2023 Houston Astros Thread

[PantsTent 2002]

12 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

8 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Among non-pitchers with at least 1,000 games played and 3,000 plate appearances Martin Maldonado’s .206 career batting average is the worst in MLB history.

Amazing.

The 1000 games played is the qualifier that get's him the worst, but even on AB's or PA's he's up there.  

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask?q=who+has+the+lowest+batting+average+of+all-time

[Fud 9552]

Holy shit, look at the home and away splits

Also, against lefties he's actually an average major league hitter this year (wRC+ of 99)

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/martin-maldonado/6887/splits?position=C&season=2023

[UTPhil2006 3806]

Todays a good day to make a trade. Stroman blew ass yesterday so maybe we can take a AA player out of the deal now 

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

Cy Young was a better hitter

[Scraps 13561]

9 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Todays a good day to make a trade

As long as it isn't for Lance Lynn 

[HtownHorn 14671]

Angels are going to need a full rebuild after this season, so might as well take a chance with Ohtani before he leaves for nothing in FA. Their off-season should include trading Trout with the Rendon kicker to get out of both of those contracts.

 

The Angels basically traded Lee and Arrighetti for Giolito and Lopez.

Edited July 27, 2023 by HtownHorn

[tx 3 putt 76880]

Get healthy 

Find another pitcher (on top of urquidy). Arms that we have need to get back on track

Make a run

Two games out with two months, a top 2 seed is very doable. 

 

[TexArcher 37771]

I mean, yeah, add Yordan, Altuve, Urquidy, and Stroman to a team that was already on pace to win 90.  And let's fucking go.

[Scraps 13561]

Still need a bat. Have got to get Julks/Meyers/Dubon spot out of the lineup with a legit hitter.

LF/CF don't care. Just get someone better than these guys....which shouldn't be hard

First person who says ThAtS bRaNtLeY can meet me at old Astroworld site at 9pm to get shanked

[Guest]

Is LMJ out for good for 2023?

[TexArcher 37771]

5 minutes ago, slorch said:

Is LMJ out for good for 2023?

I believe that Lance McCullers will contribute to the Astros right around the time Forrest Whitley contributes to the Astros.

[TonyTexas 10508]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

As long as it isn't for Lance Lynn 

Lynn is most likely going to TB. They’re pretty deep in talks. 

[Chapo 104]

Verlander + 20 million for Luis Garcia, who says no?

Garcia wouldn't play until 2025, so not sure what good he would for the Mets.  Maybe 3rd team that is rebuilding (like the Yankees lol)

[Wulaw Horn 19068]

2 hours ago, PantsTent said:

The 1000 games played is the qualifier that get's him the worst, but even on AB's or PA's he's up there.  

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask?q=who+has+the+lowest+batting+average+of+all-time

Joey Gallo at 800 ops on that list is just lulz

[Wulaw Horn 19068]

3 minutes ago, Chapo said:

Verlander + 20 million for Luis Garcia, who says no?

Garcia wouldn't play until 2025, so not sure what good he would for the Mets.  Maybe 3rd team that is rebuilding (like the Yankees lol)

Garcia went under the knife in early May. It's typically a 12-15 month rehab. He should be back next year by the ASB at the latest.  Unless something goes wrong with his rehab.  

[tx 3 putt 76880]

Joey gallo 

.221 ops last 30 games, .141 batting avg 

that’s not going to get runs across the plate 

Edited July 27, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[runthebone 7967]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Joey gallo 

.221 ops last 30 games, .141 batting avg 

that’s not going to get runs across the plate 

It will at least 22% of the time with the bases loaded.

[Snake Diggity 4620]

3 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Angels are going to need a full rebuild after this season, so might as well take a chance with Ohtani before he leaves for nothing in FA. Their off-season should include trading Trout with the Rendon kicker to get out of both of those contracts.

 

The Angels basically traded Lee and Arrighetti for Giolito and Lopez.

Quero is a lot more highly thought of than Lee.  Equivalent Astros package would have been closer to Gilbert and Arrighetti.

[Scraps 13561]

Yeah what i had seen from people is Angels overpaid significantly for 2 rentals.

Not shocked

Angels gonna Angels and Chi wouldnt move Giolito this quick unless they knew they were fleecing someone

[UTexasFight 9430]

6 hours ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

Cy Young was a better hitter

Just noticed that as well.

surprised we didn’t have a celebration when Maldy passed Young in career hits earlier this year 

 

Edited July 27, 2023 by UTexasFight

[tx 3 putt 76880]

Dumbasses. Over pay for team control, not rentals 

[dr99 560]

The Angels are desperate to show Ohtani they are trying to win

Edited July 27, 2023 by dr99

[tx 3 putt 76880]

Chandler Rome explaining why maldy plays, again ….

 

[tx 3 putt 76880]

32 minutes ago, dr99 said:

The Angels are desperate to show Ohtani they are trying to win

he grabbed his side after that last hr 

[Huckleberry 32850]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Chandler Rome explaining why maldy plays, again ….

 

No, that logic is as dumb as humanly possible. He's right about that. 

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Chandler Rome explaining why maldy plays, again ….

 

Ok Mr Pitcher, that’s fine and dandy when you’re ERA is below 3. When it starts looking like 6 you can STFU and throw to Diaz because then we need offense to cover up your shit pitches.

[Wulaw Horn 19068]

Part two of the trade value- we go from #12 in trade value in the Astros org to everyone else. It’s not short.

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Jh4J9ynNF3rlbtAmt4nC6?si=6WY6w3nKT1KCSZzabhLgJQ

Amazon:

https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/8...ft-part-2?ref=dm_sh_IVWEBuy1NCgW6qEMMO1ZPFMhi

Apple:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...n-astros-podcast/id1683955456?i=1000622586547

[runthebone 7967]

Rob Deer was a man born in the wrong era.  He would be embraced today.

[rvm96 1643]

This lefty is really impressing me.

 

[Gourmand 7774]

[Scraps 13561]

Verlander talk heating up now that Mets traded Robertson

He is going somewhere, but has a no trade clause so pretty much gets to decide on the spot

[Scraps 13561]

[Scraps 13561]

[tx 3 putt 76880]

Astros trade for verlander …

surly thread ….

 

 

 

Verlander only wants machete catching him !

surly thread ….

Edited July 28, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

I gave no thought to Singleton ever coming up as he’s never been able to do anything in the bigs but he just absolutely is destroying AAA pitching this year. I’m getting curious.

[Snake Diggity 4620]

9 hours ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

I gave no thought to Singleton ever coming up as he’s never been able to do anything in the bigs but he just absolutely is destroying AAA pitching this year. I’m getting curious.

He most likely wouldn’t be worth a shit.  But every time he makes contact the ball has a chance of leaving the yard; that’s probably worth having him on the bench for pinch hitting scenarios that present a favorable matchup.

[Hank Chinaski 6314]

5 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

He most likely wouldn’t be worth a shit.  But every time he makes contact the ball has a chance of leaving the yard; that’s probably worth having him on the bench for pinch hitting scenarios that present a favorable matchup.

Suffice to say I’d rather see Singleton at DH than Madris. 

[Limp Brisket 546]

I hate Chandler Rome.  

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

6 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

He most likely wouldn’t be worth a shit.  But every time he makes contact the ball has a chance of leaving the yard; that’s probably worth having him on the bench for pinch hitting scenarios that present a favorable matchup.

Yeah. I’d guess I’d much rather have him up there hacking than Sigh Madris if we have to have a lefty.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

20 minutes ago, Limp Brisket said:

I hate Chandler Rome.  

What did he do now?

[Strat 149]

Altuve, Breg, Alvarez, King Tuck, Singleton-DH, Chas, Abreu, Diaz, Pena 

If we could get this lineup in the next week or 2, that wouldn't suck.. But I'm sure it's a dream.. 

[TonyTexas 10508]

25 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

What did he do now?

Being a patronizing prick while defending Maldy as the everyday catcher. 

[tx 3 putt 76880]

He’s defiantly not team maldy but when you’re covering the team daily you should choose your words wisely 

[kevwun 15769]

He is team contrarian.

[rvm96 1643]

Astros 1st, 8th and 9th rounders from the draft.

[The Dog 44019]

 

[runthebone 7967]

Just remember that we win with Bligh.  Alvarez since his comeback:  0-1.

 

Of course, the reason Bligh is such a winner is that his teammates play better because they know he sucks. 

[LebongJames 1791]

1 hour ago, Strat said:

Altuve, Breg, Alvarez, King Tuck, Singleton-DH, Chas, Abreu, Diaz, Pena 

If we could get this lineup in the next week or 2, that wouldn't suck.. But I'm sure it's a dream.. 

Stop with Singleton. He is a AAAA star. He should not see the Astros lineup. He had a .325 ops with Milwaukee this year

Edited July 28, 2023 by LebongJames

[henrygandorf 29189]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

He is team contrarian.

he is team pissing me off on off days.

[Rockethorn1978 6072]

I just want to see a legitimate upgrade at SP and one bat. If we throw in another reliever that won’t hurt either but I’ve set my expectations to nothing big happening.