Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[tx 3 putt 78730]

Taylor Scott was a hell of a find 

[David Dennison 19566]

2 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

I’m sure we will have a quick 1-2-3 inning then score 5 in the 10th and win the game.

Pretty, pretty, pretty close.

[Huckleberry 34718]

5 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Missed it by a game

Actual

Min 1-1

STL 2-1

LAA 2-1

SF 1-2

DET 2-1

CWS 2-1

BAL 3-0

COL 2-0

NYM 2-1

=17-10, 42-41 overall

Not to mention the late June Mets were a good team not a bad one. 

[tx 3 putt 78730]

2 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

I’m sure we will have a quick 1-2-3 inning then score 5 in the 10th and win the game.

Go buy a lotto ticket. 5 numbers pay $$$

[Huckleberry 34718]

Even with all the injuries and underperformance the Astros are 35-22 since being 7-19. That's a 99.5 win pace over a full season. 

[runthebone 8380]

Hope July is get pitchers back month

[tx 3 putt 78730]

8 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Hope July is get pitchers back month

and Tucker !!!

 

 

Edited June 30 by tx 3 putt

[perfectchaos007 6780]

23 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Even with all the injuries and underperformance the Astros are 35-22 since being 7-19. That's a 99.5 win pace over a full season. 

The team that went 7-19 was relatively healthy. The team that went 35-22 was pretty banged up with lots of IL stints. Baseball is weird 

[UTexasFight 9819]

3 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

The team that went 7-19 was relatively healthy. The team that went 35-22 was pretty banged up with lots of IL stints. Baseball is weird 

Albatross Abreu 

[billfromlaketravis 11848]

Did they explain why they gave Abreu 8 days off. I’d imagine it’s a mental reset deal, but he doesn’t look right. I’m sure he’s not working through something physically, but maybe deleverage his appearances. Maybe give Scott the 7th. 

[UTexasFight 9819]

3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Did they explain why they gave Abreu 8 days off. I’d imagine it’s a mental reset deal, but he doesn’t look right. I’m sure he’s not working through something physically, but maybe deleverage his appearances. Maybe give Scott the 7th. 

He was at the top of the league in appearances 

 

[tx 3 putt 78730]

 

[Rockethorn1978 6206]

3 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

I’m sure we will have a quick 1-2-3 inning then score 5 in the 10th and win the game.

This should have gotten way more love. I’m usually never right. Ok iM never right 

[HtownHorn 15233]

1 hour ago, UTexasFight said:

Give it a rest 

He's going to drive that bitch right into the ditch.

[HtownHorn 15233]

1 hour ago, runthebone said:

Hope July is get pitchers back month

Tucker + another bat via trade too.

[tx 3 putt 78730]

I don’t see us picking up a bat of any quality at the trade deadline. We have nothing to offer. We just need to get healthy, get Tucker, carantini, and Garcia back 

 

brown needs to go deep tomorrow 

Edited July 1 by tx 3 putt

[Pimphand 6376]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

When did they start doing that shit? It was so dumb

[HtownHorn 15233]

39 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Did they explain why they gave Abreu 8 days off. I’d imagine it’s a mental reset deal, but he doesn’t look right. I’m sure he’s not working through something physically, but maybe deleverage his appearances. Maybe give Scott the 7th. 

He ptiched 3 days in a row with the 1st game against Baltimore. Then the Astros really didn't need him for the rest of the home stand (5-1, 8-1, 5-2, 7-1) wins, even the 5-2 game it was 5-0 going into the 7th inning. Couple that with 2 off days sandwiching the Colorado series and not being needed the 1st 2 games against the Mets. Espada just doesn't have a good feel on when to use his high leverage guys, so Abreu has been over used and needed a break, just not 8 days.

[HtownHorn 15233]

8 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

I don’t see us picking up a bat of any quality at the trade deadline. We have nothing to offer. We just need to get healthy, get Tucker, carantini, and Garcia back 

 

brown needs to go deep tomorrow 

You can always find guys that are FAs at the end of the year for cheap. A guy like Brandon Drury would not cost much and would be better than Singleton/Dubon.

I was reading today about the Verlander deal, and Gilbert has missed most of the season with a hamstring injury and Clifford can't make contact.

Edited July 1 by HtownHorn

[runthebone 8380]

There are lots of cheap corner infielders available.  Trade candidates per The Athletic (*=about to be FA)

Stars

1. Luis Robert Jr., CF, White Sox
2. Bo Bichette, SS, Blue Jays
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B, Blue Jays
4. Jazz Chisholm Jr., CF, Marlins
5. *Alex Bregman, 3B, Astros
6. *Pete Alonso, 1B, Mets
7. *J.D. Martinez, DH, Mets
8. *Christian Walker, 1B, Diamondbacks
9. *Danny Jansen, C, Blue Jays

Good regulars

1. Randy Arozarena, COF, Rays
2. Taylor Ward, COF, Angels
3. Brent Rooker, DH, A’s
4. Luis Rengifo, IF, Angels
5. Andrew Vaughn, 1B, White Sox
6. Lane Thomas, COF, Nationals
8. Yandy Díaz, 1B, Rays
9. *Elias Díaz, C, Rockies
10. Joc Pederson, COF, Diamondbacks
11. *Jesse Winker, COF, Nationals
12. *Josh Bell, 1B, Marlins
13. *Michael Conforto, COF, Giants
14. *Justin Turner, 1B, Blue Jays
15. Starling Marte, COF, Mets
16. *Mark Canha, COF, Tigers
17. Eloy Jiménez, COF, White Sox

Role players

1. *Harrison Bader, CF, Mets
2. *Kevin Kiermaier, CF, Blue Jays
3. Miguel Andujar, COF, A’s
4. *Tommy Pham, COF, White Sox
5. *Randal Grichuk, COF, Diamondbacks
6. *Amed Rosario, SS, Rays
7. Patrick Wisdom, 3B, Cubs
8. *Paul DeJong, SS, White Sox
9. *Kevin Pillar, CF, Angels
10. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS, Blue Jays
11. Wilmer Flores, 1B, Giants
12. *Tim Anderson, SS, Marlins
13. Eugenio Suárez, 3B, Diamondbacks
14. *Brandon Drury, IF, Angels
15. Jeff McNeil, 2B, Mets
16. Javier Báez, SS, Tigers
17. Andrew Benintendi, COF, White Sox
18. George Springer, COF, Blue Jays

 

Sorry, George

 

[ChickenSandwich 9964]

6 minutes ago, runthebone said:

There are lots of cheap corner infielders available.  Trade candidates per The Athletic (*=about to be FA)

 

Stars

1. Luis Robert Jr., CF, White Sox
2. Bo Bichette, SS, Blue Jays
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B, Blue Jays
4. Jazz Chisholm Jr., CF, Marlins
5. *Alex Bregman, 3B, Astros
6. *Pete Alonso, 1B, Mets
7. *J.D. Martinez, DH, Mets
8. *Christian Walker, 1B, Diamondbacks
9. *Danny Jansen, C, Blue Jays

Good regulars

1. Randy Arozarena, COF, Rays
2. Taylor Ward, COF, Angels
3. Brent Rooker, DH, A’s
4. Luis Rengifo, IF, Angels
5. Andrew Vaughn, 1B, White Sox
6. Lane Thomas, COF, Nationals
8. Yandy Díaz, 1B, Rays
9. *Elias Díaz, C, Rockies
10. Joc Pederson, COF, Diamondbacks
11. *Jesse Winker, COF, Nationals
12. *Josh Bell, 1B, Marlins
13. *Michael Conforto, COF, Giants
14. *Justin Turner, 1B, Blue Jays
15. Starling Marte, COF, Mets
16. *Mark Canha, COF, Tigers
17. Eloy Jiménez, COF, White Sox

Role players

1. *Harrison Bader, CF, Mets
2. *Kevin Kiermaier, CF, Blue Jays
3. Miguel Andujar, COF, A’s
4. *Tommy Pham, COF, White Sox
5. *Randal Grichuk, COF, Diamondbacks
6. *Amed Rosario, SS, Rays
7. Patrick Wisdom, 3B, Cubs
8. *Paul DeJong, SS, White Sox
9. *Kevin Pillar, CF, Angels
10. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS, Blue Jays
11. Wilmer Flores, 1B, Giants
12. *Tim Anderson, SS, Marlins
13. Eugenio Suárez, 3B, Diamondbacks
14. *Brandon Drury, IF, Angels
15. Jeff McNeil, 2B, Mets
16. Javier Báez, SS, Tigers
17. Andrew Benintendi, COF, White Sox
18. George Springer, COF, Blue Jays

 

Sorry, George

 

Can George play first?

[runthebone 8380]

You know Tommy Pham is going to get traded.  11 years, 8 teams.  Probably has to juggle so many fantasy football lineups, poor bastard.

Just now, ChickenSandwich said:

Can George play first?

Signed thru 2026, 6 yrs/$150M (21-26)

 

[tx 3 putt 78730]

25 minutes ago, runthebone said:

 

Signed thru 2026, 6 yrs/$150M (21-26)

 

no one trading for that contract 

[David Dennison 19566]

34 minutes ago, runthebone said:

There are lots of cheap corner infielders available.  Trade candidates per The Athletic (*=about to be FA)

 

Stars

1. Luis Robert Jr., CF, White Sox
2. Bo Bichette, SS, Blue Jays
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B, Blue Jays
4. Jazz Chisholm Jr., CF, Marlins
5. *Alex Bregman, 3B, Astros
6. *Pete Alonso, 1B, Mets
7. *J.D. Martinez, DH, Mets
8. *Christian Walker, 1B, Diamondbacks
9. *Danny Jansen, C, Blue Jays

Good regulars

1. Randy Arozarena, COF, Rays
2. Taylor Ward, COF, Angels
3. Brent Rooker, DH, A’s
4. Luis Rengifo, IF, Angels
5. Andrew Vaughn, 1B, White Sox
6. Lane Thomas, COF, Nationals
8. Yandy Díaz, 1B, Rays
9. *Elias Díaz, C, Rockies
10. Joc Pederson, COF, Diamondbacks
11. *Jesse Winker, COF, Nationals
12. *Josh Bell, 1B, Marlins
13. *Michael Conforto, COF, Giants
14. *Justin Turner, 1B, Blue Jays
15. Starling Marte, COF, Mets
16. *Mark Canha, COF, Tigers
17. Eloy Jiménez, COF, White Sox

Role players

1. *Harrison Bader, CF, Mets
2. *Kevin Kiermaier, CF, Blue Jays
3. Miguel Andujar, COF, A’s
4. *Tommy Pham, COF, White Sox
5. *Randal Grichuk, COF, Diamondbacks
6. *Amed Rosario, SS, Rays
7. Patrick Wisdom, 3B, Cubs
8. *Paul DeJong, SS, White Sox
9. *Kevin Pillar, CF, Angels
10. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS, Blue Jays
11. Wilmer Flores, 1B, Giants
12. *Tim Anderson, SS, Marlins
13. Eugenio Suárez, 3B, Diamondbacks
14. *Brandon Drury, IF, Angels
15. Jeff McNeil, 2B, Mets
16. Javier Báez, SS, Tigers
17. Andrew Benintendi, COF, White Sox
18. George Springer, COF, Blue Jays

 

Sorry, George

 

I don't think Alex is available.

[Wulaw Horn 19598]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Omg- is that Forest Whitley’s music?  Was good in a 2 inning appearance on Saturday. 

[tx 3 putt 78730]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

Omg- is that Forest Whitley’s music?  Was good in a 2 inning appearance on Saturday. 

hmm, does Canada risk letting him in the country ?

[Pablo 500]

2 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Missed it by a game

Actual

Min 1-1

STL 2-1

LAA 2-1

SF 1-2

DET 2-1

CWS 2-1

BAL 3-0

COL 2-0

NYM 2-1

=17-10, 42-41 overall

you're like a savant or something 😁

[tx 3 putt 78730]

surly thread :

[Scraps 13809]

Dubin is a bigger player (not literally)of the game that Jon

[Snake Diggity 4715]

11 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

I don’t see us picking up a bat of any quality at the trade deadline. We have nothing to offer. We just need to get healthy, get Tucker, carantini, and Garcia back 

 

brown needs to go deep tomorrow 

They will get an upgrade over Singleton.  May not be a major get but it’ll be a quality bat.  Loperfido, Arrighetti, Ullola, and Leon are significant trade chips they’ll be willing to part with for the right player.  Top 5 targets:

1. Vlad Jr.

2. Yandy Diaz

3. Jeimer Candelario 

4. Lamont Wade Jr.

5. Tyler Soderstrom

[Scraps 13809]

I think they can pull off another 17-8 month....16-9 at the worst.  

Lets get it rolling by fucking up Canada Day for America's hat 

[Scraps 13809]

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[Hornsbay22 485]

I want Yandy Diaz because cheaper, but that's  way to close to the real YD.   Also he would probably punch Valdez, which I'm not opposed to. 

[TejasPedro 1918]

Yandy would be a great addition to this team he already knows who the Daddy of this team is, ie Yordan, which is nice because Yandy hasn’t seen his actual Daddy since he was 6yrs old.

[Wulaw Horn 19598]

1 hour ago, Snake Diggity said:

They will get an upgrade over Singleton.  May not be a major get but it’ll be a quality bat.  Loperfido, Arrighetti, Ullola, and Leon are significant trade chips they’ll be willing to part with for the right player.  Top 5 targets:

1. Vlad Jr.

2. Yandy Diaz

3. Jeimer Candelario 

4. Lamont Wade Jr.

5. Tyler Soderstrom

I'd hate to see Ullola go. He's by far the most likely to not ever have a major league career- but he's also the arm I see in the minors most likely to be a TOR guy at some point in time.  I like Loperfido and Arrighetti both.  If Toronto wants to send us Vlad Jr., and takes back, say, Montero as a contract to make the money work I would swallow hard and do it but I'd have Ullola off the board.  

Any of 2-5 they can take Loperfido or Leon and a couple other interesting guys and be good with it or not.  

If you deal Arrighetti you damn sure better have JV and Garcia at a minimum come back. And that's putting some decent sized pressure on Bloss or the minors if you don't also get LMJ back- which seems sort of like a fools errand at this point in time- but who knows. 

[HtownHorn 15233]

I saw an interesting idea for a 3-way deal today between us, Toronto, and Cleveland.

It would hurt a lot, as we would be losing Javier, Melton, Matthews, Barber, and Bloss

However, it would set us up as a favorite to return to #8.

Spoiler

Astros Receive: 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (from TOR), RHP Chris Bassitt (from TOR), OF Kevin Kiermaier (from TOR), LHP Parker Messick (from CLE)

Guardians Receive: SS Bo Bichette (from TOR), LHP Yusei Kikuchi (from TOR), C Danny Jansen (from TOR), OF Colin Barber (from HOU)

Blue Jays Receive: RHP Cristian Javier (from HOU), OF Chase DeLauter (CLE No. 1 prospect), OF Jacob Melton (HOU No. 1 prospect), SS Brice Matthews (HOU No. 3 prospect), RHP Daniel Espino (CLE No. 4 prospect), RHP Jake Bloss (HOU No. 5 prospect)

 

Edited July 1 by HtownHorn

[runthebone 8380]

14 hours ago, David Dennison said:

I don't think Alex is available.

The part I cut out is that they only looked at players on teams .500 or below at the time written.

 

No longer applies to the Astros, of course.  .506, baby!!!

[UTexasFight 9819]

4 hours ago, Scraps said:

I think they can pull off another 17-8 month....16-9 at the worst.  

Lets get it rolling by fucking up Canada Day for America's hat 

While i agree they “can” I’m still so scarred by April and May that they’re going to have to prove it to me.

 

I’ll take some more “almost treading water”—and some interesting decisions at the trade deadline. And hope we blow the doors off in August.

Let’s go 14-11 for July 

@TOR 2-2

@MIN 2-1

MIA 2-1

TEX 2-1

@SEA 1-2

@OAK 2-1

LAD 2-1

PIT 1-2

[tx 3 putt 78730]

 

[Guadaloopy 11138]

Feels good to finally wake up over .500.  

[UTexasFight 9819]

7 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

None of that can be real. 
 

but when the delay happened I started to post “Altuve should just drive himself. I’m sure he’ll beat the team”.

….but of course, his sense of direction driving is about as good as his sense of direction running the bases. 

Edited July 1 by UTexasFight

[tx 3 putt 78730]

 

[tx 3 putt 78730]

 

 

[Scraps 13809]

Altuve for Vlady Jr isn't a trade I can get behind

[UTexasFight 9819]

We’re trading Altuve for Vlad Jr?!

[Hornsbay22 485]

26 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Feels good to finally wake up over .500.  

As we rest our best player.

[HtownHorn 15233]

1 minute ago, Hornsbay22 said:

As we rest our best player.

Alvarez is our best player. When tucker is healthy, it's Tucker and then Alvarez. Altuve is easily 3rd though. If we somehow get Guerrero, Altuve would be 4th.

[Hornsbay22 485]

Just now, HtownHorn said:

Alvarez is our best player. When tucker is healthy, it's Tucker and then Alvarez. Altuve is easily 3rd though. If we somehow get Guerrero, Altuve would be 4th.

You filthy mouth whore, you take that back!

[tx 3 putt 78730]

I don’t see us trading one arm 

[Scraps 13809]

This also may be the dumbest fucking lineup of the season