Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[Guadaloopy 10,803]

Is Arrighetti our ace now?

[Wulaw Horn 18,919]

1 minute ago, Guadaloopy said:

Is Arrighetti our ace now?

No. But he’s maybe our third best starter. And maybe top 15 or 20 starter in the AL. 

Edited August 28 by Wulaw Horn

[WBT 20,280]

Damnit Jake.  I want Yordan to get an ab off this eephus bullshit.  He'll absolutely hit his 4th HR.

 

nope

Edited August 28 by WBT

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

19 minutes ago, WBT said:

Damn.  Bregs probably makes that play, right?

After replay, he definitely does.

 

surly these : play whitcomb !!!!

[Overlord 366]

Way to go King. Go ahead and blow the fucking shutout, why don’t you. 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

6 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

No. But he’s maybe our third best starter. And maybe top 15 or 20 starter in the AL. 

 

he’s starting to stack up impressive starts 

Edited August 28 by tx 3 putt

[Overlord 366]

Good thing Brandon wets his hair every half inning. Gotta keep the “wet” look

The fucking Mariners won

[perfectchaos007 6,542]

Ump was ready to go home lol. 

 

Astros last 3 series have been loss, split, loss but we're still 3.5 above Seattle 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

yordan won’t even be an espn blurb but they’ll spend 10 mins talking about judge ….

 

[Overlord 366]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

Ump was ready to go home lol. 

 

Astros last 3 series have been loss, split, loss but we're still 3.5 above Seattle 

We should be 10.5

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,728]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

yordan won’t even be an espn blurb but they’ll spend 10 mins talking about judge ….

 

… or the WNBA which is like watching BBQ cook … low and slow.

[Honeysucklerose 955]

That should have been a 5-2 road trip

[Storm the Field 5,256]

Well that was a fun way to wrap up the road trip and wash the taste of the last handful of games out of our mouths.

[UTexasFight 9,304]

A steal of home

guy with 3 HRs

No-hitter into the 8th

 

get you a ticket to see this team 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

go fix your swing chas ….

 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

 

[runthebone 7,894]

Congratulations to the Astros on their run differential series win!

[HtownHorn 14,344]

1 hour ago, Guadaloopy said:

Is Arrighetti our ace now?

We have four. Framber, Arighetti, Brown, and Kikuchi.

Blanco is on fumes and Verlander is old and average.

 

If the playoffs started this weekend, Verlander is currently your 6th best starter and wouldn't be in playoff roster if performance was the driving factor.

Edited August 29 by HtownHorn

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

the rook cruising along ….

 

[Limp Brisket 544]

Chas to AAA. 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

[UTexasFight 9,304]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

the rook cruising along ….

 

So torn.

horns up /heart for the left side. Rage for the right. 

[UTexasFight 9,304]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

go fix your swing chas ….

 

Excuse the ignorance but who is taking his place?

was anything announced today? Or assumption is it will be Heyward tomorrow (in which case hopefully this means he passed the physical or why else would they announce today they are optioning Chas?)

 

what’s the move for Pressly tomorrow?

Ferguson? King? Abreu? 

[UTexasFight 9,304]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

go fix your swing chas ….

 

I made the mistake of reading some of the comments to that tweet looking for an answer to my question…

our fans are a bunch of idiots: “oh no! Not Chas! I love him!”

but at least there was one surly post in there:

 

 

 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

Houston took him to the next level ….

 

[Iceman 2,596]

14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

yordan won’t even be an espn blurb but they’ll spend 10 mins talking about judge ….

 

I prefer October air time...

I laughed this season, because I actually feel some of the anti-Astros sentiment is lifting, while they still wait for Altuve to die.  They thought the whole team was fucking dead, and now it's "Uh-oh!!!"

[Guadaloopy 10,803]

10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Houston took him to the next level ….

 

I mean... I would love it, but there is no way NBHoF allows it.  There's definitely an argument for it, but he played almost 2/3 of his career in Detroit.

[Wulaw Horn 18,919]

19 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

I mean... I would love it, but there is no way NBHoF allows it.  There's definitely an argument for it, but he played almost 2/3 of his career in Detroit.

If he gets to 300 as an Astro and won another title or two I think he’s an Astro in the HOF even though the majority of his work would have been done in Detroit. 2 cy young’s and 3 or 4 WS and the last man to win 300 is a lot of stuff that ties him to the Astros. 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

6 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

If he gets to 300 as an Astro and won another title or two I think he’s an Astro in the HOF even though the majority of his work would have been done in Detroit. 2 cy young’s and 3 or 4 WS and the last man to win 300 is a lot of stuff that ties him to the Astros. 

 

unless he goes discount mode, he’s signing somewhere else next season 

 

also, history made ….

 

[Hornsbay22 452]

14 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

unless he goes discount mode, he’s signing somewhere else next season 

 

also, history made ….

 

Yes we have way too many starters, assuming health next year.    We actually need to trade 1 or 2. 

Also should we trade Abreu in off season, and have Whitley ready to be 8th inning man?

[Wulaw Horn 18,919]

16 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

unless he goes discount mode, he’s signing somewhere else next season 

 

also, history made ….

 

I wonder what his market is?  I’d offer him 3/48- tell him if he stays healthy he will win 300 and compete for titles in a place he’s comfortable with the rest of his career. I’d he doesn’t like that shake his hand and say thanks. 

[Wulaw Horn 18,919]

1 minute ago, Hornsbay22 said:

Yes we have way too many starters, assuming health next year.    We actually need to trade 1 or 2. 

Also should we trade Abreu in off season, and have Whitley ready to be 8th inning man?

Move Presley if he’s agreeable. Otherwise I’d offer Abreu 4/40 to buy out his 2 arb years and his 2 FA and trade him if he said no. If you believe Whitley is ready. 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

i’m fine moving pressley if that means keeping tucker and bregman 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

27 minutes ago, Hornsbay22 said:

Yes we have way too many starters, assuming health next year.    We actually need to trade 1 or 2. 

Also should we trade Abreu in off season, and have Whitley ready to be 8th inning man?

 

remember when we had ‘too much’ pitching this year ????

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[Hornsbay22 452]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

remember when we had ‘too much’ pitching this year ????

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Crazy thing is we still have more depth now than most of the league.   Phillies don't have shit after Wheeler and Nola, same for O's and Dodgers. 

 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

3 minutes ago, Hornsbay22 said:

Crazy thing is we still have more depth now than most of the league.   Phillies don't have shit after Wheeler and Nola, same for O's and Dodgers. 

 

 

1. our pitching program still works 

2. will LMJ and Garcia ever pitch again ?

3. do you resign urquidy on the cheap ?

4. does kikuchie want to stay ?

 

[Hornsbay22 452]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

1. our pitching program still works 

2. will LMJ and Garcia ever pitch again ?

3. do you resign urquidy on the cheap ?

4. does kikuchie want to stay ?

 

I think if Valdez doesn't extend we trade his ass and get a bopper, and resign Kikuchie. 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

 

[Wulaw Horn 18,919]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

1. our pitching program still works 

2. will LMJ and Garcia ever pitch again ?

3. do you resign urquidy on the cheap ?

4. does kikuchie want to stay ?

 

Urquidy is gone.  
Sign one of JV or Kikuchi

Next year you have:

Framber, Brown, Arrighetti, Blanco, JV or Kikuchi, Garcia (that one should be a 90/10 he's back), Blubaugh (he will be ready and he will be decent), maybe McCullers (25/75). 

Javier potentially coming back to be in the bullpen down the stretch- but I'm not counting on him. 

That should be plenty enough.  

[Mitch Hedberg 2,090]

Framber should be traded this offseason for prospects and use whatever we were going to pay him to sign another pitcher. It’s the only way to use the same money and also get prospects to keep the window open. There is no reason this window should close while Yordan is still in his prime. A good GM can extend this another four years. 

[Guadaloopy 10,803]

2 hours ago, Hornsbay22 said:

Yes we have way too many starters, assuming health next year.    We actually need to trade 1 or 2. 

Also should we trade Abreu in off season, and have Whitley ready to be 8th inning man?

 

11 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Framber should be traded this offseason for prospects and use whatever we were going to pay him to sign another pitcher. It’s the only way to use the same money and also get prospects to keep the window open. There is no reason this window should close while Yordan is still in his prime. A good GM can extend this another four years. 

GOD DAMMIT!!! 

[Sbbruin 21,588]

This hurts.  Pissed the Dodgers DFA's him in order to bring back shitty Chris Taylor.  Good pickup for the Astros.  Great clubhouse guy, and he's been a clutch pinch hitter this year.  And still plays a very serviceable RF.

 

[Mitch Hedberg 2,090]

19 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

 

GOD DAMMIT!!! 

lol I get it. But at the same time we have got to get younger and cheaper and better to keep window open. How long will Crane keep riding the salary threshold lines? We keep letting our assets walk away without using them to replenish. I’d like to keep Tucker Yordan and Yainer as a core and keep adding to that. Framber is our best asset to get a big return. We may have to trade Tucker too. But if we are going to spend 25-30 million on Framber, we could also trade him for a couple potential starters and still use that same money on another pitcher. Standing pat is backing up. Our outfield is a mess. I’d have no trouble trading Framber for a young outfielder, 1B and/or pitcher. Is anyone scared of facing headcase Framber in a playoff someday? You have to give to get. Anyway, it’s just spitballing crap. No matter how well we finish this year there are major moves needing to be made. But I’ll take another flag first. 

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

we will be defending the WS title next season, just a fyi for the thick headed posters here 😁

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

 

 

[HtownHorn 14,344]

Verlander isn't getting to 300, and definitely not as an Astro unless he's willingly to get paid $10M a season. The Astros should let him walk and resign Kikuchi and then trade Framber if they get reach a long term deal with him.

The fact that we have Arighetti and Brown looking like TORs making pennies allows us to do some real fun roster management.

Edited August 29 by HtownHorn

[kevwun 15,341]

This year might have sunk his shot.  He's at 3 wins on the season and he still needs 40 more with injuries starting to pop up regularly.  He's also lost enough on his fastball that he can't throw it by people regularly anymore.  I don't think he's getting there without a Greinke-like approach change.

Edited August 29 by kevwun

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

 

Edited August 29 by tx 3 putt

[tx 3 putt 75,575]

Let’s F’n Go !!!!!!