Houston Astros off-season thread

[Dutchrudder 11150]

37 minutes ago, uoftorange said:

Figured it out.  It was when he lied that he had never met Clanton.  And I said:

Doubling down on lying is never a good idea man. You know damn well you know him just like all other Astros fans/media do. Just stop. You were wrong, it was dumb, move on

That got me blocked ahahahahahahaha

What a douchebag. I'll go block him on Twitter too, if enough people do it, it will downrate his tweets.

Edited November 10, 2023 by Dutchrudder

[tx 3 putt 77393]

 

 

[henrygandorf 29194]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

then i hope 3-4 of them are really serious about it.

[tx 3 putt 77393]

Maldy’s agent stirring it up for his client 

[formermav43 4606]

52 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

The Mexican League needs catchers too.

[Frank Drebin 5654]

I just cannot imagine re-signing him.  He is old, fat, slow, cannot hit, and cannot play defense.  Get a rookie from Triple A that costs less and who you will never be tempted to start more than one time per week.  Or some league average backup veteran.

[Huckleberry 33090]

2 hours ago, formermav43 said:

The Mexican League needs catchers too.

I'd rather the Astros sign Tom Berenger.

[henrygandorf 29194]

6 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

I'd rather the Astros sign Tom Berenger.

you mean the american martin maldonado?  i'm down.

[runthebone 8036]

Jake Taylor was a hell of a bunter, too.

[tx 3 putt 77393]

[The Dog 44138]

 

[UTexasFight 9527]

heart emoji on the first paragraph of that tweet

FAFO emoji on the second 

[tx 3 putt 77393]

 

 

[HtownHorn 14772]

I still can't believe we kept him in the minors for 2-1/2 years.

[IDIOTsavant 8502]

I can’t believe we got him at #16 overall with that kind of college production.

[tx 3 putt 77393]

18 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I still can't believe we kept him in the minors for 2-1/2 years.

MLB scouting is shitty. 

[Guadaloopy 11013]

4 hours ago, runthebone said:

Jake Taylor was a hell of a bunter, too.

But can we talk about how ludicrous it was to have him hit in the 2-hole behind Willie Mays Hayes?  Horrible lineup construction.  

[UTexasFight 9527]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

I miss Mike Patrick

[uoftorange 1387]

We just going to ignore that somehow we couldn't find a place for that guy at Texas despite his desire to come here?   Just crazy.  

Lance was sneaky athletic for a guy that looks a lot closer to Kruk than Acuna

[runthebone 8036]

Lance deserved more HOF votes, even though he wasn't a HOFer. 

[uoftorange 1387]

4 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Lance deserved more HOF votes, even though he wasn't a HOFer. 

I agree with you.  Though somewhere between 5 and 10% of the hall wasn't as good of a player as Lance.

[WBT 20662]

7 hours ago, runthebone said:

Lance deserved more HOF votes, even though he wasn't a HOFer. 

Yeah, he deserved to hang on the ballot all 10 years at least

[Mez2 4025]

Fat Elvis fucks

[kevwun 15876]

They had to cancel the gm meetings because of a stomach bug that was going around.  Maybe Brown will hire a manager when he when he can get off of the shitter.

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[tx 3 putt 77393]

Singelton to closer ?

 

 

[Snake Diggity 4627]

Espadas the manager.

[Mo Horn 8854]

 

 

[Mez2 4025]

Espada, or nada!

[Js1 85564]

Finally 

[Dutchrudder 11150]

Great news! Let's go Joe!

[uoftorange 1387]

Correct hire, and really the only correct one available.  He has the trust of the clubhouse and has earned the shot.  Should have gotten it this year

[tx 3 putt 77393]

[Storm the Field 5301]

Press conference at 11 am tomorrow.

[UTPhil2006 3812]

Told y’all all along. 

[TonyTexas 10525]

What’s next on the list of things to worry/bitch about?

[tx 3 putt 77393]

4 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

What’s next on the list of things to worry/bitch about?

Game 2 line up 

 

[The Dog 44138]

 

[Mez2 4025]

36 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

What’s next on the list of things to worry/bitch about?

Winning at home 

[UTPhil2006 3812]

28 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

What’s next on the list of things to worry/bitch about?

interest rates 

[David Dennison 18946]

43 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

What’s next on the list of things to worry/bitch about?

Back up catcher?

[WBT 20662]

Meh

[Welch 635]

45 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Game 2 line up 

 

Dusty fucked up the Opening Day lineup this year, so not having to bitch until Game 2 would be an improvement.

[tx 3 putt 77393]

Changing line ups ???

Quote

Joe Espada is an analytics first mindset. When he was with the Yankees, he brought an emphasis in the shift in New York. 

Espada will make lineups based on matchups, working with front office. 

Espada is loved by the players as well, and several pushed for him to be hired.

 

[Scraps 13570]

I hope this fucker forgets half the shit he learned from Dusty

[tx 3 putt 77393]

 

 

[TonyTexas 10525]

New 3rd base coach

[Jshep34 2320]

Knew about it last night. They just had to go thru motions.

[WBT 20662]

38 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

Is he choosing to retire?  In any case best of luck to windmill, I really liked him.

[runthebone 8036]

Better than Ausmus!

 

"You were our first choice all along."