Houston Astros off-season thread

[texashorne 1177]

16 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

mlb/angels twitter seemed surprised they were moving on from him. maybe we slaw something we liked. 

Fify

[Scraps 13560]

And this is with no Pressly or Hader (wtf) on top 10 RP

[Pimphand 5732]

When does Fangraphs come out?

[HtownHorn 14663]

2 hours ago, Scraps said:

And this is with no Pressly or Hader (wtf) on top 10 RP

Altuve, Alvarez, Bregman, B. Abreu, Tucker, McCormick, Verlander, and Diaz

[runthebone 7966]

Damn, we would have had 9 with Maldonado.

[tx 3 putt 76862]

 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Sure, Dana. 

[kevwun 15758]

I feel good about Lance's ability to travel to Florida too.

[texashorne 1177]

58 minutes ago, kevwun said:

I feel good about Lance's ability to travel to Florida too.

Umm.. Are we sure he can lift his carry on bag into the overhead compartment without going on a 9 month DL stint? 

[tx 3 putt 76862]

Lost:
-Michael Brantley - OF
-Martin Maldonado - C
-Hector Neris - RP
-Ryne Stanek - RP
-Phil Maton - RP

Gained:
-Josh Hader - RP
-Victor Caratini - C
-Dylan Coleman - RP
-Oliver Ortega - RP
-Trey Cabbage - LH OF/INF
-Kenedy Corona - OF

[Scraps 13560]

Lost: Dusty's dumbass lineups

[tx 3 putt 76862]

Astros will probably have 13 pitchers during the season for 2024

Starters 6:
-Justin Verlander
-Framber Valdez (LHP)
-Cristian Javier
-Hunter Brown
-Jose Urquidy
-JP France

Relievers 7:
-Josh Hader (LHP)
-Ryan Pressly
-Bryan Abreu
-Rafael Montero
-Bennett Sousa (LHP)
-?????
-?????

The last two spots could go to Dylan Coleman, Forrest Whitley, Oliver Ortega, Seth Martinez, Brandon Bielak or Ronel Blanco (who are all on the 40-man. All but Bielak have options available this year.)

Drew Strotman was recently signed to a minor league contract and is a player to watch if he has a great spring training.

[Wulaw Horn 19063]

27 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Astros will probably have 13 pitchers during the season for 2024

Starters 6:
-Justin Verlander
-Framber Valdez (LHP)
-Cristian Javier
-Hunter Brown
-Jose Urquidy
-JP France

Relievers 7:
-Josh Hader (LHP)
-Ryan Pressly
-Bryan Abreu
-Rafael Montero
-Bennett Sousa (LHP)
-?????
-?????

The last two spots could go to Dylan Coleman, Forrest Whitley, Oliver Ortega, Seth Martinez, Brandon Bielak or Ronel Blanco (who are all on the 40-man. All but Bielak have options available this year.)

Drew Strotman was recently signed to a minor league contract and is a player to watch if he has a great spring training.

Bielak and Whitley and call it a spring.  I like Martinez just fine if any of the others come up lame.  Blanco is fine at the back end of the line if Sousa, Montero, and the other guys suck/get hurt.  Dylan Coleman might be interesting if he's fully healthy.  

[Pimphand 5732]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Lost: Dusty's dumbass lineups

 

[tx 3 putt 76862]

33 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Bielak and Whitley and call it a spring.  I like Martinez just fine if any of the others come up lame.  Blanco is fine at the back end of the line if Sousa, Montero, and the other guys suck/get hurt.  Dylan Coleman might be interesting if he's fully healthy.  

we have plenty of options, up to them to step up and grab a spot 

 

[runthebone 7966]

Cross Ken Giles off the list!!!

https://theathletic.com/5247379/2024/02/02/braves-ken-giles/

 

If we face Atlanta in tbe World Series, I hope he is fucking punching himself in the face again.  Motherfucker took years off my life on 2017.  

 

 

[UTPhil2006 3801]

Maton to the Rays 

[Harrison Stafford 3335]

Article about Cabbage.
https://climbingtalshill.com/posts/highlights-of-trey-cabbage-are-getting-astros-fans-amped-after-trade-01hnjys0kh1a

[David Dennison 18839]

5 minutes ago, Harrison Stafford said:

Article about Cabbage.
https://climbingtalshill.com/posts/highlights-of-trey-cabbage-are-getting-astros-fans-amped-after-trade-01hnjys0kh1a

[tx 3 putt 76862]

[tx 3 putt 76862]

Anyone at the small college tourny this weekend ?

[Planet Houston 4930]

3 hours ago, Harrison Stafford said:

Article about Cabbage.
https://climbingtalshill.com/posts/highlights-of-trey-cabbage-are-getting-astros-fans-amped-after-trade-01hnjys0kh1a

If he can live up to his potential, it would be slawsome. 

Edited February 4 by Planet Houston

[tx 3 putt 76862]

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

On 2/2/2024 at 12:25 PM, tx 3 putt said:

Lost:
-Michael Brantley - OF
-Martin Maldonado - C
-Hector Neris - RP
-Ryne Stanek - RP
-Phil Maton - RP

Gained:
-Josh Hader - RP
-Victor Caratini - C
-Dylan Coleman - RP
-Oliver Ortega - RP
-Trey Cabbage - LH OF/INF
-Kenedy Corona - OF

never thought I'd be sad to lose Maton, but he had his best career year 2023.  Damn. 

Losing Neris is unforgivable.  Thanks Montrero overpaid contract!! 

[Hank Chinaski 6312]

3 hours ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

never thought I'd be sad to lose Maton, but he had his best career year 2023.  Damn. 

Losing Neris is unforgivable.  Thanks Montrero overpaid contract!! 

Trading Kenny Lofton for Ed Taubensee is unforgivable.

Losing Neris is whatever. His results were good last year, but the underlying metrics suggest the regression is coming. 

[LCHorn 2612]

12 hours ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Losing Neris is whatever. His results were good last year, but the underlying metrics suggest the regression is coming.

This-it wouldn’t be a shock at all to see Montero have a better year.  

[huge 3793]

After a dreadful start Montero was very good for 2 months. Then I think he shut the bed at the end again.

[Scraps 13560]

Your 2024 AL all star game starting catcher.

[Guest]

World Series - American League Champion starting catcher has a better ring to it.

[Scraps 13560]

Of course Dusty signed right under Yainer lol

[Spaceman Spiff 383]

Should have brought Dusty a lineup card showing Chas and Yainer starting. "Sign it, Dusty! Sign it just to prove you know how!"

[n64ra 1080]

18 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

Should have brought Dusty a lineup card showing Chas and Yainer starting. "Sign it, Dusty! Sign it just to prove you know how!"

Maybe that explains why Dusty declined to sign my line up card memorabilia.

[tx 3 putt 76862]

 

[DaysOff 7945]

Awful. hate.

[texashorne 1177]

Not as bad as what immediately followed IMO. 

[tx 3 putt 76862]

 

 

[Hank Chinaski 6312]

Dusty did give him too much banana pudding. 

[texashorne 1177]

Good thing Dusty wasnt involved in the wedding planning, notably choosing the Best Man. 

[Wulaw Horn 19063]

14 hours ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Dusty did give him too much banana pudding. 

Holy shit he does look fat in that picture. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

18 hours ago, DaysOff said:

Awful. hate.

I've grown to like them more over the years. I now think they are at worst the third best behind the Tequila Sunrises and Tequila Shoulders.

[WBT 20559]

2 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:

I've grown to like them more over the years. I now think they are at worst the third best behind the Tequila Sunrises and Tequila Shoulders.

They're better than Uncle Drayton's red/black/pinstripe bullshit but behind every orange and navy iteration from the beginning theough today.

Edited February 5 by WBT

[texashorne 1177]

Yeah. Both the Rockets and Astros had some go home, youre drunk moments in the 90's when they were selecting uniforms

[Scraps 13560]

90s Stros unis ruled

Enron unis sucked asshole...except black tops i could tolerate

[UTexasFight 9427]

It’s a travesty the two guys that went into the Hall as an Astro have that brick red star on the plaque

(and probably a third if Wagner gets in next year).

Edited February 5 by UTexasFight

[Hank Chinaski 6312]

These are the best:

 

These are the worst:

I didn’t like the 90s ones because they got rid of orange; that was dumb. Going to red and black was even weirder and it sucked. Fucking Drayton.

The current ones are kinda boring but they’re navy and orange and the old logo so I like them. I wish they’d bring back the orange caps though:

Rainbow ones were good. 

[UTexasFight 9427]

[UTexasFight 9427]

As the old saying/words of wisdom goes, baseball is the best when you were 10 years old.

 

And so, this is the correct answer for best jersey.

 

 

 

[WBT 20559]

51 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

I wish they’d bring back the orange caps though:

Yeah, I like the all orange much better than both two-tone varieties that are still official alternates

[tx 3 putt 76862]

 

 

[Scraps 13560]

This may be the only thing this thread has ever all agreed on.  Waiting for that one person who actually likes the pinstripes.