Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[tx 3 putt 78717]

8 minutes ago, WBT said:

Yep.  We have enough to win the division and then the playoffs will be a crapshoot like always 

 

get hot

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[Scraps 13807]

But can he bunt? 

[n64ra 1150]

Enjoy the break then get ready to double Seattle's 3-game losing streak.

[tx 3 putt 78717]

5 hours ago, Scraps said:

But can he bunt? 

 

Edited July 15 by tx 3 putt

[Scraps 13807]

Drafted a Rice pitcher in rd 4

They do know Rice sucks now right?

[tx 3 putt 78717]

Bloss was a third round pick last year 

our coaching / system works 

[HtownHorn 15235]

The 3rd rounder we got from UC San Diego sounds good if he can stay healthy.

Looks like we went after big college pitchers rounds 3-5, have to like their projections. The Rice and Liberty pitchers look to be overdrafts.

Edited July 15 by HtownHorn

[tx 3 putt 78717]

Get him the mlb today !!! Ha

 

[HtownHorn 15235]

Have to think those 3 college pitchers have underslot agreements already and the Astros will be taking some swings later in the draft with some HS talent that slips due to signability.

[tx 3 putt 78717]

9 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Have to think those 3 college pitchers have underslot agreements already and the Astros will be taking some swings later in the draft with some HS talent that slips due to signability.

didnt they do that last year with the kid from north shore ?

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1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Drafted a Rice pitcher in rd 4

They do know Rice sucks now right?

 

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[TonyTexas 10783]

1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

Have to think those 3 college pitchers have underslot agreements already and the Astros will be taking some swings later in the draft with some HS talent that slips due to signability.

They have very little pool money to work with. $5.9M. Dead last in the league. For comparison, the Guardians have the most at $18.3M

[tx 3 putt 78717]

Damn that’s a huge pool 

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Smart, we draft a guy that already got his Tommy John out of the way 😂😂😂

 

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The Astros have the smallest pool for the MLB with $5,914,700. 

If they are able to sign some players below slot, they could lure a high ceiling HS prospect tomorrow.

This is similar to what they did with Ryan Clifford, who signed for $1.2M in the 11th round in 2023.

[HtownHorn 15235]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

The Astros have the smallest pool for the MLB with $5,914,700. 

If they are able to sign some players below slot, they could lure a high ceiling HS prospect tomorrow.

This is similar to what they did with Ryan Clifford, who signed for $1.2M in the 11th round in 2023.

Ochoa also got over slot with $300K. So likely a prospect similar to him as opposed to Clifford. Just never know because most kids that slip to 11th round can make more in NIL if they are going to a P4 school.

But I bet the kid from Rice is signing for less than his slot value of $541.10K.

Edited July 16 by HtownHorn

[Guadaloopy 11138]

Yeah… we won the World Series that year, but we gave that dude up for a rental of Francisco Liriano.   

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27 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Yeah… we won the World Series that year, but we gave that dude up for a rental of Francisco Liriano.   

 

we win it without him, imo

[HtownHorn 15235]

35 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Yeah… we won the World Series that year, but we gave that dude up for a rental of Francisco Liriano.   

We gave up Hernandez to get out of the Aoki contract. Crane is always playing around the edges with the LT, especially since we wasted $16.5M on Beltran's cheating ass.

Edited July 16 by HtownHorn

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[tx 3 putt 78717]

Good summary of the picks  ….

 

[Wulaw Horn 19598]

dome framers return for some talk about where we are and what we should be thinking about doing. 

[HtownHorn 15235]

6 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Good summary of the picks  ….

 

Janek will ever only play in the Majors with a challenge system in place. The need to be an elite framer will be gone in a year.

[n64ra 1150]

16 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Smart, we draft a guy that already got his Tommy John out of the way 😂😂😂

 

Oh, he'll need TJ a second time after our guys get a hold of him.

 

https://apnews.com/article/tommy-john-surgery-multiple-a6d8cd51afbe3078acb78c5b66934b0d

[ChickenSandwich 9961]

10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Good summary of the picks  ….

 

I think Yainer's power grows if you can get him out of the catcher position

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1 minute ago, ChickenSandwich said:

I think Yainer's power grows if you can get him out of the catcher position

he’d be a short mlb 1st 

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[HtownHorn 15235]

I wonder how Forbes got those numbers, because franchises have never given out their books.

[tx 3 putt 78717]

18 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I wonder how Forbes got those numbers, because franchises have never given out their books.

same Way surly thread makes their mine ups /  baseball moves ….

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@Scraps : that’s not low enough !!!!

 

Mete are #1. Fuck Ron darling and his boring ass stories 

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Nice break for JP !

 

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[UTexasFight 9819]

17 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Nice break for JP !

 

Just came here to post that

holy shit 

[UTexasFight 9819]

Oh Carlos

there is so much going on here

 

(not the least of which is Daniella with the talking-through-clenched-teeth look of “I hate my life and can’t believe I’m spending half of each year in Minnesota “

[Scraps 13807]

Really wish we could see Yordan vs Skenes, but not sure AL will make it that far

[UTexasFight 9819]

11 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Really wish we could see Yordan vs Skenes, but not sure AL will make it that far

Two weeks in Houston.

just waiting to confirm skenes will be starting for Pit on Friday coming out of the break and work the rotation forward from there to the last week in July before I buy my tickets 

 

Edited July 17 by UTexasFight

[Scraps 13807]

Yeah i know...i meant in this pointless game though.

I will be there the last game of that series

He will probably pitch first game

[tx 3 putt 78717]

Breakdown of the Astros' 19 picks:

Pitchers: 11
Outfielders: 4
Shortstops: 2
Catchers: 2

College sophomores: 1
College juniors: 10
College seniors: 4
Junior college: 2
High school: 2

[UTexasFight 9819]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Yeah i know...i meant in this pointless game though.

I will be there the last game of that series

He will probably pitch first game

Middle game was my math

maybe last game if they mix in a 6th starter coming out of the break 

[texashorne 1194]

59 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Oh Carlos

there is so much going on here

 

(not the least of which is Daniella with the talking-through-clenched-teeth look of “I hate my life and can’t believe I’m spending half of each year in Minnesota “

Daniella's hometown is Laredo.. I'll bet she's just fine with Minnesota

[Scraps 13807]

@tx3putt and myself are going to fly to Oakland next wednesday morning.....go to the afternoon game which is Astros last game ever in Oakland....then fly back to Houston that evening.

Unfortunately not on a private jet

[UTexasFight 9819]

18 minutes ago, Scraps said:

@tx3putt and myself are going to fly to Oakland next wednesday morning.....go to the afternoon game which is Astros last game ever in Oakland....then fly back to Houston that evening.

Unfortunately not on a private jet

Jealous 

Family vacation next week. Been trying to figure out a way to get out and check that dump off my list but don’t know if it’ll happen 

Yankees at A’s on their final homestand is about the only game I think I can make work and not sure I really want to see a Yankees home game in Oakland 

 

[Scraps 13807]

Altuve wouldve had that

[Macklemore 2945]

 

[UTexasFight 9819]

Fuck bochy

one AB for our guy 

[UTexasFight 9819]

8 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

 

“South Oklahoma”