2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Scraps 13812]

Sweet, we are going tomorrow.

You know he will already be given an off day tomorrow right? Lol

[kevwun 16449]

Yeah, I have already prepared myself for that.  If he plays, it will be a nice surprise.

[tx 3 putt 78762]

37 minutes ago, Scraps said:

2 hours ago, kevwun said:

Sweet, we are going tomorrow.

You know he will already be given an off day tomorrow right? Lol

off until Tuesday 

[Gourmand 7778]

Huge loss for Houston sports fans

[kevwun 16449]

Who's going to to be the new go to person for Houston teams releasing news?  If Berman broken a story, you new it was true.

[Gourmand 7778]

3 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Who's going to to be the new go to person for Houston teams releasing news?  If Berman broken a story, you new it was true.

Definitely Michael Schwab

[Scraps 13812]

Oh shit battle between the weenies this weekend.....Dubon has one more AB to go before he joins them 

 

Edited May 12, 2023 by Scraps

[UTPhil2006 3930]

Abreu down to 5th. Progress 

[Hank Chinaski 6363]

22 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Abreu down to 5th. Progress 

[Scraps 13812]

 

[Js1 87290]

Never going to play pro ball again

 

[UTPhil2006 3930]

Wulaw when he sees that

[Scraps 13812]

That doesn't sound like a setback at all

[Wulaw Horn 19599]

21 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Wulaw when he sees that

I’d rather it be Maldonado… 

I’d rather have been wrong and Brantley awesome then oh so obviously right with that being such an absurdly ridiculous and easily foreseeable stupid deal. 

[UTexasFight 9819]

does the 20 day IL activation stuff come in to play here? Or he’s hurt again so no?

[UTexasFight 9819]

Yordan followed by tucker

50/50 chance the sun doesn’t come to tomorrow 

[Mitch Hedberg 2117]

The cap to one of the worst off seasons ever. GM….we don’t need no stinkin GM. It’s not even the moves they made, which 2 out of 3 were arguably bad from the jump. It’s the moves that weren’t made to shore up the OF, C and pitching insurance. It’s an uphill climb from here. We are about to see what kind of wizard Dana Brown is and his bag of tricks. 

[runthebone 8380]

41 minutes ago, Scraps said:

That doesn't sound like a setback at all

 

52 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Never going to play pro ball again

 

I'm sure if his last career ABs were with an Astros AAA affiliate, he would have preferred if they were as a Zamunda Lion

https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/02/08/grizzlies-to-play-as-zamunda-lions-for-coming-to-fresno-night/

 

[tx 3 putt 78762]

Inflammation goes down, hopefully nothing is torn 

[runthebone 8380]

Urquidy's shoulder will be totally different, though.

[tx 3 putt 78762]

Pass around the icy hot 

[billfromlaketravis 11869]

So what’s the best case on Brantley? Half a season playing 4 times a week for $10 million+.
 

Geez, nice work if you can get it. 

[billfromlaketravis 11869]

6 hours ago, kevwun said:

Who's going to to be the new go to person for Houston teams releasing news?  If Berman broken a story, you new it was true.

F***ing this. 

[Wulaw Horn 19599]

56 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

The cap to one of the worst off seasons ever. GM….we don’t need no stinkin GM. It’s not even the moves they made, which 2 out of 3 were arguably bad from the jump. It’s the moves that weren’t made to shore up the OF, C and pitching insurance. It’s an uphill climb from here. We are about to see what kind of wizard Dana Brown is and his bag of tricks. 

My podcast co-host andrew is yelling at the computer saying- see- this is my point. No GM!  That was his biggest hate in our love/hate podcast. 
 

I can’t talk about how cruel it is to have an off day and then a rain out. Terrible. 

[Mitch Hedberg 2117]

Rain delay. Wtf. 
 

Altuve with SL on Bally will suffice. https://applink.ballylive.app

[rvm96 1643]

1 hour ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

The cap to one of the worst off seasons ever. GM….we don’t need no stinkin GM. It’s not even the moves they made, which 2 out of 3 were arguably bad from the jump. It’s the moves that weren’t made to shore up the OF, C and pitching insurance. It’s an uphill climb from here. We are about to see what kind of wizard Dana Brown is and his bag of tricks. 

What pitching move or moves would you have made?

Edited May 13, 2023 by rvm96

[Mitch Hedberg 2117]

Altuve warning track to straight center. Curiously, he wore no padding of any kind on his arms or legs. Doesn’t he usually wear an elbow/upper arm pad and shin guard? 

[Wulaw Horn 19599]

3 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

What pitching move or moves would you have made?

I’d have let Montero go and gotten rid of Maton and then signed Manaea or Rodon. Both of those would have been terrible. 

[Dondrysdale1 379]

If it helps anyone’s peace of mind pretty much every free agent that was mentioned with the Astros save for Rizzo and Nimmo have been absolute garbage.

[HtownHorn 15231]

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

Never going to play pro ball again

 

And people laughed when I said this was the likely end a week ago.

[Mitch Hedberg 2117]

13 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

What pitching move or moves would you have made?

I’m afraid I don’t have time to really study it or devise plans to that degree but the one thing I think I would have done is try to create a package that included Stanek to get one of Arizonas outfielders when they openly were looking for bullpen help. He was never going to duplicate last years stats so you are trying to sell high and he’s down the pecking order in our pen so barring a ton of injuries he could be replaced and or not really missed. But standing pat depending on everyone to stay healthy and/or duplicate one off seasons is asking for disappointment. Should always be trying to build depth and from my limited view we didn’t try. I do realize saying to deal Stanek seems counterintuitive to what I was saying about depth but the return would have been significantly greater with an everyday player. Oh and my other reason for dealing Stanek is he is a free agent after this year. He’s probably gone anyway. 

Edited May 13, 2023 by Mitch Hedberg

[Scraps 13812]

Altuve warning track to straight center. Curiously, he wore no padding of any kind on his arms or legs. Doesn’t he usually wear an elbow/upper arm pad and shin guard? 

He hasn't been gone that long lol. He does not wear shin guards. Typically one elbow pad, but he has went without it too before like he did in the WBC

[HtownHorn 15231]

No starting pitcher worth a shit was coming to Houston to be the 7th starter. Hopefully, this offseason serves as a lesson learned, no signing guys over 35 coming off of serious injury or a serious drop in production.

[rvm96 1643]

Bellinger or Yoshida would have been interesting pieces for the outfield with very different fees.

[Mitch Hedberg 2117]

8 minutes ago, Scraps said:

18 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Altuve warning track to straight center. Curiously, he wore no padding of any kind on his arms or legs. Doesn’t he usually wear an elbow/upper arm pad and shin guard? 

He hasn't been gone that long lol. He does not wear shin guards. Typically one elbow pad, but he has went without it too before like he did in the WBC

Lol He just looked so naked. Probably the weird uniform too. 

[Mitch Hedberg 2117]

4 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

Bellinger or Yoshida would have been interesting pieces for the outfield with very different fees.

I was definitely interested in Yoshida. I haven’t looked how he’s doing so far. Houston just doesn’t seem to be on the radar for the Japanese players.

[Scraps 13812]

[HtownHorn 15231]

2 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

I was definitely interested in Yoshida. I haven’t looked how he’s doing so far. Houston just doesn’t seem to be on the radar for the Japanese players.

He's killing it. 136 OPS+ so far.

[Scraps 13812]

Whatever he is doing is better than Brantley

[Wulaw Horn 19599]

4 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Whatever he is doing is better than Brantley

Brantley has been more valuable to the Astros at 0.0 WAR than maldy, Abreu, Hensley, that shithead infielder that’s terrible and maybe one or two other guys. Lot of below replacement level guys so far on the team. 

[tx 3 putt 78762]

Going to meet at 8:30 to discuss a start time 

[tx 3 putt 78762]

Still raining. Radar looks to be clearing up

Edited May 13, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[UTPhil2006 3930]

9:20 first pitch

[tx 3 putt 78762]

 

[tx 3 putt 78762]

3 hr game incoming 

[henrygandorf 29229]

2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I’d have let Montero go and gotten rid of Maton and then signed Manaea or Rodon. Both of those would have been terrible. 

wake me when we trade for eduardo rodriguez.  

[tx 3 putt 78762]

Snitker had something building up inside him or didn’t want to miss his reservation

Edited May 13, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[Scraps 13812]

Snit got liquoured up during the delay

[rvm96 1643]

1 hour ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

I was definitely interested in Yoshida. I haven’t looked how he’s doing so far. Houston just doesn’t seem to be on the radar for the Japanese players.

He had a terrible start and has batted I believe over .400 since.

[tx 3 putt 78762]

4 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

He had a terrible start and has batted I believe over .400 since.

$18 mil a year for the next 5 years