Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[TonyTexas 10508]

Good for Zach. He has a ton of family and friends at this game. 

[tx 3 putt 76874]

4 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Good for Zach. He has a ton of family and friends at this game. 

 

yeah man, freaking awesome for them 

hope they get ball back 

[Scraps 13561]

Hurry the fuck up and get out

[tx 3 putt 76874]

Just now, Scraps said:

Hurry the fuck up and get out

all of this 

sit blanco too and all starters 

[Scraps 13561]

And call the game.

Give me my W

[tx 3 putt 76874]

call the game

[Scraps 13561]

Can our guys do this

[Hornsbay22 467]

Blanco solidified the 4 spot.

[Scraps 13561]

Blanco solidified the 4 spot.

I mean anyone who wanted Spaghetti/Verlander over him needed to be drug tested

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

Bregs deserves 6 years $160 million for appearing in overalls in an Astros Team Store commercial.

[tx 3 putt 76874]

spaghetti looking sharp 

[runthebone 7967]

What a year for Blanco.  2.8 ERA, WHIP under 1.1

Just awesome.

[tx 3 putt 76874]

pull bregman and tucker 

[WBT 20561]

Nice ab by yainer

[Guadaloopy 10960]

Yeah… this Blanco/Arrighetti piggyback might work pretty well.  
 

Better bring your game tomorrow, JV.  

[Scraps 13561]

Let Pressly pitch this game....i dont need him costing me one of the next two

[David Dennison 18851]

Good grief.

[Scraps 13561]

Let Pressly pitch this game....i dont need him costing me one of the next two

Nevermind Spaghetti shitting the bed so keep Pressly away lol

[runthebone 7967]

I personally attended two of Spaghetti's biggest meltdowns this year.  I wouldn't put him in the circle of trust.

[WBT 20561]

That's one way to avoid walking in a run

[runthebone 7967]

Can rest Abreu now.  Let's see if he gets ejected again this postseason

[Guadaloopy 10960]

Abreu in playoff form. 

[Scraps 13561]

The 6-9 turds tonight should prob do that cause they dookie

3-16 with a homer.

Better than I expected probably

[Overlord 366]

Fuck man, I don't want to play the Royals. 

[Guadaloopy 10960]

Dammit.  I had my “one goddam hit” gif ready to go.  

1 minute ago, Overlord said:

Fuck man, I don't want to play the Royals. 

They are the softest draw and it’s not close.  

[Guadaloopy 10960]

Man he sucks in non-save situations.  

[tx 3 putt 76874]

hader needs to sit

[Macklemore 2876]

Does anyone feel confident with Hader as our closer going to the playoffs? I sure as hell don’t. 

Edited September 28 by Macklemore

[perfectchaos007 6626]

Better for bad Hader to show up in the regular season than post-season

[Honeysucklerose 987]

Come on Hader.

[WBT 20561]

2 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

Does anyone feel confident with Hader as our closer going to the playoffs? I sure as hell don’t. 

Yes.

There was no reason to bring him into this game though.

[Guadaloopy 10960]

 Good win.  Win the series tomorrow and play for fun on Sunday.  

[Macklemore 2876]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

Yes.

There was no reason to bring him into this game though.

I had more confidence in Pressly the last few seasons than I do Hader which isn’t saying much.

[HOOKEM4 5036]

[WBT 20561]

Good win

[runthebone 7967]

Hader's ready for the ALDS

[David Dennison 18851]

35 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

Does anyone feel confident with Hader as our closer going to the playoffs? I sure as hell don’t. 

You should. He's one of the best closers in baseball.

40 minutes ago, Overlord said:

Fuck man, I don't want to play the Royals. 

You'd rather play the Tigers right now?

[Scraps 13561]

Fuck man, I don't want to play the Royals. 

Why? They are leaking oil at an amazing rate. They are lucky the Twins leaked oil, gas, have 4 flats, and lost their key to the ignition.

[UTexasFight 9429]

2 hours ago, runthebone said:

What a year for Blanco.  2.8 ERA, WHIP under 1.1

Just awesome.

Not bad for not making the team until the last day of spring training 

 

not gonna lie, as he got in to the 5th, was really hoping he was going to bookend the season with no-no’s.

[UTexasFight 9429]

1 hour ago, WBT said:

Yes.

There was no reason to bring him into this game though.

I have no problem with it ( other than the risk of a wet mound/ball after what happened to Pressly in Boston earlier this year). 

They brought him in to give him 3 days off and have him fully rested in case he has to pitch 3 straight Tue-Thu. 
Same with Abreu. 
Their regular season is over.

[WBT 20561]

5 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

I have no problem with it ( other than the risk of a wet mound/ball after what happened to Pressly in Boston earlier this year). 

They brought him in to give him 3 days off and have him fully rested in case he has to pitch 3 straight Tue-Thu. 
Same with Abreu. 
Their regular season is over.

Yeah I guess that's fair.  I was thinking you give him his last tune up tomorrow.  3 days off feels a little long.

[UTexasFight 9429]

More Mariners schadenfruede:

the Royals went 12-1 vs the White Sox.

tigers are currently 10-1 vs the White Sox.

mariners 6-1 vs the White Sox. WC race probably looks a lot difference if they get another 6 games vs that garbage. 

 

[Pimphand 5734]

5 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

More Mariners schadenfruede:

the Royals went 12-1 vs the White Sox.

tigers are currently 10-1 vs the White Sox.

mariners 6-1 vs the White Sox. WC race probably looks a lot difference if they get another 6 games vs that garbage. 

 

The Mariners got A's & Angels games that is at best a wash

[Murfdogg21 4412]

Waiting for my kid’s practice to end, overheard two dudes debating if Verlander should be the #1 or #2 starter during the playoffs. 

[UTexasFight 9429]

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

Yeah I guess that's fair.  I was thinking you give him his last tune up tomorrow.  3 days off feels a little long.

It does. But if he gets rusty after 3 days off, we have bigger issues. So far this year, he’s been fine with that much of a break.

He’s had 13 appearances this season after 3 or more days rest and a 2.40 ERA in those appearances…but most of that ERA comes from early in the year when he was not good.

Since June 14, he’s had 8 appearances on 3 or more days rest and has only given up 1 run ( a 9th inning home run against the D-Backs on that 9/8 Sunday night game that JV shit the bed and we were down 11-5 and he was only in because he hadn’t pitched in 8 days).

 

 

[UTexasFight 9429]

11 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Waiting for my kid’s practice to end, overheard two dudes debating if Verlander should be the #1 or #2 starter during the playoffs. 

I hope you went Walter on them.

 

Edited September 28 by UTexasFight

[UTexasFight 9429]

help me process what no Yordan in the field in the playoffs means because I can’t imagine he does anything other than DH if we’re lucky to get that.

that first base defense will be even more white knuckling than it already is? Singleton is pretty much relegated to PH duty?

caratini at 1B when Diaz catches and vice versa with the occasional Dezenzo start. 
 

Meyers in CF  just about every game with the occasional Dubon start. Heyward in left and we hope he finds the fountain of youth and/or that Chas rises from the dead and  miraculously finds 2022 postseason form?

[Overlord 366]

2 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

Dammit.  I had my “one goddam hit” gif ready to go.  

They are the softest draw and it’s not close.  

 

[HtownHorn 14670]

2 hours ago, Macklemore said:

Does anyone feel confident with Hader as our closer going to the playoffs? I sure as hell don’t. 

Espada making decisions in the playoffs is going to be hilarious, he's just a fucking idiot. Any success this team is had is doing it in spite of his game in and game out stupidity.

[tx 3 putt 76874]

35 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

help me process what no Yordan in the field in the playoffs means because I can’t imagine he does anything other than DH if we’re lucky to get that.

that first base defense will be even more white knuckling than it already is? Singleton is pretty much relegated to PH duty?

caratini at 1B when Diaz catches and vice versa with the occasional Dezenzo start. 
 

Meyers in CF  just about every game with the occasional Dubon start. Heyward in left and we hope he finds the fountain of youth and/or that Chas rises from the dead and  miraculously finds 2022 postseason form?

 

if he cant play LF, he can’t hit either