Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[WBT 20670]

Chazzy fizz!

[tx 3 putt 77441]

7 minutes ago, WBT said:

Chazzy fizz!

Good for him 

3 more outs, make them fight for it 

[Storm the Field 5302]

Goddamnit. It all came down to Martinez coming with 2 outs and coughing up 3. 

[Gut Wagon 8087]

[tx 3 putt 77441]

Series won, we had a shot at the sweep

On to Oakland 

[Hornsbay22 470]

Good series win, but damn that game was winnable. 

[wood 11268]

45 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

Thank you, Dodgers. 

They don't deserve the greatness of The Yord.

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[HtownHorn 14783]

We need 2 bats, a starter, and 2 relievers to be a serious WS contender. Since it now appears that McCullers and Garcia are not coming back at all this season, maybe a healthy and refreshed Verlander can have a cascading effect on the pitching staff.

I think Verlander, Brown, Framber, and Ronell is a good enough 4 in the playoffs. Arrighetti or Bloss can move into the bullpen, the other goes to AAA.

Bats should be 1B and CF.

[WBT 20670]

Cleaning out a closet..

[runthebone 8047]

51 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

We should trade for a new manager also

[Scraps 13581]

My friend who is a big Astros fan has a son turning 5 tomorrow....gonna hide some cards in his gift

The kid finally wanted to paint the dinosaurs lol....

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[WBT 20670]

If they need a new 1B, I know a guy who is tan, rested, and ready.

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6 minutes ago, WBT said:

If they need a new 1B, I know a guy who is tan, rested, and ready.

 

[David Dennison 18947]

Think he makes it to the Astros?

[tx 3 putt 77441]

12 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Think he makes it to the Astros?

They can keep him if they dont like who might sign him

[HtownHorn 14783]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

They can keep him if they dont like who might sign him

Toronto put Kiermaier on waivers and then pulled him back.

[tx 3 putt 77441]

Back up guy for sure 

[tx 3 putt 77441]

O’s have a lot to trade with 

[tx 3 putt 77441]

👀👀👀👀

 

[UTexasFight 9528]

55 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

👀👀👀👀

 

Won’t be in our system by end of week 

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[HtownHorn 14783]

8 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

9 RBIs and 2 HRs from a postion needed to produce runs, what an idiotic statement.

[Scraps 13581]

Yeah 2hr 9rbi in a month plays when your other option was jose abreu

Vlady jr/Walker do that in like 7 days.

[Hornsbay22 470]

30 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Yeah 2hr 9rbi in a month plays when your other option was jose abreu

Vlady jr/Walker do that in like 7 days.
 

Will Wagner would at least hit closer to .300 and have a OB near .400.

[tx 3 putt 77441]

2 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

9 RBIs and 2 HRs from a postion needed to produce runs, what an idiotic statement.

[Scraps 13581]

Dana on Sirius about SP at deadline

"Try go to big and see if there’s a deal that makes sense for the organization,” Brown said of his efforts to add a starter. “If that don’t work, we’ll go down to mid-level and hopefully we can land something there. But it doesn’t hurt to ask. When you go through this, ask and thou shall receive sometimes. We want to try to go big, and if we can’t get the big thing done, we’ll try to go mid-level so we can get through this.”


Skubal and Crochet continue to be the names thrown around out there as "big"

[UTPhil2006 3814]

Told y’all Schwab was an idiot 

[HtownHorn 14783]

It's time to give Leon his shot as the everyday CF. 

[UTHornFan014 710]

1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

It's time to give Leon his shot as the everyday CF. 

I'm not sure how many more days I can watch an outfield of Cabbage/Meyers/Loperfido (insert Chas for any of them on a given day). They may be fine defensively, but way too much swing and miss with that group. 

Tucker needs to rub some dirt on it and get back on the field sooner rather than later. Or if Tucker's "bruise" is still hurting then give Leon a chance. 

[Scraps 13581]

I'm not sure how many more days I can watch an outfield of Cabbage/Meyers/Loperfido (insert Chas for any of them on a given day). They may be fine defensively, but way too much swing and miss with that group. 
Tucker needs to rub some dirt on it and get back on the field sooner rather than later. Or if Tucker's "bruise" is still hurting then give Leon a chance. 

Have you ever had a bruised pussy? It is serious yo

[Wishbone 4782]

15 minutes ago, Scraps said:

 

 

Have you ever had a bruised pussy? It is serious yo

 

You’re not wrong. Can’t speak for anyone else, but I have. Then she banned me for a couple days. 😉

[tx 3 putt 77441]

Tucker will be fully rested for opening day 2026 !!!!

[TejasPedro 1858]

30 minutes ago, Scraps said:

 

 

Have you ever had a bruised pussy? It is serious yo

 

Mrs. Alvarez puts in work. No es nada más que un alita de pollo

[IDIOTsavant 8502]

57 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

I'm not sure how many more days I can watch an outfield of Cabbage/Meyers/Loperfido (insert Chas for any of them on a given day). They may be fine defensively, but way too much swing and miss with that group. 

Tucker needs to rub some dirt on it and get back on the field sooner rather than later. Or if Tucker's "bruise" is still hurting then give Leon a chance. 

The potential solution to your swing and miss blues is Pedro Leon? Our Pedro Leon?

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Aledmys Diaz activated to roster, Kessinger sent down, Hensley DFA. I wanted a veteran bat on the bench but Diaz seemed done. Bet he starts at first tonight.

[HtownHorn 14783]

Holy shit, we really called up Diaz today. What the acutal fuck?

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Are they really going to try a platoon at first with Diaz? I don’t recall how he hit lefties but he hasn’t hit anything since he left Houston. I mean he did hit .333 in four games in Florida. It’s Abreu 2.0.

[UTexasFight 9528]

When they signed him a couple of weeks ago, dana said he was there for leadership/clubhouse presence

Hopefully it plays out that way and he sees the field as much as Kessinger 

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Diaz starting at first with his .103 batting average. Something feels strangely familiar… At least he broke up our outfielders batting 789

[tx 3 putt 77441]

1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

Holy shit, we really called up Diaz today. What the acutal fuck?

what the fuck ?

 

fuck yeah !!!!!!!!!

[TonyTexas 10530]

50 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

don’t recall how he hit lefties

For his career, he’s been slightly worse against LHP than righties. So not great, Bob

[UTPhil2006 3814]

Caratini activated Salazar down 

[Scraps 13581]

2B Altuve
3B Bregman
DH Alvarez
C Diaz
SS Peña
CF Meyers
LF Dubón
1B Díaz
C McCormick

[Scraps 13581]

I think Diaz may be on that 8 day plan.

Either do something in next 8 days or gtfo and make a trade.

Seems like penny pinching(thanks Abreu) wishing and hoping that he shows signs of life

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

14 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I think Diaz may be on that 8 day plan.

Either do something in next 8 days or gtfo and make a trade.

Seems like penny pinching(thanks Abreu) wishing and hoping that he shows signs of life


 

If they aren’t going to, or are not able to, do a complete upgrade at first, I would look at a potentially cheap platoon upgrade like Mark Canha. He hits .288 with OPS over .800 against left handers. If they are content with Singleton against RH. 

[Scraps 13581]

We can get the tigers to throw Skubal in too