2023 Houston Astros Thread

[HtownHorn 14681]

2 hours 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

 

The problem is the Braves went out and traded for a brand new OF at the deadline because of all the injuries and their manager played them. Brown could do something similar but Dusty Baker would still play the same fucking shitty players he has now.

[tx 3 putt 76957]

We dont have the capital to get players much better than what we have. Sellers market 

[kevwun 15788]

That's why holding out hope for a magical run probably isn't reasonable this year.  If you can't or won't trade for replacements, they just have too many injuries and holes to deal with.

Edited June 28, 2023 by kevwun

[tx 3 putt 76957]

The only hope - Yordan, brantley and urquidy back and healthy by end of July 

[UTexasFight 9447]

They just have to get in which I still feel comfortable they’ll do. Everyone already knows the postseason is basically a coin flip.

Even as the 6 seed is fine, in fact probably preferred if you aren’t going to catch the rangers.

6 seed plays the shitty twins (or other shitty AL central champ) in a best 2 of 3.

then you get the rangers in a best of 5.

then the rays (or AL East wild card).

A lot of similarities to 2020 when we were stuck in neutral for the entire (albeit shortened) season and ended up 1 win away from the World Series.

 

 

[Guadaloopy 10970]

Dammit, Dusty.  

[tx 3 putt 76957]

Correct, #6 is the spot 

[Guadaloopy 10970]

Mardris-Meyers-Maldy makes my mood melancholy.

[tx 3 putt 76957]

Cohen seems bi polar 

 

[David Dennison 18860]

12 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Dammit, Dusty.  

I'm more irritated with the ones letting him do it.

 

Edited June 28, 2023 by David Dennison

[Scraps 13561]

Bligh Madris getting a start on the defending WS champs is fucking sickening

[David Dennison 18860]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Bligh Madris getting a start on the defending WS champs is fucking sickening

That lineup is awful. No other way to put it.

[hornmpa96 2618]

WTF? Madris?

[tx 3 putt 76957]

.809 ops in AAA

[Scraps 13561]

10 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

.809 ops in AAA

who gives a fuck

[WBT 20571]

Stop trying to make Madris happen

[Scraps 13561]

Someone send Madris a link to this thread so maybe he makes contact tonight jfc

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Madris and Singelton and the OF we had last year in Sugarland that hit like 28 bombs, and players like them, are all the same after they’ve reached a certain age and shown what they are as a player. Tarzan in AAA and Jane in the show. To keep recycling them is a waste of time and space. 

That being said I hope he proves me wrong and hits 3 home runs tonight. Or even a soft flare over second. Anything. I’ll take that L. 

[UTexasFight 9447]

Bligh Madris: at least he’s not David Hensley?

[cabowabo 4484]

Who the fuck names their kid Bligh?

[UTexasFight 9447]

7 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

Who the fuck names their kid Bligh?

A couple that met at the Fremont Hotel in Vegas and whose dad is named Style.

must be a Southeast Asia thing as the googles tell me his dad is from Peleliu

[uoftorange 1386]

Why in the fuck to mid 20s players like Chas and Julks ever need a single day off?

Every single Astros "fan" that defends Dusty in this is being a dumbass.  

Bligh should be a guy brought in after you've had 3 injuries in a game.  It's inexcusable that Dusty ever starts him over Julks, much lest Chas.  

Same goes for Martin over Diaz.  You are in a "something big is going to have to go right" season and you are wasting Diaz's development behind the plate.  

[UTexasFight 9447]

But Martin needs practice with Brown in case something happens to Diaz 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

 

 

 

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

 

It's normal for a ballplayer while the team is going well (this was in 2022) to say that his manager is a paint chip eating moron. I'm shocked that you could find a positive quote from Bregman in 2022 about Dusty. Shocked. 

[uoftorange 1386]

11 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

But Martin needs practice with Brown in case something happens to Diaz 

Clearly, since he's causing him to throw homerun pitches every game

[Mo Horn 8841]

Nice start

[tx 3 putt 76957]

5 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

Nice start

have to hold the lead 

[David Dennison 18860]

have to hold the lead 

Nah.

[Mo Horn 8841]

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

have to hold the lead 

Nice thought 

[MirrOlure 14774]

So do we just laugh at this point?

[tx 3 putt 76957]

Javier is broken 

[WBT 20571]

We're like watching a 8 year old coach pitch team with all the balls Maldonado lets go to the backstop.

Guess it doesn't matter when he calls the HR pitch right after

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

If we can’t depend of Framber and Javier we are really fucked.

[cabowabo 4484]

Even our supposed good players suck ass now.

[WBT 20571]

Why is Altuve taking the relay?  I miss Correa.

[David Dennison 18860]

Wheels off, boys.

[UTHornFan014 710]

This team is a beating to watch right now. 

And I'm especially tired of Maldonado being a lazy ass behind home plate. The effort on that passed ball was pitiful. 

[Rockethorn1978 6077]

This team fucking sucks and I’m so pissed.

[Smax 3800]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

The Astros are broken 

FIFY

[dr99 560]

They said MaShitty has the most passed balls in the league. I thought we put up with his hitting because he is a defensive specialist.

[Hornsbay22 468]

Fat ass maldy can't catch or call a game.   Why the hell is dubon not playing?

[Rip76 4928]

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Sure add some homeplate ump fuckery to our woes

[UTHornFan014 710]

Horrible strike 3 called on Breggy. Strike 1 wasn't much better

[perfectchaos007 6642]

The only way Dusty doesn't start Maldy is if the front office trades him. We could probably get a decent player for him. It needs to happen

[UTHornFan014 710]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

The only way Dusty doesn't start Maldy is if the front office trades him. We could probably get a decent player for him. It needs to happen

Get a decent player for Maldonado? I'd take a box of cracker jacks

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

Ducking dickhead Andrew on our podcast has been banging the drum that Javier is in line for trouble. Fucker. 

[Gut Wagon 8069]

In the midst of bemoaning our bad luck with injured starters, I'll add that Javier, Brown and Framber not being nearly as bulletproof as expected is no ray of sunshine, either. 

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said:

The only way Dusty doesn't start Maldy is if the front office trades him. We could probably get a decent player for him. It needs to happen

Nobody would trade us a flaming bag of dogshit for him. He needs to be DFA’d.