2023 Houston Astros Thread

[UTexasFight 9431]

5 minutes ago, Tommy Nobis said:

Baders got one of those punchable Yankees face like Brett Gardner. Maybe it’s the dumbass mouth guard he wears.

Yep.

exactly 

[Overlord 366]

Looks like it’s a Wild Card year. 

[runthebone 7968]

Just got to give Pena a chance!

[UTexasFight 9431]

Do it to them, Jose

[runthebone 7968]

Just kidding.  It's baba yaga.

[Guadaloopy 10960]

Steal their souls, 'Tuve.

[WBT 20561]

[David Dennison 18854]

Crud.

[Guadaloopy 10960]

That was over quickly  

[runthebone 7968]

Fucking shitty loss.

[WBT 20561]

Lame

[tx 3 putt 76905]

[patrickdrinksbeer 788]

Looks like it’s a Wild Card year. 

oh for fuck’s sake

[Honeysucklerose 987]

Looks like it’s a Wild Card year. 

Pffffff

[Helobious 9448]

Lol that was awesome. Get fucked. 

[Rockethorn1978 6077]

Just now, Helobious said:

Lol that was awesome. Get fucked. 

Youre in last place shit heel. 

[Bregs 225]

12 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Lol that was awesome. Get fucked. 

Helo Lives!  Haven't heard from you in a while, dumbfuck!

[Gut Wagon 8065]

"Like sands through the hourglass...so are the predictable visits of Helobious."

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Oh Helo's here? I guess we just must have ourselves an asshole shortage, huh?

[Gut Wagon 8065]

Maybe he's here to take his mind off the fact his October schedule looks pretty open. The O's have become my second-favorite team, so this hits close to home. 

https://www.facebook.com/100000075221702/posts/pfbid02wdi5YULumQGqSQZFL6cB77s86EhZ2Si6UqUGi3f5pbAWeDVxKKiYoryZ6ndaBygal/?mibextid=I6gGtw

[tx 3 putt 76905]

1 hour ago, Gut Wagon said:

"Like sands through the hourglass...so are the predictable visits of Helobious."

im shocked he’s not in full blown ‘cowboys’ mode 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

17 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

Maybe he's here to take his mind off the fact his October schedule looks pretty open. The O's have become my second-favorite team, so this hits close to home. 

https://www.facebook.com/100000075221702/posts/pfbid02wdi5YULumQGqSQZFL6cB77s86EhZ2Si6UqUGi3f5pbAWeDVxKKiYoryZ6ndaBygal/?mibextid=I6gGtw

Dak will be killing the cowboys season about that time 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

31 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Oh Helo's here? I guess we just must have ourselves an asshole shortage, huh?

 

[runthebone 7968]

Well, yesterday sucked

Let's start another win streak tonight

[tx 3 putt 76905]

 

[Gut Wagon 8065]

18 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Niiiiiiice....

 

 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

1 minute ago, Gut Wagon said:

Niiiiiiice....

 

 

this story ain’t over yet !

[Dutchrudder 11137]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

They deleted a scene from that episode where George imagines how that exchange should have gone, and it's hilarious:

 

 

[dr99 560]

I've never seen that scene before. "Hey, you're still bald"

Edited August 4, 2023 by dr99

[runthebone 7968]

Judge has the day off, so we should rest Alvarez and Tucker to be fair.

[Hank Chinaski 6314]

9 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Judge has the day off, so we should rest Alvarez and Tucker to be fair.

I wanted to give you a laughing emoji but that actually wouldn’t surprise me, and I don’t find that funny.

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

21 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Judge has the day off, so we should rest Alvarez and Tucker to be fair.

Run the bone is full of jokes lately.  I've been amused sir. 

[kevwun 15774]

Bregman to 2nd and Yordan back to 3rd.  Only complaint is Chas below Abreu.

Edited August 4, 2023 by kevwun

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Holy crap! Somebody made the lineup card out while Dusty was in the shitter! Don’t tell him!

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

28 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Bregman to 2nd and Yordan back to 3rd.  Only complaint is Chas below Abreu.

I think yall know I am Diaz biggest fan, but I think that he and chas should probably be flipped as between 5 and 7. Still, no complaints. Just stunning to see us field our best possible team for the first time of the year here on August 4th.  

[kevwun 15774]

Yeah I would put Chas 5th and Diaz 6th.  Diaz still chases too many bad pitches.  They should both be ahead of Abreu though.

Edited August 4, 2023 by kevwun

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

Just now, kevwun said:

Yeah I would put Chas 5th and Diaz 6th.  Diaz still chases too many bad pitches.  They should both be ahead of Abreu though.

And that works too. Much like I know we will never see Yordan bat 2nd while Dusty Baker manages this team I assume that Abreu will never hit lower than 6th.  He is a run producer so I get it I guess.

[Gut Wagon 8065]

Hard to imagine any veteran club scoring 8 runs in its last 3 games needing a lineup tweak. 

[WBT 20561]

Cy Keuchel signed called up by the Twins and expected to start this weekend.

Edited August 4, 2023 by WBT

[tx 3 putt 76905]

You want as many people on base as possible for Yordan, 3rd or 4th is perfect spot for him 

[Scraps 13561]

Cy Keuchel signed called up by the Twins and expected to start this weekend.

Yeah i posted that he was called up yesterday.....looks like he actual had the perfect storm happen for him.

My understanding is he was doing well in 6 minor league starts with Min, and he had a timeframe to opt out of his contract which when Ryan got hurt he used .....which in turn gave the Twins two options, release him to sign with whoever or call him up.

[Huckleberry 32851]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

And that works too. Much like I know we will never see Yordan bat 2nd while Dusty Baker manages this team I assume that Abreu will never hit lower than 6th.  He is a run producer so I get it I guess.

With today's starting 9 I would go with this. Realistically those last 4 don't really matter that much but Yainer needs to be low because of his chase rate. Peña dropped to 9 because he can run if he gets on when the lineup rolls over.

Altuve
Tucker
Bregman
Alvarez
McCormick
Meyers
Díaz
Abreu
Peña

Edited August 4, 2023 by Huckleberry

[Wulaw Horn 19069]

2 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

With today's starting 9 I would go with this. Realistically those last 4 don't really matter that much but Yainer needs to be low because of his chase rate. Peña dropped to 9 because he can run if he gets on when the lineup rolls over.

Altuve
Tucker
Bregman
Alvarez
McCormick
Meyers
Díaz
Abreu
Peña

I don’t like Meyers 6th and I’d flip Tucker and Yordan (or maybe even bat Tucker 1st if I was going to hit Yordan 4th) but that lineup is absolutely fine too. 
hell, you could probably just order the lineup 1-9 based upon OBP and be pretty close to good I’d bet. 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

Meyers 6th ?

[tx 3 putt 76905]

We need good Julks back ….

Corey Julks has 3 hits in his last 62 plate appearances. His BAbip is just .071 during this time, indicating a mix of bad luck and poor contact. 

In the 53 PAs immediately prior, he hit .447 with an unsustainable .525 BAbip. 
 

but the scouting reports caught up to him

 

[UTexasFight 9431]

Best lineup of the year and no one has actually posted it. I see what we’re doing here.

….and I like it 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

😂😂😂

Asked if he had to talk to rookie starter Hunter Brown about the Yankee Stadium environment, Dusty Baker said: "No, he's from Detroit. I don't know no punks out of Detroit. All the dudes I played with out of Detroit are some cool, borderline gangsters."

[runthebone 7968]

40 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

We need good Julks back ….

Corey Julks has 3 hits in his last 62 plate appearances. His BAbip is just .071 during this time, indicating a mix of bad luck and poor contact. 

In the 53 PAs immediately prior, he hit .447 with an unsustainable .525 BAbip. 
 

but the scouting reports caught up to him

 

Don't think this is bad Julks.  This is Just Julks.

[Scraps 13561]

Too bad Hunter went to Cranbrook...thats a private school. That guys a gangster? His real name is Clarence. And Clarence lives alone with both parents. And clarence parents have a real good marriage.

[henrygandorf 29189]

yainer should hit 2nd change my mind.