Houston Astros off-season thread

[Wulaw Horn 19098]

Y’all are bite trying to talk yourself into counsel. You don’t talk yourself into that you get very fucking excited. That would be a great hire. 

[tx 3 putt 77061]

[WBT 20615]

7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Not resigning Charlie Morton cost us at least one ring. We missed on that FA signing 

this was a damn glorious night !

 

 

Even more credit to Charlie for closing out that game without Maldy there to guide him.

[Gut Wagon 8083]

Christian Walker is trying to make Kyle Tucker feel better about his October. 🫤

[runthebone 8013]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Wait, who would be the starting catcher then??????!!!????

[UTexasFight 9498]

3 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Wait, who would be the starting catcher then??????!!!????

I presume Diaz.

impressive how he’s ascended to the starting role only a week after the end of the season 

[Scraps 13562]

Korey Lee. I heard he is BOSS

[TexArcher 37978]

You guessed it.

Forrest Whitley.

 

[oh_snap 694]

13 hours ago, TexArcher said:

Especially when the Rangers are gonna win it, then talk massive amounts of shit about how they have the only legitimate World Series in the history of this state, even though Adolis is obviously on enough steroids to kill a horse.

It’s so cute that they would think beating an 84 win team in the WS means it’s legitimate… 

[Planet Houston 4930]

2 minutes ago, oh_snap said:

It’s so cute that they would think beating an 84 win team in the WS means it’s legitimate… 

Oh cut the shit. A WS title is a WS title. You sound like a bitter ex. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19206]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

We need some fuckers that can hit the god damn ball.

[David Dennison 18922]

29 minutes ago, Planet Houston said:

Oh cut the shit. A WS title is a WS title. You sound like a bitter ex. 

Seriously. They earned it. Good on them.

 

[Js1 85410]

yuck

[Wulaw Horn 19098]

Winning a WS is hard. We could easily have 4 but we pissed 2 away because we couldn’t win a single fucking home game in a 7 game series. 
We were not even close to the best team in baseball but it would have been nice to steal one to make up for 2019. 
we should have at least 2 more very legit chances coming up. 

[Honeysucklerose 990]

That sucked

[perfectchaos007 6673]

I mean if the Astros played the DBacks we would have won in 5 too......or lost in 7 because Dusty Baker

[WBT 20615]

40 minutes ago, Planet Houston said:

Oh cut the shit. A WS title is a WS title. You sound like a bitter ex. 

They had to beat us first

[UTexasFight 9498]

I feel a little better looking it up and seeing they hired Bochy in the middle of our playoff run last year.

Takes a little bit of the sting off had we missed a chance to land him after the season because Baker had to try for two 

[Fudge Nuggets 19206]

13 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Seriously. They earned it. Good on them.

 

They earned it, but fuck ‘em all the same.

[David Dennison 18922]

12 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Winning a WS is hard. We could easily have 4 but we pissed 2 away because we couldn’t win a single fucking home game in a 7 game series. 
We were not even close to the best team in baseball but it would have been nice to steal one to make up for 2019. 
we should have at least 2 more very legit chances coming up. 

It's not like we're the only team that couldn't win a home game against them this postseason.

That was an impressive run through the playoffs.

[WBT 20615]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Winning a WS is hard. We could easily have 4 but we pissed 2 away because we couldn’t win a single fucking home game in a 7 game series. 
We were not even close to the best team in baseball but it would have been nice to steal one to make up for 2019. 
we should have at least 2 more very legit chances coming up. 

Making 4 out of 7 WS in this expanded playoff format is pretty incredible but it still hurts that 2 of the other 3 we lost Game 7 of the LCS.

The impressive thing is 7 straight DS wins (7-1 if you go back to the very beginning of the run).  4-3 in LCS and 2-2 in the WS reflects the coin flip nature of short series.

[tx 3 putt 77061]

29 minutes ago, WBT said:

Making 4 out of 7 WS in this expanded playoff format is pretty incredible but it still hurts that 2 of the other 3 we lost Game 7 of the LCS.

The impressive thing is 7 straight DS wins (7-1 if you go back to the very beginning of the run).  4-3 in LCS and 2-2 in the WS reflects the coin flip nature of short series.

2019 really really sucked 

[Rickylovesweed 14482]

4 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

4 hours ago, David Dennison said:

It's not like we're the only team that couldn't win a home game against them this postseason.

That was an impressive run through the playoffs.

This is just what Bochy does in the playoffs. It's how you win 15 of 16 playoff series. He did this with the Giants too where they were even better on the road in the playoffs. 

[Bevo&Pevo 5205]

Well......

 

[Rockethorn1978 6093]

If we didn’t shit the bed at home just one game we would have won again this year. And that’s with a shit ton of holes that need to be filled. That’s how deep and good this team is and why we aren’t going anywhere. Go Hire an experienced manager for this experienced team, go sign a few guys and play with a chip on your shoulder and we will be back in the WS again next year. Oh and get the guys we expect to be stars to actually play like it.

[Guadaloopy 10973]

I can admit that at times I'm a petty little bitch.  Watching them win last night pissed me off more than when they beat the Astros in the ALCS.  Happy for some of the Ranger fans in my circle that they get to experience their team winning a World Series. 

I won't be so petty as to try to downplay their accomplishment.  Winning a World Series is a big deal, and you can only play the teams put in your path.  They won the tournament and there is no disputing that.  It's not their fault that it turned into such a shitty series to watch for fans.

But I'm still pissed.  Pissed that the Astros lost.  Pissed that the Rangers won.  Pissed as a baseball fan that we only got one really good game during the World Series.  

[texashorne 1178]

Iron sharpens iron. Hopefully the Rangers win means we are more aggressive this offseason. 

With Diaz and Chas playing everyday we are immediately better. 

We start the season with a 6 man rotation, then get help from Luis Garcia at the ASB.. 

I think we need a top end starter, but this can be obtained at the deadline. 

 

[Gut Wagon 8083]

32 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

I can admit that at times I'm a petty little bitch.  Watching them win last night pissed me off more than when they beat the Astros in the ALCS.  Happy for some of the Ranger fans in my circle that they get to experience their team winning a World Series. 

I won't be so petty as to try to downplay their accomplishment.  Winning a World Series is a big deal, and you can only play the teams put in your path.  They won the tournament and there is no disputing that.  It's not their fault that it turned into such a shitty series to watch for fans.

But I'm still pissed.  Pissed that the Astros lost.  Pissed that the Rangers won.  Pissed as a baseball fan that we only got one really good game during the World Series.  

And that's fair. I have a lot of loyal Rangers fans among my friends, so good for them. I just don't want to see them win another title. Well, unless we're out of it and they're facing the Yankees in the LCS or the Dodgers or Cards in the WS. Then Arlington is the lesser of two evils in my view.

I share your hope that no longer bring atop the Texas MLB food chain spurs some aggressive moves by Crane. I mean, as long as there's some sound logic to go with that aggression. To me, bringing in Ausmus or Chapman wouldn't show such logic.   

 

 

[mbtex 683]

25 minutes ago, texashorne said:

I think we need a top end starter, but this can be obtained at the deadline. 

Don't think we have the assets in the minors to get a top end starter. 

Would be easier to go after one free agency.

[Mez2 4023]

Agreed, it's not our money anyway 

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

Besides injury, we looked complacent and played with no fire/urgency for most of the first half of the season.

 

Maybe this lights a fire.

[Gut Wagon 8083]

2 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Besides injury, we looked complacent and played with no fire/urgency for most of the first half of the season.

 

Maybe this lights a fire.

Do we really want HFA? 😝

[tx 3 putt 77061]

 

[Guadaloopy 10973]

Is anyone living a more charmed sports life than Will Smith the last three seasons?

[texashorne 1178]

14 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Is anyone living a more charmed sports life than Will Smith the last three seasons?

He's like Robert Horry, but not as awesome. Ironically Horry looks like the other Will Smith

[Guadaloopy 10973]

2 minutes ago, texashorne said:

He's like Robert Horry, but not as awesome. Ironically Horry looks like the other Will Smith

Yeah... Big Shot Bob was an actual contributor to his team's championships.  Smith is a serial coattail rider. 

[UTexasFight 9498]

18 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Yeah... Big Shot Bob was an actual contributor to his team's championships.  Smith is a serial coattail rider. 

Hey man. He did log 3.1 IP this postseason!

exactly 2% of their postseason innings…

[tx 3 putt 77061]

[WBT 20615]

O's look like good value.  I wonder the last time the Yankees odd were that long.

Edited November 2, 2023 by WBT

[tx 3 putt 77061]

Old news but this finally gets going ….

 

[uoftorange 1386]

Crane should have roughly infinite money having never really gone over the cap and being in the ALCS 7 years in a row.  There is zero excuse not to pay up and get FAs.  We've had top of the league crowds for that whole time.  And he owns the network again.  Zero excuses

And if the Rangers sign Ohtani and we don't even try I may snap.  And y'all know I'm a bit of a calm, sunshine pumper.  

 

Edited November 2, 2023 by uoftorange

[HtownHorn 14724]

2 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

Is anyone living a more charmed sports life than Will Smith the last three seasons?

He's taking the human victory cigar thing to the extreme.

[Scraps 13562]

Old news but this finally gets going ….
 

Yeah this needs to hurry the fuck up

[tx 3 putt 77061]

28 minutes ago, uoftorange said:

Crane should have roughly infinite money having never really gone over the cap and being in the ALCS 7 years in a row.  There is zero excuse not to pay up and get FAs.  We've had top of the league crowds for that whole time.  And he owns the network again.  Zero excuses

And if the Rangers sign Ohtani and we don't even try I may snap.  And y'all know I'm a bit of a calm, sunshine pumper.  

 

payroll flexibility and not being tied down with long / bad contracts has been a huge part of this run 

It’s pretty obvious the padres what to dump soto, he’s he worth a big contract ?

[Guadaloopy 10973]

34 minutes ago, uoftorange said:

Crane should have roughly infinite money having never really gone over the cap and being in the ALCS 7 years in a row.  There is zero excuse not to pay up and get FAs.  We've had top of the league crowds for that whole time.  And he owns the network again.  Zero excuses

And if the Rangers sign Ohtani and we don't even try I may snap.  And y'all know I'm a bit of a calm, sunshine pumper.  

 

 

"Paying up" and getting FAs is how you end up with short windows followed by long droughts.  Paying up has done wonders for SD, Mets, Yankees, etc.  Go look at the used up corpses in Dombrowski's wake.  No thanks.

[texashorne 1178]

That's whats scarry.. contracts last year were stupid high and for way too long. I want some of these free agents, but not if its going to kill the organization

[WBT 20615]

Seager and Semien are working out so far

[TonyTexas 10516]

5 minutes ago, WBT said:

Seager and Semien are working out so far

You wouldn’t have said that last year. 
 

I’m seeing Bellinger contact estimates at 6-7 years approaching $200M. He had 1 good year in the last 4 seasons. That’s ridiculous. 

Edited November 2, 2023 by TonyTexas

[tx 3 putt 77061]

 

 

[Guadaloopy 10973]

7 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

I've got cold fucking feet after the Montero signing.  I wouldn't mind having any of those three relievers back in the fold, but not at what they likely want.  I struggle with another 1-yr deal for Brantley.  He's not recovering from surgery, so that's a plus over signing him last year.