Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[Guadaloopy 10970]

Fucking off days, man.

[Ojo Rojo 1965]

In a bind with a scheduling conflict.  I have six tickets to Saturday's game I'd like to sell at face value.  Sec. 107 Row 17 Seats 3-8.  $120.56 each.

[UTexasFight 9449]

1 hour ago, hornmpa96 said:

If the playoffs started tomorrow, would JV be in the starting rotation for the playoffs?

Based on recent performances, he’s not in the top 4 (Framber, Brown, Kikuchi and Spaghetti).

I started to open Pandora’s box on this same question yesterday after the Espada visit to the mound when JV stayed in.

JV has no business being a starter in the playoffs right now. Thankfully for the front office/Espada/fans, we don’t have to worry about that now.

also thankfully for all of the above, if things play out for the next 30 days like they’ve looked the last few weeks, it’s also any easy decision (no JV).

but what happens if arrighetti has 2 great starts, 2 mediocre starts and 1 bad start in September. Meanwhile, JV looks mediocre the entire month and posts something like a 4.50 ERA?

May come down to whether we’re the 2 or 3 seed.

If the 3 seed, I can see them skipping JV in the WC round and giving him the ball  game 1 of the LDS (have 4 games to overcome a shit start). But if we’re the 2 seed and down 2-1 in the LDS, it gets realllly interesting who gets the ball with your season on the line. (And we all know they’re giving the ball to JV since we’re now run by “old-school” instinct baseball guys instead of going with the smart, analytical play). 

Edited September 3 by UTexasFight
Also, f off days

[Hornsbay22 468]

15 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

I started to open Pandora’s box on this same question yesterday after the Espada visit to the mound when JV stayed in.

JV has no business being a starter in the playoffs right now. Thankfully for the front office/Espada/fans, we don’t have to worry about that now.

also thankfully for all of the above, if things play out for the next 30 days like they’ve looked the last few weeks, it’s also any easy decision (no JV).

but what happens if arrighetti has 2 great starts, 2 mediocre starts and 1 bad start in September. Meanwhile, JV looks mediocre the entire month and posts something like a 4.50 ERA?

May come down to whether we’re the 2 or 3 seed.

If the 3 seed, I can see them skipping JV in the WC round and giving him the ball  game 1 of the LDS (have 4 games to overcome a shit start). But if we’re the 2 seed and down 2-1 in the LDS, it gets realllly interesting who gets the ball with your season on the line. (And we all know they’re giving the ball to JV since we’re now run by “old-school” instinct baseball guys instead of going with the smart, analytical play). 

JV would be fine in the playoffs, but I don't want fine.  I want Cuchi popping.....strike outs all over the place.

[Chuckie Finster 22694]

If the playoffs started tomorrow, would JV be in the starting rotation for the playoffs?
Based on recent performances, he’s not in the top 4 (Framber, Brown, Kikuchi and Spaghetti).

He would be, but it wouldn’t be a 2024 merit-based decision.

[Scraps 13561]

@tx3putt hero Yuli already out cause of hamstring tightness

[ckhorn 208]

Some quick math. If the Stros go 12-12. Seattle would have to go 18-6 the rest of the way to catch them. The problem with Seattle is that they have turned into a terrible road team with 12 road games remaining. We need to break the Reds curse or whatever Voodoo they have over us.

[ckhorn 208]

Melton RBI ground out in the 1st. Freaking 105mph exit velocity. The guy is just freaking hammering the ball.

[tx 3 putt 76957]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

@tx3putt hero Yuli already out cause of hamstring tightness

 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

need to focus here boys ….

is tucker playing tomorrow ?

 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

 

[GottaB 594]

Mid-series off day?  Seems odd.

Yeah. What the fuck is this.

[runthebone 7982]

What are you complaining about...it's a day closer to the next JV start!

[UTexasFight 9449]

2 hours ago, ckhorn said:

 We need to break the Reds curse or whatever Voodoo they have over us.

We’ll lose tomorrow and then blow them out game 3/Thursday which is the 29th anniversary of this: 

(Fun fact: Astros blew them out in that game which avoided a season sweep by the Reds (were 0-11 up to that point).

fun fact 2: gotta be the only game in MLB history where 2 boys from Victoria got tossed. Drabek (St. Joe’s!) and Gant (Stroman/VHS)

man that was a fun rivalry in mid-90s. Sucks we got our ass kicked so much though 

Edited September 4 by UTexasFight

[Beau Vine 54229]

You had to be crazy to go after Ron Gant.

[Scraps 13561]

Losing a Cy Spaghetti start?....OKKKKK

[tx 3 putt 76957]

17 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

We’ll lose tomorrow and then blow them out game 3/Thursday which is the 29th anniversary of this: 

(Fun fact: Astros blew them out in that game which avoided a season sweep by the Reds (were 0-11 up to that point).

fun fact 2: gotta be the only game in MLB history where 2 boys from Victoria got tossed. Drabek (St. Joe’s!) and Gant (Stroman/VHS)

man that was a fun rivalry in mid-90s. Sucks we got our ass kicked so much though 

 

VHS, his mom is an extremely nice person 

drabek’s kid is a huge douche 

[Dutchrudder 11139]

A's walk it off in the 9th to beat the M's 3-2!

ESPN dropped the M's playoff chances to 7.1%, 6.5 games back from the Astros. 

Edited September 4 by Dutchrudder

[Scraps 13561]

Damn walk off losses 3 of last 4 games.

Seattle fans gotta be on suicide watch

[WBT 20572]

1 hour ago, UTexasFight said:

We’ll lose tomorrow and then blow them out game 3/Thursday which is the 29th anniversary of this: 

(Fun fact: Astros blew them out in that game which avoided a season sweep by the Reds (were 0-11 up to that point).

fun fact 2: gotta be the only game in MLB history where 2 boys from Victoria got tossed. Drabek (St. Joe’s!) and Gant (Stroman/VHS)

man that was a fun rivalry in mid-90s. Sucks we got our ass kicked so much though 

How's X-man gonna do us like that?

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

28 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

A's walk it off in the 9th to beat the M's 3-2!

ESPN dropped the M's playoff chances to 7.1%, 6.5 games back from the Astros. 

7 in the loss column sir. It’s September. Get your shit together!  

[Intercourse With Gray 140]

This team has proven time and time again that if they make the postseason, you dont want to fuck with them. We are in the golden age of astro baseball. Sure this season was rough at the beginning but the team is now ready for the playoffs. No offense to random fans in this thread, I feel more ready for this postseason than Philly or Dodgers fans. We have a track record of consistent post-season success. Those teams just dont have the mental to hang with us in the postseason. I dont even feel like its a homer take. It's just true

[UTHornFan014 710]

57 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

A's walk it off in the 9th to beat the M's 3-2!

ESPN dropped the M's playoff chances to 7.1%, 6.5 games back from the Astros. 

They must have re-run some numbers in the last few minutes cause the Mariner's chances are now down to 4.5%

 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

scraps dancing around the outfield at the chris stapleton concert really tore things up …

 

[runthebone 7982]

Pretty crazy the Astros have the biggest division lead in the AL.  I still want to punch this team in face pretty frequently.

[WBT 20572]

Tied with MIN, 4 back of NYY, BAL, and CLE in the loss column.  Finish strong and secure the bye.

[Scraps 13561]

12 hours ago, ckhorn said:

Some quick math. If the Stros go 12-12. Seattle would have to go 18-6 the rest of the way to catch them. The problem with Seattle is that they have turned into a terrible road team with 12 road games remaining. We need to break the Reds curse or whatever Voodoo they have over us.

I need them to go 14-10 to win my over 88.5 I placed last December.  

I am fully expecting us to go 13-11

[Storm the Field 5294]

We're gonna win the division by default by being the only team with more wins than losses.

[ChickenSandwich 9836]

Hopefully a less stressful division race down the stretch allows us to rest some arms and get our playoff roster set. 

[Wulaw Horn 19070]

1 hour ago, WBT said:

Tied with MIN, 4 back of NYY, BAL, and CLE in the loss column.  Finish strong and secure the bye.

Lose tiebreaker to Yankees. Win over Baltimore and Cleveland. It’s not decided yet with Cleveland but if we got 2-1 we win tiebreaker. We ain’t chasing them down if we don’t go at least 2-1 against them. 

[Gourmand 7774]

 

[runthebone 7982]

I ain't falling for no banana in my tailpipe

[UTexasFight 9449]

12 hours ago, Scraps said:

Damn walk off losses 3 of last 4 games.

Seattle fans gotta be on suicide watch

and all they have to look forward to in the fall is Geno at QB.

 

but man, I can’t imagine the meltdown on this thread if we got walked off 3 out of 4 late in a pennant race. Chernobyl would look welcoming. 

[Gourmand 7774]

 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

9 hours ago, runthebone said:

Pretty crazy the Astros have the biggest division lead in the AL.  I still want to punch this team in face pretty frequently.

 

surly thread : fire entire coaching staff, gm, medical staff, jake, chas, singleton, jv, framber, ….. !!!!!!!

[tx 3 putt 76957]

3 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

3 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Lose tiebreaker to Yankees. Win over Baltimore and Cleveland. It’s not decided yet with Cleveland but if we got 2-1 we win tiebreaker. We ain’t chasing them down if we don’t go at least 2-1 against them. 

 

lot of games left, damn it’s going to be a fun race to finish this season 

[UTexasFight 9449]

29 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

 

So how did that misdiagnosis fuck up or not fuck up his recovery? I know he didn’t do baseball activities for a while, but wouldn’t you normally be in a cast for that type of “suspected” fracture?

did the fact that he wasn’t further delay his recovery?

 

so many additional questions 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

10 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

So how did that misdiagnosis fuck up or not fuck up his recovery? I know he didn’t do baseball activities for a while, but wouldn’t you normally be in a cast for that type of “suspected” fracture?

did the fact that he wasn’t further delay his recovery?

 

so many additional questions 

 

hippa laws !!!!!!

[Gourmand 7774]

8 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

So how did that misdiagnosis fuck up or not fuck up his recovery? I know he didn’t do baseball activities for a while, but wouldn’t you normally be in a cast for that type of “suspected” fracture?

did the fact that he wasn’t further delay his recovery?

 

so many additional questions 

the bigger question imo is "What did you know and when did you know it?" 

And "What is your response to the fans who are angry because they feel like they were lied to?"

 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

 

[Dutchrudder 11139]

Also, if you knew Tucker had a fracture and his timetable was so far out, why not trade for an outfielder at the deadline?  Seems like it's still a huge hole in the roster. 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

Just now, Dutchrudder said:

Also, if you knew Tucker had a fracture and his timetable was so far out, why not trade for an outfielder at the deadline?  Seems like it's still a huge hole in the roster. 

 

i don’t pay close attention, but have any of traded of’s done anything ?

we had enough to trade for quality player, and we nailed it 

[runthebone 7982]

6 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Also, if you knew Tucker had a fracture and his timetable was so far out, why not trade for an outfielder at the deadline?  Seems like it's still a huge hole in the roster. 

Who is better than Gamel and Heyward?  I mean, Tucker might not be able to beat those two guys out.

[tx 3 putt 76957]

 

[Dutchrudder 11139]

Gamel has been a nice surprise, but I think at the time, they were still using Cabbage and Loperfido quite a bit (until he was traded).

Picking up Hayward recently on waivers was pure luck. I'm happy he's here, but that seems to be more fortune than a real plan.  

There were a few OFs that have been alright since the deadline. Jazz Chisholm was the best one, but the Yankees got him. Soler went to the Braves and he's been hitting well. There are others who are doing a lot better at the plate that what the collection of Chas/Jake/Dubon is doing. Chas is the easiest to upgrade, and was playing most of the games in July, yet he hit .200 and had an OPS of .547. Not great, seemed like we needed more there, and makes the Tucker info more impactful to the team. 

Edited September 4 by Dutchrudder

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Jake Meyers is out for paternity leave. We’re doomed I guess 

[HtownHorn 14681]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

surly thread : fire entire coaching staff, gm, medical staff, jake, chas, singleton, jv, framber, ….. !!!!!!!

We are still underperforming for our talent level. We just happen to play in a division that has two other teams that are underperforming worse than us.

[Scraps 13561]

Bregman in

[HtownHorn 14681]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

i don’t pay close attention, but have any of traded of’s done anything ?

we had enough to trade for quality player, and we nailed it 

Not really, Soler has a bad batting average but a decent enough OPS compared to our OF.