Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[David Dennison 18944]

2 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Yeah. I understand it’s week 1…and every good team goes through stretches where they struggle. Just hope we are seeing ours right out of the gate, but am a bit concerned we’ve lost some edge.

Luckily this is baseball and it can turn on a dime.

That doesn't mean it will. This might be one of those years.

[WBT 20650]

7 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

Missing the dogs that won us pennants and WS trophies.

such as?

[Macklemore 2873]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 But not $1 dog night 

 

Way too much relish for my taste.

[Planet Houston 4930]

On 4/1/2024 at 8:47 PM, Planet Houston said:

King Tuck. 

Oh boy. We all know what happens the day after scoring 10 runs. 

Sigh

[Macklemore 2873]

Just now, WBT said:

such as?

Do you want a full list. How about starting off with Springer and Correa to the middle relief guys we let walk this offseason to blow our wad on Hader.

[David Dennison 18944]

1 minute ago, Macklemore said:

Do you want a full list. How about starting off with Springer and Correa to the middle relief guys we let walk this offseason to blow our wad on Hader.

Um, Springer and Correa had nothing to do with the most recent championship.

Try again.

[tx 3 putt 77287]

6 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

I have kids with legit mental/physical disabilities on my son’s 10U team and they’ve never come close to doing what Meyers just did there in the 9th.

 

 

holy hell 

what he do, I missed it 

[WBT 20650]

4 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

How about starting off with Springer and Correa

Must have missed them during the '22 WS

Maton was would have been left off the roster but broke his hand.  Neris and Stanek combined for 3 innings in the WS which was big I guess

Edited April 3 by WBT

[David Dennison 18944]

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

what he do, I missed it 

He fell down trying to steal second.

[TheStoicPaisano 9923]

 

[UTHornFan014 710]

How this season feels so far

[tx 3 putt 77287]

Just now, David Dennison said:

He fell down trying to steal second.

[Halohal 498]

Wagon before the horses 

[Macklemore 2873]

How did our beloved Astros become the biggest choke artists in Houston sports history since the Run N Shoot Oilers. This team set the standard in how a clutch, smart team is supposed to operate. They’ve undergone a transformation to shittiness since coming back from Arlington up 3-2. Never seen anything like this happen in my life. 

Edited April 3 by Macklemore

[UTexasFight 9520]

5 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

How this season feels so far

And we had that play in game 1 or 2 that looked eerily similar to this:

 

[Jshep34 2320]

With lilshep playing baseball and practice we are missing alot of games. Which seems like a great plan right now. If this team struggles I expect mmp not to be packed anymore considering how the rockets and texans are trending upward. With Yanier doing great just proves how idiotic dusty was and crane for allowing dusty to play maldy so much. Abreu has got to go. Sign a free Agent , move dubon to 1b or bring someone up. This team will barely scratch by with Jake, and abreu out there getting 450 plus at bats. Especially with how pena regressed.

[Hornsbay22 470]

Ready for prima donna bregman to leave, all swag no bag

[Rimbo 26038]

[David Dennison 18944]

4 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

With lilshep playing baseball and practice we are missing alot of games. Which seems like a great plan right now. If this team struggles I expect mmp not to be packed anymore considering how the rockets and texans are trending upward. With Yanier doing great just proves how idiotic dusty was and crane for allowing dusty to play maldy so much. Abreu has got to go. Sign a free Agent , move dubon to 1b or bring someone up. This team will barely scratch by with Jake, and abreu out there getting 450 plus at bats. Especially with how pena regressed.

[Macklemore 2873]

6 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

With lilshep playing baseball and practice we are missing alot of games. Which seems like a great plan right now. If this team struggles I expect mmp not to be packed anymore considering how the rockets and texans are trending upward. With Yanier doing great just proves how idiotic dusty was and crane for allowing dusty to play maldy so much. Abreu has got to go. Sign a free Agent , move dubon to 1b or bring someone up. This team will barely scratch by with Jake, and abreu out there getting 450 plus at bats. Especially with how pena regressed.

[David Dennison 18944]

Bullpen averaging one HR per game.

[Mez2 4025]

26 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Um, Springer and Correa had nothing to do with the most recent championship.

Try again.

He means Dusty Baker!

[Mez2 4025]

Our baserunning is fucking brutal, can we fine guys for stupid ass shit on the bases....maybe not by management but where the fuck is the kangaroo court to hold these chuckle fucks accountable.

Baserunning is an art, unfortunately our masterpiece is shit

[thetruth 149]

23 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

With lilshep playing baseball and practice we are missing alot of games. Which seems like a great plan right now. If this team struggles I expect mmp not to be packed anymore considering how the rockets and texans are trending upward. With Yanier doing great just proves how idiotic dusty was and crane for allowing dusty to play maldy so much. Abreu has got to go. Sign a free Agent , move dubon to 1b or bring someone up. This team will barely scratch by with Jake, and abreu out there getting 450 plus at bats. Especially with how pena regressed.

Listened to Stone Cold Stros today and they talked about signing Brandon Belt because he is still a free agent. I'm not against it because Abreu has been abysmal 

[tx 3 putt 77287]

Radio post game :

caller : when is Loperfido getting called up ?

host : he struck out 6 times today

[Mez2 4025]

2 minutes ago, thetruth said:

Listened to Stone Cold Stros today and they talked about signing Brandon Belt because he is still a free agent. I'm not against it because Abreu has been abysmal 

You van platoon Belt with Diaz at 1B, I don't even know what Carratini is but he at least looks like he can hit a baseball better than Abreu and Singlelol

[Macklemore 2873]

34 minutes ago, WBT said:

Must have missed them during the '22 WS

Maton was would have been left off the roster but broke his hand.  Neris and Stanek combined for 3 innings in the WS which was big I guess

Cumulative effect. Realistically, we could not keep everyone from 2019, the greatest Astros team we’ll see in our lifetime, but we should have kept either Springer or Correa. They drove the culture of this team. Recent decision making on roster construction is suspect. 

[David Dennison 18944]

What are the odds that they bench a guy making $19.5 million per?

[David Dennison 18944]

Just now, Macklemore said:

Cumulative effect. Realistically, we could not keep everyone from 2019, the greatest Astros team we’ll see in our lifetime, but we should have kept either Springer or Correa. They drove the culture of this team. Recent decision making on roster construction is suspect. 

We did just fine without them.

[tx 3 putt 77287]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

What are the odds that they bench a guy making $19.5 million per?

0.0

[Macklemore 2873]

5 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

We did just fine without them.

We aren’t doing well now. I’d rather have Yuli signed off the street starting over the $58 million man they signed to replace him.

Edited April 3 by Macklemore

[David Dennison 18944]

10 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

We aren’t doing well now. I’d rather have Yuli signed off the street starting over the $58 million man they signed to replace him.

We're spoiled. We are not entitled to a championship caliber baseball team every year.

But that was game 6 out of 162.

Let's see where we are in July.

[UTexasFight 9520]

Our starters have a 1.54 ERA .

we’re 1-5

pull your head out bullpen, offense, and baserunning (defense, you’re cool).

 

[tx 3 putt 77287]

26 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

What are the odds that they bench a guy making $19.5 million per?

he did have 90 rbis last season

[tx 3 putt 77287]

5 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Our starters have a 1.54 ERA .

we’re 1-5

pull your head out bullpen, offense, and baserunning (defense, you’re cool).

 

we didn’t need to panic and sign a starter 

 

[tx 3 putt 77287]

Only 2.5 out of first

[David Dennison 18944]

That's the spirit!

[WBT 20650]

In case you were wondering

[WBT 20650]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

What are the odds that they bench a guy making $19.5 million per?

I could maybe see them eat the last year but he's going to get this entire season I'm afraid.

[Scraps 13570]

Man some massive pussies in this thread

[Rockethorn1978 6102]

On 3/31/2024 at 4:22 PM, Rockethorn1978 said:

This team will probably score 11 tomorrow and we will all think they finally broke through then they will go back to losing 4-1 or 3-2. 

My Sunday afternoon post is spot on. This team. This is what they do. 

[uoftorange 1386]

7 hours ago, Scraps said:

Man some massive pussies in this thread

It's really remarkable how entitled people on this thread are to "winning".  I've lived 40 plus as an active Astros fan.  We've been average as an org for most of that.  We're having one of the longest sustained runs of greatness any team has ever had and every other comment is bitch ass whining.  

Clearly not every decision has been perfect, but there are zero hampering contracts on this team that aren't 1-2 years based (Montero/Abreu) and even those were market value (argue with someone else, you're flat wrong if you don't think so).  No one keeps a farm system AND sustains winning that isn't one of the 2-3 richest teams in baseball, and even they have struggled with it at times.  And oh by the way we were a game away from being in the WS AGAIN last year.  

Now people think Bregman hasn't lived up to his contract or sucks?  Or that the Astros should have resigned Correa or Springer, even with your own eyes seeing they can't stay healthy and have been shells of what they were here since they left?  Get the fuck out of here with that nonsense.  

Edited April 3 by uoftorange

[TexArcher 38003]

7 hours ago, Scraps said:

Man some massive pussies in this thread

I mean, haven't the Astros had a bumpy start multiple times over the last few years, only to be right there competing in October?

It's just one losing week of baseball, and it's going to happen to every team in both leagues.  Fans just freak out when it happens at the beginning.  Does anybody actually think this team is going to finish with a losing record?

[Rockethorn1978 6102]

34 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

I mean, haven't the Astros had a bumpy start multiple times over the last few years, only to be right there competing in October?

It's just one losing week of baseball, and it's going to happen to every team in both leagues.  Fans just freak out when it happens at the beginning.  Does anybody actually think this team is going to finish with a losing record?

[Scraps 13570]

Seattle signed Keuchel to a minor league deal lulz

[TexArcher 38003]

Uhh, is there a Dallas Keuchel, Jr?

[perfectchaos007 6677]

On 3/31/2024 at 4:22 PM, Rockethorn1978 said:

This team will probably score 11 tomorrow and we will all think they finally broke through then they will go back to losing 4-1 or 3-2. 

Prophetic. I wish to subscribe to your newsletter 

[TejasPedro 1858]

Is it time to bring back the Disastros or the Lastros moniker?
Oh how the mighty have fallen.

It seriously sucks to have to go back to the really bad years of watching Houston Astros baseball.  At least Hunter Pence was a decent person eve though that team lost 100 plus games.

Note to Astros management: if you need to figure out what to do or decisions to make, ask Jeff Bagwell and then go do the exact fucking opposite thing. 

[Rockethorn1978 6102]

1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Prophetic. I wish to subscribe to your newsletter 

9.95 bitches.

[Scraps 13570]

Note to Astros management: if you need to figure out what to do or decisions to make, ask Jeff Bagwell and then go do the exact fucking opposite thing. 

Or read the majority of this thread