Houston Astros off-season thread

[tx 3 putt 77351]

 

[Scraps 13570]

 

.

[tx 3 putt 77351]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

.

have to replace those 15 wins 

[henrygandorf 29194]

16 hours ago, texashorne said:

He died too soon now he's up there with Hank

cross him off, then. 

[tx 3 putt 77351]

Making moves !

 

 

[Guadaloopy 11012]

On 12/1/2023 at 9:04 PM, tx 3 putt said:

 

[tx 3 putt 77351]

What was your favorite max roberts moment ?

 

 

[Scraps 13570]

This one

[runthebone 8030]

You know you're good when someone announces you were released a month later.

[TejasPedro 1858]

Everyday, I ask what in the hell are the Astros doing? 

This picture answers all questions Astros related.

Why did they hire Dana Brown? Is he ready for this job?

Are we getting another dominate starting pitcher?

[Mo Horn 8853]

The winter meetings start tomorrow. Let's see what happens this week. 

[tx 3 putt 77351]

8 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

The winter meetings start tomorrow. Let's see what happens this week. 

whole lot of nothing unless a large amount cap space opens up 

[tx 3 putt 77351]

 

 

[runthebone 8030]

Get a contract year effort out of Bregman and say thank you is the m.o.

[tx 3 putt 77351]

The Mexico City episode of No Reservations is telling that’s a once in a lifetime Astros trip 

[tx 3 putt 77351]

 

[UTPhil2006 3809]

Bregman was never leaving. Not a sufficient replacement 

[runthebone 8030]

So per capita, was the booing louder for Manfred or Yormark?

[TonyTexas 10524]

Not quite sure what the Mariners are up to but, so far,  it doesn’t appear they are trying to be competitive in 2024. Unless they are cutting payroll thinking they can land Ohtani or that Japanese pitcher. 

 

[Scraps 13570]

College Classic tickets on sale

Texas/LSU Friday night matchup

Don't waste your money on Diamond Club seats....been there done that and its garbage food for college games.


https://www.mlb.com/astros/tickets/college-classic

[tx 3 putt 77351]

The cupboard is bare ….

 

[LCHorn 2630]

Where is that from?  One reason I’m not more perturbed about front office departures is that a list like that should get a few people fired, even with prospect trades and draft pick forfeiture.  
 

Top prospect is a low ceiling 2nd division regular and everyone else is either a lottery ticket or low ceiling.  

[Snake Diggity 4627]

2 hours ago, LCHorn said:

Where is that from?  One reason I’m not more perturbed about front office departures is that a list like that should get a few people fired, even with prospect trades and draft pick forfeiture.  
 

Top prospect is a low ceiling 2nd division regular and everyone else is either a lottery ticket or low ceiling.  

 

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

The cupboard is bare ….

 

That list reflects 8 straight years of being a deadline buyer combined with picking late and losing 4 top draft picks as a penalty for sign stealing.  The front office has done a great job in context.  If you wanna pick nits you can cast blame on their eval/development of top international bonus signees (Leon, Nova, Lorenzo) but their drafts have been very good considering what they were working with.

[TonyTexas 10524]

 

[UTPhil2006 3809]

8 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Bregman was never leaving. Not a sufficient replacement 

And Dana brown just reiterated such 

[formermav43 4606]

The cupboard has been bare for several years now. And yet, they keep getting contributions from the nobodies they bring up. It's not like anyone saw Chas McCormick developing into a top 5 CF, for instance.

Edited December 5, 2023 by formermav43

[TonyTexas 10524]

40 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

It's not like anyone saw Chas McCormick developing into a top 5 CF, for instance.

It appears that the ghost of Dusty might still be roaming the clubhouse  

 

Edited December 5, 2023 by TonyTexas

[Scraps 13570]

Thats yalls manager...just sayin

[tx 3 putt 77351]

2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

 

[tx 3 putt 77351]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

It appears that the ghost of Dusty might still be roaming the clubhouse  

 

Career mlb basrball person >>> surly baseball experts that sat the bench in t ball 

[TonyTexas 10524]

Hometown boy from Cy Creek 

 

[formermav43 4606]

30 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Career mlb basrball person >>> surly baseball experts that sat the bench in t ball 

You’ll thank them for playing the obviously inferior player more later. 

[tx 3 putt 77351]

11 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

You’ll thank them for playing the obviously inferior player more later. 

Its a 162 game season. Your entire roster will play 
 

Edited December 5, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[formermav43 4606]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Its a 162 game season. Your entire roster will play 
 

Ok. If we want to be pedantic.

Youll thank them later for giving more playing time to the obviously inferior player.

Happy now, Dusty?

[uoftorange 1387]

Damn, some of y'all could complain about Altuve only getting 4 hits in a game and not 5.  

WTF is Espada supposed to say?  They have actively been trying to trade Meyers for a while now.  They have to talk up his potential, of which much more than Myles Straw still exists.   

[IDIOTsavant 8502]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Career mlb basrball person >>> surly baseball experts that sat the bench in t ball 

 

[Scraps 13570]

Damn, some of y'all could complain about Altuve only getting 4 hits in a game and not 5.  

WTF is Espada supposed to say?  They have actively been trying to trade Meyers for a while now.  They have to talk up his potential, of which much more than Myles Straw still exists.   

[tx 3 putt 77351]

it's not a 162 game season, it's 162 game 7's !

[UTPhil2006 3809]

Chas is going to be the starter. Meyers prob won’t even be on the team. 

[tx 3 putt 77351]

22 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Chas is going to be the starter. Meyers prob won’t even be on the team. 

 

going with Julks in LF, bold 

[tx 3 putt 77351]

*bold for this thread. 

 

I have zero issues if julks earns the job out of camp, even if he beats out someone we sign 

[Scraps 13570]

If we sign an OF with the intent of him starting and Julks beats him out then Dana Brown needs to be fired immediately.  jfc 

[UTPhil2006 3809]

54 minutes ago, Scraps said:

If we sign an OF with the intent of him starting and Julks beats him out then Dana Brown needs to be fired immediately.  jfc 

Whatever trade we make throw Julks in. For whatever 

[Wulaw Horn 19147]

14 hours ago, Scraps said:

Thats yalls manager...just sayin

Not my guy. I mean- I don't hate the idea and I suspect he's probably not a moron- but I'd have hired someone that had done this before that I was positive wasn't a moron, so at this point it's guessing and conjecture.

One little thing to say- he might mean it's down to Jake and Chas as in- is Jake good enough to play a lot of center and shift Chas over to left when Yordan doesn't play in the OF (which I'd believe would be the majority of the time), or does chas need to play CF every day and figure something else out.  
But, probably not. That would be the most hopeful reading of it.  

[runthebone 8030]

12 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

it's not a 162 game season, it's 162 game 7's !

Are they at home or on the road?

 

Fuck

[tx 3 putt 77351]

3 hours ago, Scraps said:

If we sign an OF with the intent of him starting and Julks beats him out then Dana Brown needs to be fired immediately.  jfc 

have you seen our budget ? 

[formermav43 4606]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

have you seen our budget ? 

Have you seen Julks?

[tx 3 putt 77351]

1 minute ago, formermav43 said:

Have you seen Julks?

player to be named later has to better these numbers to justify his salary / expense vs. a league min player …

Career Regular Season

AB	AVG	HR	RBI	SB	OPS
298	.245	6	33	15	.649

[Scraps 13570]

Once again....thats not difficult

[formermav43 4606]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

player to be named later has to better these numbers to justify his salary / expense vs. a league min player …

Career Regular Season

AB	AVG	HR	RBI	SB	OPS
298	.245	6	33	15	.649