2023 Houston Astros Thread

[UTPhil2006 3807]

29 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

This team needs to get better to chase down the rangers - pena, bregman, Abreu

 

Or just get to play them again 

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

need to sweep the birds or could be down 5 with a rapidly closing window .  Seriously should have swept NYY, wasted chances. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by Make em eat Taco Bell

[Gut Wagon 8065]

While the veteran core of the Astros traditionally has played well on the road against good teams, I'm hardly expecting a sweep of Baltimore. The O's remind me of the Astros of the mid-2010s: young, but really talented and about to go on a multi-year run of excellence. Might not prove out, but the potential is clearly there. We'll need to bring our A game every night. 

[Guest]

Hell, the way this season has gone, I'm more optimistic against the O's since this series is at Camden Yard.

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Twitter, or whatever, is such a crazy place. They are making a savior out of Singleton. The guy has never even had Julks level of success. Let’s throttle it back and hope for the best. With Baltimores huge left field I doubt we see Yordan out there much, if at all, and he will be the DH. So Singleton will have to PH or get a game at 1B. If he was meant to play right away I don’t think this was the best series. 

[Guest]

yeah, I'm not excited for that at all, other than it being a pretty damned good example of perseverance.

[UTPhil2006 3807]

14 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Twitter, or whatever, is such a crazy place. They are making a savior out of Singleton. The guy has never even had Julks level of success. Let’s throttle it back and hope for the best. With Baltimores huge left field I doubt we see Yordan out there much, if at all, and he will be the DH. So Singleton will have to PH or get a game at 1B. If he was meant to play right away I don’t think this was the best series. 

If he goes 1-36 or like 4-65 he’s already surpassed Julks

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

14 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

If he goes 1-36 or like 4-65 he’s already surpassed Julks

So you hate Julks more or do I hate Maton more?  Tough call. Congrats on your guy getting sent down. We are a maldonado strained oblique away from being a rolling ball of butcher knives I think. 

[Frank Drebin 5668]

1 minute ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Or just get to play them again 

Or Maldonado to pull a hamstring

[UTPhil2006 3807]

26 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

So you hate Julks more or do I hate Maton more?  Tough call. Congrats on your guy getting sent down. We are a maldonado strained oblique away from being a rolling ball of butcher knives I think. 

I don’t dislike Julks he just needs to be on the Kessinger plan. Only play barely enough to remember he’s on the team. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by UTPhil2006

[closetojumping 62690]

I remember that time when I said that Julks was a AAAA player and @rvm96 requoted that post a couple of months later to tell me how wrong I was. Then Julks immediately went like 3-60 and they packed his bags for him. And then I laughed. 

Glad to see the ultimate AAAA player has replaced him. My expectations of Singleton's small time on the roster are .150/.210/.275/17 k's/55 abs. Something like that. They'd be better off with an empty roster space than having either guy in the clubhouse.

[The Dog 44042]

1 hour ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Twitter, or whatever, is such a crazy place. They are making a savior out of Singleton.

 

[TonyTexas 10510]

CTJ, like many others here, is quick to take a victory lap when right but slow to take a walk of shame when wrong. 

[Mo Horn 8833]

I don't see anything on the official transactions about singleton being called up, and he's still not on the 40-man roster. 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

6 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

I don't see anything on the official transactions about singleton being called up, and he's still not on the 40-man roster. 

They usually do it right around lineup release so prob in another 60-90 min 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

36 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

Singleton has no business being in the lineup

Altuve

Bregs

Yordy LF 

Tuck

Diaz DH 

Chas 

Abreu 

Pena

Maldy 

[WBT 20564]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

I remember that time when I said that Julks was a AAAA player and @rvm96 requoted that post a couple of months later to tell me how wrong I was. Then Julks immediately went like 3-60 and they packed his bags for him. And then I laughed. 

Glad to see the ultimate AAAA player has replaced him. My expectations of Singleton's small time on the roster are .150/.210/.275/17 k's/55 abs. Something like that. They'd be better off with an empty roster space than having either guy in the clubhouse.

That's about a 29% K rate with the assumption of 4 walks to give that obp.  Give me the over, way over.

Edited August 8, 2023 by WBT

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

I remember that time when I said that Julks was a AAAA player and @rvm96 requoted that post a couple of months later to tell me how wrong I was. Then Julks immediately went like 3-60 and they packed his bags for him. And then I laughed. 

Glad to see the ultimate AAAA player has replaced him. My expectations of Singleton's small time on the roster are .150/.210/.275/17 k's/55 abs. Something like that. They'd be better off with an empty roster space than having either guy in the clubhouse.

I fantasize about the day Dana Brown decides we are just going to ride with 22 players on our roster so Dusty can’t make horrible decisions all the time. Anyone think Dubon could catch in an emergency?  If not, stretch suba?  I think we should just say we are good with 10 non pitchers and let Dubon be the back up for every single spot. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by Wulaw Horn

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

47 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

CTJ, like many others here, is quick to take a victory lap when right but slow to take a walk of shame when wrong. 

If you are talking about me, sir, I still intend to cash in all the Whitley stock I’ve been secretly buying up for the past 5 years. Next year. Next year. 

[IDIOTsavant 8483]

2 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I fantasize about the day Dana. Town decides we are just going to ride with 22 players on our roster so Dusty can’t make horrible decisions all the time. Anyone think Dubon could catch in an emergency?  If not, stretch suba?  I think we should just say we are good with 10 non pitchers and let Dubon be the back up for every single spot. 

Only for Dusty to DH Dubon every damn day…

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

8 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

Only for Dusty to DH Dubon every damn day…

That would be fine. yainer would have to catch every day and I guess that means Yordan in Left and Chas in CF and Dubon as an emergency replacement. 
If 10 wouldn’t get it done I’d go ahead and go with 9 and just let Seth Martinez play wherever a guy gets hurt at. I think, with Dusty as the manager we’d win more games this way than with a 26 man roster. 
If Dusty wanted to give someone a day off he needs prior written consent and we bring in a guy from the minors for that day and then send him back. I don’t know why this idea amuses me so much, but I’m obviously not serious. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by Wulaw Horn

[Scraps 13561]

Buncha Singleton haters.

He is about to hit Eutaw street one of these next 3 games.

[LCHorn 2620]

20 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

That man’s name?  Albert Einstein. 
 

how you liking our boy Phil now?  Is it ok to want him shot into the sun again?  

If I'm being honest I kind of hate all relievers, probably as a result of watching Doug Jones alternate ERA's in the 2's with ERA's in the 5's.  Too much volatility. 

[Scraps 13561]

Should be good enough

[UTPhil2006 3807]

1 hour ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Singleton has no business being in the lineup

Altuve

Bregs

Yordy LF 

Tuck

Diaz DH 

Chas 

Abreu 

Pena

Maldy 

sooo close 

[Dutchrudder 11139]

At least Diaz is back in it. Our best lineup is still Diaz at C and Maldy on the bench, but it doesn't look like that will happen more than once a week.  

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

Y’all notice no Chas?  Because there’s no Chas. 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

Blue Mattress gone 

 

[The Dog 44042]

 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

Y’all notice no Chas?  Because there’s no Chas. 

Meyers at least earned a start from Sunday. And Maldy was always catching today. This is good. 

[Scraps 13561]

Well....bligh

[HtownHorn 14678]

3 hours ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Twitter, or whatever, is such a crazy place. They are making a savior out of Singleton. The guy has never even had Julks level of success. Let’s throttle it back and hope for the best. With Baltimores huge left field I doubt we see Yordan out there much, if at all, and he will be the DH. So Singleton will have to PH or get a game at 1B. If he was meant to play right away I don’t think this was the best series. 

Singleton had a .620 OPS and 76 OPS+, his rookie season. Julks is currently at .652 and 80.  I would say that is the same level of success.

[UTPhil2006 3807]

5 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Singleton had a .620 OPS and 76 OPS+, his rookie season. Julks is currently at .652 and 80.  I would say that is the same level of success.

Julks 27 yo rookie 

Singleton 22 yo rookie. 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

Did Madris get to go to the White House? Did Julks?

[The Dog 44042]

6 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Julks 27 yo rookie 

Singleton 22 yo rookie who was high as a kite the entire time. 

FIFY

[Guadaloopy 10964]

26 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Well....bligh

Bye, bye, Bligh

[Scraps 13561]

Did Madris get to go to the White House? Did Julks?

Those fools didn't win a WS

Neither did Abreu, Graveman etc

[UTPhil2006 3807]

Just now, Scraps said:

Those fools didn't win a WS

Neither did Abreu, Graveman etc

They still went, no?

[Scraps 13561]

They still went, no?

No

The only guy i recall not seeing that actually won was Montero (and of course Vasquez/Mancini)

[UTPhil2006 3807]

34 minutes ago, Scraps said:

No

The only guy i recall not seeing that actually won was Montero (and of course Vasquez/Mancini)

Oh damn. Didn’t know that. 

[Chuckie Finster 22694]

37 minutes ago, Scraps said:

No

The only guy i recall not seeing that actually won was Montero (and of course Vasquez/Mancini)

And Lance.

[Scraps 13561]

22 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

And Lance.

who?  He's alive? 

[runthebone 7981]

1)  You jerks are hating on the greatest player of Palauan descent in MLB history

2)  He's also the worst player of Palauan descent in MLB history

3)  5-1 when he starts

 

I just hope we don't look back and regret not having his 31 OPS+ and -0.2 WAR.

 

[texashorne 1177]

33 minutes ago, runthebone said:

1)  You jerks are hating on the greatest player of Palauan descent in MLB history

2)  He's also the worst player of Palauan descent in MLB history

3)  5-1 when he starts

 

I just hope we don't look back and regret not having his 31 OPS+ and -0.2 WAR.

 

We already have the best and worst Honduran in MLB history. He's filling both those quite nicely this season. 

 

[closetojumping 62690]

4 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

CTJ, like many others here, is quick to take a victory lap when right but slow to take a walk of shame when wrong. 

That's bullshit. I have a lot of opinions. They're often wrong. I'm also occasionally, just ever so often, a bit of a dickhead on this site. When I'm wrong, people climb over each other to ensure that I know that and need to own up to it. All part of the fun. I already owned being incorrect on this thread when it came to the record at the time of Altuve's return. I whiffed on that one, thankfully.

[Honeysucklerose 987]

Ok boys. Tonight is where the push begins. Let’s roll.

[Rockethorn1978 6077]

Lmao. Of course. 

[Honeysucklerose 987]

No no-no tonight

[Rip76 4925]

Oops

[patrickdrinksbeer 788]

472’