2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Scraps 13598]

Do it for Korey Lee

[WBT 20745]

1 minute ago, rvm96 said:

Does this make sense to anyone else?

It means when you come in for the 8th and do your job and then someone else comes in for the 9th, you don't get a save.  If you give up the lead in the 8th you still get a blown save even though you were never going to get a save.

[UTexasFight 9613]

Get it done before Peña comes up.

He’ll have no chance against that slider 

Edited July 29, 2023 by UTexasFight
Probably Altuve too

[Mo Horn 8899]

Fuck. Bad loss 

[David Dennison 19121]

Welp.

Go, Padres.

[runthebone 8137]

Fuck you, Pressly.  Fuck

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Son of a bitch. I hate losing. Like it sucks. Totally. 

[perfectchaos007 6716]

Tough one. Would have liked to see Diaz get more than one AB tonight

[UTexasFight 9613]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Welp.

Go, Padres.

Let’s go Joe

[rvm96 1643]

4 minutes ago, WBT said:

It means when you come in for the 8th and do your job and then someone else comes in for the 9th, you don't get a save.  If you give up the lead in the 8th you still get a blown save even though you were never going to get a save.

Thanks for the explanation!

[Rockethorn1978 6153]

Maybe we can let graveman come in and give pressley a break. 

[HtownHorn 14924]

Need to get Julks out of the lineup and Kessinger off the 26-man roster. There is no need for Kessinger and Dubon to be on the same roster.

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[cabowabo 4578]

13 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Tough one. Would have liked to see Diaz get more than one AB tonight

You’ll get Maldonado and you will love it. 

[rvm96 1643]

 

It's like I can read Astros future's mind

[UTexasFight 9613]

41 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Let’s go Joe

6 shutout innings 

bullpen on to hold a 3-0 lead

[UTexasFight 9613]

15 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

6 shutout innings 

bullpen on to hold a 3-0 lead

Make it 7-0 as Rangers OF D looks like shit in the bottom of the 6th and 8 Padres comes to the plate  

[Gourmand 7776]

8 hours ago, LCHorn said:

 

This is the kind of logic that leads to signing Carlos Lee. 

Counterpoint: Forrest Whitley could have been traded for a box of gold bond powder and the Astros would've won that trade. 

All this Korey Lee talk is totally fucking asinine and you are all massively wrong about his future value or Graveman's current value to this team.

Fuckin A, this is a winner trade. 

[runthebone 8137]

7 hours ago, Gourmand said:

Counterpoint: Forrest Whitley could have been traded for a box of gold bond powder and the Astros would've won that trade. 

All this Korey Lee talk is totally fucking asinine and you are all massively wrong about his future value or Graveman's current value to this team.

Fuckin A, this is a winner trade. 

Yeah, well, 0-1 without Johnny Bench 2.0, aka Korey Lee, in our minor league system

 

Also 0-2 without Madris.  Send down Chas, and let's all get Bligh.

Edited July 29, 2023 by runthebone

[cabowabo 4578]

Counterpoint: Forrest Whitley could have been traded for a box of gold bond powder and the Astros would've won that trade. 
All this Korey Lee talk is totally fucking asinine and you are all massively wrong about his future value or Graveman's current value to this team.
Fuckin A, this is a winner trade. 

People bitching about Korey Lee are the same jackasses who don't want Bellinger here because of the shit he said after 2017.

[tx 3 putt 77935]

If the rays make a move for a top line pitcher, they’ll be damn tough in oct 

[Rockethorn1978 6153]

We should trade whitely. Or should have years ago when you could at least sell “potential”. Another reason you don’t always hold on to prospects. 

[runthebone 8137]

No, he has no trade value.  At this point, you play him and see what happens.

[tx 3 putt 77935]

Whitley was the rare miss on who to keep / who to trade 

[Guadaloopy 11039]

1 hour ago, cabowabo said:

10 hours ago, Gourmand said:

Counterpoint: Forrest Whitley could have been traded for a box of gold bond powder and the Astros would've won that trade. 
All this Korey Lee talk is totally fucking asinine and you are all massively wrong about his future value or Graveman's current value to this team.
Fuckin A, this is a winner trade. 

People bitching about Korey Lee are the same jackasses who don't want Bellinger here because of the shit he said after 2017.

I don’t want Bellinger.  Not for what he said, but because of all the post-season Ks.  

[WBT 20745]

Yeah I don't want Bellinger for the giant hole in his swing and inability to lay off back foot breaking balls.  And then the hypocrisy.

[TonyTexas 10571]

I’d gladly take Bellinger if he can continue with the production he’s had so far this year. He’s been one of the best in the league. He’s slashing .319/.369/.546

[tx 3 putt 77935]

23 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

I’d gladly take Bellinger if he can continue with the production he’s had so far this year. He’s been one of the best in the league. He’s slashing .319/.369/.546

As long as he’s a locker room fit, but no way he have enough talent for that trade 

[tx 3 putt 77935]

I have full faith the cubs will screw up trying to move stroman and bellinger 

[tx 3 putt 77935]

[tx 3 putt 77935]

 

[The Dog 44185]

Talking about JV.

(NTC = no trade clause)

[runthebone 8137]

This is the Meyers showcase before we trade him straight up for JV.

[Hank Chinaski 6324]

8 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Talking about JV.

(NTC = no trade clause)

Because the Mets want out of his contract and would be willing to take less in prospect capital if they can foist it on someone else? They may be able to get a better deal from the Dodgers, but the Astros could pull it off if they want JV badly enough.

Edited July 29, 2023 by Hank Chinaski

[runthebone 8137]

If Crane really is willing to spend to win, he should tell the Mets don't worry about covering JV's salary.  That's how we can complete the trade with a lesser farm system.  Hey, he already didn't have to pay for more than half of one of the seasons.

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

16 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Talking about JV.

(NTC = no trade clause)

Same idiot said it was a done deal two days ago. He just fishes for responses.

[Wulaw Horn 19249]

11 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Because the Mets want out of his contract and would be willing to take less in prospect capital if they can foist it on someone else?

Everything I have heard from the Mets is they are going to pay down contract for better prospects. We shall see. 
I can’t imagine him going to Cincy. 

[UTPhil2006 3828]

7 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Same idiot said it was a done deal two days ago. He just fishes for responses.

Yeah he should never be cited as a source or even quoted. 

[Hank Chinaski 6324]

7 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Everything I have heard from the Mets is they are going to pay down contract for better prospects. We shall see. 
I can’t imagine him going to Cincy. 

That would be smart on their end. They’re in a position to pay for better prospects. If that’s the case, it’ll be interesting to see what teams are willing to give and exactly how much the Mets would pay.

Edited July 29, 2023 by Hank Chinaski

[Scraps 13598]

Yeah he should never be cited as a source or even quoted. 

That goes for a lot of guys but people here continue to do it.

[kevwun 15943]

The Mets can say what they want, but Verlander is going where he wants to.  

[The Dog 44185]

16 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Yeah he should never be cited as a source or even quoted. 

 

12 minutes ago, Scraps said:

That goes for a lot of guys but people here continue to do it.

[David Dennison 19121]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

I'm OK with this.

[LebongJames 1827]

Yordan should not bat 5th. 

[UTPhil2006 3828]

1 minute ago, LebongJames said:

Yordan should not bat 5th. 

Don’t you know it’s a law punishable by death if you bat two lefties back to back.  Dusty does. 

[WBT 20745]

33 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Don’t you know it’s a law punishable by death if you bat two lefties back to back.  Dusty does. 

So stupid.  Even if you insist on separating them, they should be 2nd and 4th

[TonyTexas 10571]

Twitterverse is saying Scherzer to the Rangers is imminent. 

[runthebone 8137]

7 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Twitterverse is saying Scherzer to the Rangers is imminent. 

JV must have said no.  Hope the Mets raped them of top prospects.

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Rangers selling farm and going all in. Gonna be sweet when Astros knock them off.

[runthebone 8137]

Ohtani is some kind of cyborg, being back in the lineup a day after having cramps.  Astros would have shut him down for 7 weeks.