Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[UTexasFight 9819]

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

 

It’ll be here next year.

Who they didn’t pull the trigger this year, makes no sense 

[tx 3 putt 78715]

[UTexasFight 9819]

South Carolina just won the women’s college basketball championship

 

 

I feel good about our chances this year

 

 

Spoiler

Their only other 2 championships were in 2017 and 2022.

 

Edited April 7 by UTexasFight

[UTexasFight 9819]

12 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

G dammit.

pulling the Dusty trope of batting a backup where the regular guy normally bats 

[tx 3 putt 78715]

Forrest Whitley made his season debut today in Sugar Land. Threw 17 pitches and touched 98.6 mph with his sinker. He gave up a home run to the first batter he faced, but retired the next three.

Edited April 7 by tx 3 putt

[tx 3 putt 78715]

9 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

G dammit.

pulling the Dusty trope of batting a backup where the regular guy normally bats 

You can’t have abreu or singelton hitting 8 or 9, if yordan is hitting 2nd, imo 

[Scraps 13804]

You can’t have abreu or singelton hitting 8 or 9, if yordan is hitting 2nd, imo 

Sure you can

[uoftorange 1391]

3 minutes ago, Scraps said:

13 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

You can’t have abreu or singelton hitting 8 or 9, if yordan is hitting 2nd, imo 

Sure you can

You can, but your potential table setting is fucked.  I get wanting a guy to get an extra AB before the shittiest guy gets another, but that's 1 AB, the rest of the ABs I think you want to try and get runners on before the top of the lineup.  Obviously you don't put your next best bats down there, but I've always preferred hiding a guy at 6 or 7 than 9

[tx 3 putt 78715]

8 and 9 need to be setting the table for altuve and yordan 

Edited April 7 by tx 3 putt

[IDIOTsavant 8688]

39 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

G dammit.

pulling the Dusty trope of batting a backup where the regular guy normally bats 

Tuve runs into an out, Bregman pops out,  and Singleton Ks looking. McCormick leads off. Makes perfect sense….

[Scraps 13804]

8 and 9 need to be setting the table for altuve and yordan 

Well that will never happen with this roster

I would much rather my 6 hole hitter have the ability to actually drive in people who are on base.

1B can just fuck off in 8th and get their automatic out out of the way.

[tx 3 putt 78715]

The Astros are adding Caleb Nunes, formerly Triple-A Sugar Land's bullpen catcher, as a major-league bullpen catcher starting Monday. Catching coach Michael Collins, who'd been in the bullpen and catching previously, has moved to the dugout to help Yainer Diaz and Victor Caratini

[Scraps 13804]

Caleb Nunes to manager?

[Macklemore 2945]

It’d be nice if Bregman started hitting again.

[Mo Horn 8939]

They got the story wrong about Blanco's wife having the baby. It was before the exhibition game and not the no hitter

[tx 3 putt 78715]

Just now, Mo Horn said:

They got the story wrong about Blanco's wife having the baby. It was before the exhibition game and not the no hitter

[TexArcher 39074]

"Kinda like Greg Maddux"

Yeah, that was a ball called a strike.

[David Dennison 19559]

Just bring Loperfido up.

[Scraps 13804]

They got the story wrong about Blanco's wife having the baby. It was before the exhibition game and not the no hitter

Its espn they are never wrong

[Mo Horn 8939]

10 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

It’d be nice if Bregman started hitting again.

IMO, he will never be an real offensive threat again. The last few years he's been meh, and I don't see him getting any better. 

[UTexasFight 9819]

Lulz at the ads superimposed over the dug out suites 

so dumb 

[Mo Horn 8939]

Blanco getting himself in trouble

[UTexasFight 9819]

Evan Carter has an amazing personality 

[Macklemore 2945]

Wish we could get the Astros radio broadcast like we can for AppleTV instead of listening to Ravich blow Evan Carter on air.

[David Dennison 19559]

ESPN is without question my least favorite baseball broadcast.

[TexArcher 39074]

These guys would 100% make sensitive love to Evan Carter on camera.

[tx 3 putt 78715]

Just now, David Dennison said:

ESPN is without question my least favorite baseball broadcast.

it used to be the best 🥺🥺🥺🥺

 

 

[Scraps 13804]

"Hey Evan if you want to like play baseball instead of talk to us feel free we give you permission"

[TexArcher 39074]

Astros with the first real threat of the game.  Evan, what's your favorite color?

[Mo Horn 8939]

Yordan 

[David Dennison 19559]

What did that ball ever do to him? 

My goodness.

[tx 3 putt 78715]

Yordan !!!!

[Macklemore 2945]

Finally!! Good job Yordan 

[TexArcher 39074]

Hey, Evan, tell us your thoughts on that 3-run missile into the seats!!

[WBT 20987]

Hammerin Yordan!!

More mic'd up Rangers please

[Scraps 13804]

Ask him how he liked that

[David Dennison 19559]

Alexander.

Bro.

[UTexasFight 9819]

Glad singleton isn’t batting 8th or 9th!

[Mo Horn 8939]

Great catch

[tx 3 putt 78715]

Great catch

[Scraps 13804]

We have won every game Yordan has homered in this season

[Mo Horn 8939]

Efficient inning for Blanco

[WBT 20987]

Ronel at 43 pitches through 3.  Needed that quick inning.

[Scraps 13804]

Pitch com demo...every one run back to their couches

[Mo Horn 8939]

Yainer with a couple of bad ABs, swinging at pitches he's been good a laying off this year

[Scraps 13804]

Get these fucking goofs off my screen

[WBT 20987]

6 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Pitch com demo...every one run back to their couches

Prop comedy is what I'm looking for in my baseball games

[Mo Horn 8939]

I keep waiting for some player to totally screw up while he's doing a live interview during the game. I'm guessing that might stop that nonsense. 

[tx 3 putt 78715]

10 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Pitch com demo...every one run back to their couches

 

[Scraps 13804]

Fucking espn