2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

I feel like there are 12 year olds that play MLB The Show that can manage a team better than Dusty

it's not hard to manage baseball at any level as long as you don't have to coach hitting/pitching mechanics.  

[Guadaloopy 10964]

3 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I feel like there are 12 year olds that play MLB The Show that can manage a team better than Dusty

[elguapo 4586]

Is Dusty trolling us?

[Tommy Nobis 905]

I feel like there are 12 year olds that play MLB The Show that can manage a team better than Dusty

Our Vets could have player coached us to the couple World Series during Dusty’s tenure. He was hired as a stop gap and it’s lasted 3 years too long. Shoulda been one and done.

[dr99 560]

The best fans in baseball are doing the wave

Edited June 28, 2023 by dr99

[Mo Horn 8833]

There's our money well spent. Those unclutch outs aren't cheap you know. 

[Scraps 13561]

There's our money well spent. Those unclutch outs aren't cheap you know. 

Nobody on this team is clutch except big swinging dick Yordan

[WBT 20564]

20 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Don’t pinch hit with 3 catchers and Diaz on the bench but do it with two catchers and Diaz at DH. Unbelievable. 

 

18 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

And now we have no DH

We're not going to get back to that spot anyway

[Smax 3800]

last place NLC team...

[WBT 20564]

If we do get to the 9 spot with 2 outs and the tying runs on base, will Dusty pinch hit with Altuve, Meyers, or Kessinger?

 

[Scraps 13561]

We're not going to get back to that spot anyway

Yeah and even if we do who cares....people complaining about nothing. Its called more PH's

[Gourmand 7774]

man, what a terrible June swoon

[David Dennison 18856]

Out with a whimper.

[Mo Horn 8833]

And we go quietly into the night against a team who is well below .500

[WBT 20564]

6 minutes ago, WBT said:

If we do get to the 9 spot with 2 outs and the tying runs on base, will Dusty pinch hit with Altuve, Meyers, or Kessinger?

 

The world will never know.

5 minutes ago, Scraps said:

11 minutes ago, WBT said:

We're not going to get back to that spot anyway

Yeah and even if we do who cares....people complaining about nothing. Its called more PH's

Yeah, do you want him to let Maldy hit?

[David Dennison 18856]

At least we can't blame this on the bullpen.

[tx 3 putt 76932]

17 minutes ago, Scraps said:

18 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

There's our money well spent. Those unclutch outs aren't cheap you know. 

Nobody on this team is clutch except big swinging dick Yordan

this roster sucks. Pitching has held us up, the slightest dip and we’re toast

if We go into sell mode, we have valuable pieces 

[Mo Horn 8833]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

this roster sucks. Pitching has held us up, the slightest dip and we’re toast

if We go into sell mode, we have valuable pieces 

And I'm near the point of just saying fuck it. Sell, sell, sell. Build up again for next year. 

[David Dennison 18856]

2 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

And I'm near the point of just saying fuck it. Sell, sell, sell. Build up again for next year. 

Is there any chance of that happening?

Edited June 28, 2023 by David Dennison

[Guadaloopy 10964]

No because that would be dumb.  

[Guadaloopy 10964]

Tonight guaranteed a losing month.  Team completely lost its mojo with Yordan going down, and has felt low energy since the Garcia injury.   Not giving up on the season yet.  There’s a lot of ball left to play, but Dusty and the front office have to stop managing for October now.   That luxury is gone.  
 

 

[Mo Horn 8833]

12 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Is there any chance of that happening?

 

6 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

No because that would be dumb.  

I think it depends on what things look like in a month from now when we're days away from the trade deadline. 

[Gut Wagon 8065]

What I now fear is a sudden head-fake "rally" that leaves the FO thinking we're still good enough to win another title. Short of a miracle, we're clearly not. Not even another Astros tombstone headline or glove burial will fix this. 

[Planet Houston 4930]

Fuuuuck. I don’t care if Cards fans were amazing hosts and we had a great time at the game. Fuck em, Astros need to get their shit straight. Gaaaaah. 

[Planet Houston 4930]

41 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Tonight guaranteed a losing month.  Team completely lost its mojo with Yordan going down, and has felt low energy since the Garcia injury.   Not giving up on the season yet.  There’s a lot of ball left to play, but Dusty and the front office have to stop managing for October now.   That luxury is gone.  
 

 

Rangers will shit the bed at some point. Hopefully we have a good few weeks when that happens. Angels are the Angels. But no doubt, at BEST we are sweating out a division title or wild card in September. 

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

have to battle the Jankees, Blue Jays and Angels for spot 6.  No one is catching Texas. 

[David Dennison 18856]

17 minutes ago, Planet Houston said:

Rangers will shit the bed at some point. Hopefully we have a good few weeks when that happens. Angels are the Angels. But no doubt, at BEST we are sweating out a division title or wild card in September. 

The Rangers are better than we are.

[Hank Chinaski 6314]

40 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

The Rangers are better than we are.

Yup. And this has been fairly obvious since April. I do think their pitching is going to regress a bit, but their lineup is legit. 

[Gourmand 7774]

1 hour ago, Planet Houston said:

Rangers will shit the bed at some point. Hopefully we have a good few weeks when that happens. Angels are the Angels. But no doubt, at BEST we are sweating out a division title or wild card in September. 

The problem is they've been shitting the bed this month as well and we've wasted that opportunity and allowed them to increase their division lead. 

[UTexasFight 9432]

Hopefully they shit the bed this weekend and we take at least 3 of 4 

Looking like Blanco, Brown, Framber, Javier.

Blanco probably opposite Eovaldi so need the big 3 to step 

[tx 3 putt 76932]

It needs to start tonight 

[Planet Houston 4930]

12 hours ago, David Dennison said:

The Rangers are better than we are.

I’ll still take our roster at full strength/health. Problem is we won’t see that this season. 

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Dana didn’t sound optimistic about any outside help arriving anytime soon. Nothing available at the moment. Boys need to step game up. 

[Ojo Rojo 1964]

We've been bit hard by the injury bug this season.  Altuve, Yordan missing significant time; Brantley missing all the time.  Bregman and Abreu underperforming.  Montero turning into a pumpkin after he got his money.  Losing two starting pitchers (three if you count McCullers)...  We are probably exactly where we should be given all of that.  With Urquidy, Altuve, Yordan and Brantley back, I think we're a contending team.

[tx 3 putt 76932]

27 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Dana didn’t sound optimistic about any outside help arriving anytime soon. Nothing available at the moment. Boys need to step game up. 

https://sportstalk790.iheart.com/featured/sean-salisbury/content/2023-06-28-dana-brown-on-trade-market-scarcity-no-one-is-untouchable-division-chase

 

very good listen, Dana brown 

[Scraps 13561]

Dana didn’t sound optimistic about any outside help arriving anytime soon. Nothing available at the moment. Boys need to step game up. 

No but at least he is aware what needs to be got.

I am curious how far the White Sox blow it up

[tx 3 putt 76932]

35 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Dana didn’t sound optimistic about any outside help arriving anytime soon. Nothing available at the moment. Boys need to step game up. 

Other teams have asked about our top prospects, some are very unreasonable 

the ‘shelves’ are bare and what’s there, the asking price is high. Lot of teams still in it 

[tx 3 putt 76932]

Question - will Yordan and brantley be in the line up every day ?

brown - nope. Season is a marathon. Get healthy and then chip away at the rangers lead. We don’t need guys out of gas in sept. Braves were down 10 games and ran down the Mets. Don’t panic

 

[David Dennison 18856]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Question - will Yordan and brantley be in the line up every day ?

brown - nope. Season is a marathon. Get healthy and then chip away at the rangers lead. We don’t need guys out of gas in sept. Braves were down 10 games and ran down the Mets. Don’t panic

His experience with the Braves in 2021 will probably frustrate a lot of fans.

Edited June 28, 2023 by David Dennison

[tx 3 putt 76932]

Just now, David Dennison said:

His experience with the Braves in 2021 will frustrate a lot of fans.

baseball going to baseball 

[tx 3 putt 76932]

Move stanek, bring up a too young arm

we need to keep Maton, but move him and repeat with a young arm 

both those moves for prospects 

get healthy 

make a run 

[David Dennison 18856]

I really hope we aren't in fourth place in a month.

[Scraps 13561]

It is hard for me to take Brown seriously though when he keeps pimpin Brantley non stop.

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

14 minutes ago, Scraps said:

It is hard for me to take Brown seriously though when he keeps pimpin Brantley non stop.

I predicted last July that Brantley was done playing MLB period.  Hope I'm wrong.  It was 12M well spent for sure though.  Who could have seen this coming.  Again, hope I'm wrong. Wouldn't be the first time. Won't be the last. 

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

42 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

His experience with the Braves in 2021 will probably frustrate a lot of fans.

IF he thinks that's getting duplicated again it will probably frustrate him.  That kind of shit is historic for a reason and counting on that to happen, quite frankly, is stupid.  

I choose, for my own sanity, not to believe he means the things he says that are stupid are actually his opinion, he's just throwing it out there as fan service.  Hope I'm correct on that. 

[tx 3 putt 76932]

Move meyers too, if he has any value. His spot is replaceable 

25 minutes ago, Scraps said:

It is hard for me to take Brown seriously though when he keeps pimpin Brantley non stop.

Him not being in AA or AAA this week is worrisome 

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Move meyers too, if he has any value. His spot is replaceable 

Him not being in AA or AAA this week is worrisome 

Him being old AF and broken in the shoulder worries me more. 

[kevwun 15781]

Atlanta traded for an entire new outfield that year.  Filling 2 or 3 holes in the lineup makes a rather large difference.

Edited June 28, 2023 by kevwun

[tx 3 putt 76932]

9 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Him being old AF and broken in the shoulder worries me more. 

[txduck87 985]

We've been bit hard by the injury bug this season.  Altuve, Yordan missing significant time; Brantley missing all the time.  Bregman and Abreu underperforming.  Montero turning into a pumpkin after he got his money.  Losing two starting pitchers (three if you count McCullers)...  We are probably exactly where we should be given all of that.  With Urquidy, Altuve, Yordan and Brantley back, I think we're a contending team.

Right . And if my aunt had balls, she’d be my uncle.