that this team wastes two spots on guys even the A's would laugh at being on their 26-man roster, and the Astros are supposed to be contending for a long post-season run.

BA is very important. He scores runs.  OBP is good.   The criticism of Dubon is not founded in reality at all. 

Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
		Team Totals	28.7	70	2631	2358	311	577	117	4	78	297	47	13	215	569	.245	.314	.397	.711	95	936	55	31	5	18	6
		Rank in 15 AL teams				8	8	7	9	15	9		7	7	11	4	7	7	9	9		10		7		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Martín Maldonado	36	51	180	157	12	28	4	0	4	9	0	0	16	57	.178	.267	.280	.547	52	44	8	3	4	0	0
2	1B	José Abreu	36	68	285	260	21	60	11	0	4	33	0	1	19	67	.231	.288	.319	.607	68	83	8	3	0	3	1
3	2B	Mauricio Dubón	28	55	232	221	36	64	14	1	3	15	5	0	8	31	.290	.315	.403	.717	97	89	8	1	0	2	0
4	SS	Jeremy Peña	25	65	276	254	36	64	16	1	8	27	6	6	13	61	.252	.305	.417	.723	98	106	1	7	0	1	0
5	3B	Alex Bregman	29	69	306	266	37	63	8	1	9	39	1	0	37	39	.237	.333	.376	.709	96	100	10	2	0	1	1
6	LF	Corey Julks	27	52	187	179	22	45	8	0	5	22	10	3	7	52	.251	.278	.380	.658	80	68	0	0	0	1	0
7	CF	Jake Meyers	27	56	194	174	22	41	9	1	6	21	3	1	16	54	.236	.314	.402	.717	97	70	2	4	0	0	0
8	RF	Kyle Tucker*	26	68	283	246	28	70	14	0	9	39	12	1	30	38	.285	.357	.451	.808	122	111	6	0	0	4	2
9	DH	Yordan Alvarez* (10-day IL)	26	57	242	202	41	56	12	0	17	55	0	0	32	55	.277	.388	.589	.978	166	119	5	6	0	2	2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	CF	Chas McCormick	28	35	138	122	15	30	8	0	6	17	6	0	12	37	.246	.328	.459	.787	115	56	1	3	1	0	0
11	C	Yainer Diaz	24	32	105	97	13	25	7	0	4	10	0	0	3	19	.258	.276	.454	.730	97	44	4	1	0	4	0
12	2B	Jose Altuve	33	19	87	75	15	18	5	0	2	7	3	1	11	17	.240	.345	.387	.731	103	29	2	1	0	0	0
13	UT	David Hensley (40-man)	27	26	86	77	12	10	1	0	1	3	1	0	9	32	.130	.221	.182	.403	14	14	0	0	0	0	0
14	C	César Salazar*	27	12	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.118	.167	.118	.284	-19	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	IF	Grae Kessinger	25	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	54	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	2B	Rylan Bannon (7-day IL)	27	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
17	P	Hunter Brown	24	0	0
18	P	J.P. France	28	0	0
19	P	Ryan Pressly	34	0	0
20	P	Hector Neris	34	0	0
21	P	Ronel Blanco	29	0	0
22	P	Ryne Stanek	31	0	0
23	P	Matt Gage* (40-man)	30	0	0
24	P	Parker Mushinski* (40-man)	27	0	0
25	P	Seth Martinez	28	0	0
26	P	Cristian Javier	26	0	0
27	P	Phil Maton	30	0	0
28	P	Brandon Bielak*	27	0	0
29	P	José Urquidy (15-day IL)	28	0	0
30	P	Rafael Montero	32	0	0
31	P	Luis Garcia (60-day IL)	26	0	0
32	P	Framber Valdez	29	0	0
33	P	Bryan Abreu	26	0	0

Edited June 17, 2023 by Make em eat Taco Bell

[tx 3 putt 76908]

They’ve looked and played tired the last several games, imo 

hopefully they’re handing out some B12 shots. Let’s get this train back on track

[tx 3 putt 76908]

2 hours ago, Scraps said:

I will give Altuve the benefit of the doubt with the injuries at start of season so far, but Bregman is on the struggle bus. At least he plays pretty good defense(except when he throws balls into the net during the 9th inning of games)

Altuve isn’t 100%
 

bregman is just slumping, no excuse 

[Scraps 13561]

Thank god i have to work this afternoon seeing that lineup.

[Scraps 13561]

Lil Keke and Slim Thug rollin into Dirty Bay for Juneteenth

[tx 3 putt 76908]

6 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Lil Keke and Slim Thug rollin into Dirty Bay for Juneteenth

 Fuck yes !!!!

[tx 3 putt 76908]

 

[runthebone 7977]

A leadoff hitter who never walks sounds very unconventional.