Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[cabowabo 4692]

Fucking pathetic Tucker 

[Gut Wagon 8219]

Bad managing to let this continue. I don't care about getting Tucker back in the flow if it's going to cost us games doing it. 

[David Dennison 19572]

That is a terrible loss.

[Rip76 5023]

Fucking trash

[UTHornFan014 755]

We are unbelievably bad at basic fundamentals of baseball

[Hornsbay22 485]

Bunch of fucking pussies

[ckhorn 226]

Fairly certain we have the dumbest Manager in the Majors.

[runthebone 8380]

Shitty

[TejasPedro 1918]

Just now, Hornsbay22 said:

Bunch of fucking pussies

Fans or the team?

[UTexasFight 9830]

5 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

Bad managing to let this continue. I don't care about getting Tucker back in the flow if it's going to cost us games doing it. 

49-31 without Tucker

28-36 with him 

[Storm the Field 5367]

Dumbest loss of the entire season. 

2/17 with RISP.

You hold the visiting team scoreless 2 straight innings in extras, you should have about a 99% chance of winning. Nope, defeated by the inability to properly field 3 straight bunts. And of course strand a leadoff double in the bottom half. 

[UTHornFan014 755]

Someone talk me off the ledge RE: Espada. I feel like he is a moron who doesn't pay attention to the important details of baseball. 

[Rip76 5023]

They bunted around.

[runthebone 8380]

Can you win the World Series by playing shitty baseball but having Seattle keep losing?  Asking for a friend.

[Gut Wagon 8219]

If there's anything this team couldn't use, it's a first baseman. 😡
 

 

[HtownHorn 15235]

1 hour ago, Gut Wagon said:

If there's anything this team couldn't use, it's a first baseman. 😡
 

 

He ain't it either.

[tx 3 putt 78793]

when you have to use the jose abreu logic ….

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

 

 

[kevwun 16450]

Back of the baseball card is the new vote of confidence.  When it's uttered, countdown starts.

Edited September 11 by kevwun

[runthebone 8380]

He gets chances if Seattle keeps losing.  Otherwise, good luck finding 40 more wins elsewhere.

[tx 3 putt 78793]

surly thread ….

 

[Scraps 13813]

Kyle Tucker needs to get his head out of his ass fairly quick. Should have went for rehab assignment, but of course our brainiacs would rather him bat 4th and go one for 80.

[kevwun 16450]

Yeah, he needed a week or 2 in the minors.  He has been out for a long time with an injury that severely limited most baseball activities.  He was 100% going to be rusty as fuck.

[David Dennison 19572]

12 hours ago, runthebone said:

Can you win the World Series by playing shitty baseball but having Seattle keep losing?  Asking for a friend.

Yes. See: 2023 Texas Rangers

[UTPhil2006 3930]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

surly thread ….

 

Bc we are right. 

11 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Kyle Tucker needs to get his head out of his ass fairly quick. Should have went for rehab assignment, but of course our brainiacs would rather him bat 4th and go one for 80.

This has basically been his rehab assignment. I expect 2 HR tonight 

[UTexasFight 9830]

5.5 back of the 2 seed with 18 to go.

gonna be tough 

[UTHornFan014 755]

Just now, UTexasFight said:

5.5 back of the 2 seed with 18 to go.

gonna be tough 

I'll be happy if we just win the division at this point. We've pissed away an absurd amount of games this season with brain dead roster construction, brain dead management/lineups, and brain dead defense. 

[UTexasFight 9830]

6 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Bc we are right. 

This has basically been his rehab assignment. I expect 2 HR tonight 

I said it over the weekend. He should be batting higher than 5th until he shows he’s found his rhythm.

0-6 from the 3 hole last night (with runners on base in 5 of those ) was brutal 

[UTPhil2006 3930]

45 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

I'll be happy if we just win the division at this point. We've pissed away an absurd amount of games this season with brain dead roster construction, brain dead management/lineups, and brain dead defense. 

Get to 3 by the last 3 then..

 

[tx 3 putt 78793]

1 hour ago, UTexasFight said:

I said it over the weekend. He should be batting higher than 5th until he shows he’s found his rhythm.

0-6 from the 3 hole last night (with runners on base in 5 of those ) was brutal 

have you read the back of his baseball card !!!

[UTexasFight 9830]

2 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

I said it over the weekend. He should not be batting higher than 5th until he shows he’s found his rhythm.

0-6 from the 3 hole last night (with runners on base in 5 of those ) was brutal 

Edit

[tx 3 putt 78793]

[UTPhil2006 3930]

Now these mf just trolling me 

 

[UTexasFight 9830]

Is that whitcomb or dezenzo top right?

holy shit talk about iron hands 

Edited September 11 by UTexasFight

[kevwun 16450]

Dezenzo is back in Sugar Land.

[hornmpa96 2672]

Why does Espada play Diaz at 1B and Caratini at C?

Diaz is a butcher at 1B and I cringe every time he has to catch a pick-off throw. Caratini has actual experience playing 1B in the majors and looks competent to me.

[kevwun 16450]

He's a better catcher though.  The problem is that Yainer's best position is DH, but we don't have the luxury of playing him there regularly.

[UTexasFight 9830]

33 minutes ago, kevwun said:

He's a better catcher though.  The problem is that Yainer's best position is DH, but we don't have the luxury of playing him there regularly.

We have an entire infield and 2/3rds of an OF full of DHs on this team the way they are playing defense since the ASB.

I don’t see anyway it doesn’t cost us at least 1 one game in the playoffs. That combined with an incompetent rookie manager, it will be a minor miracle if we make it back to the LCS, let alone the World Series and/or win it all.

the only saving grace is that no one else in the AL looks unbeatable and we’re 3-3 against the best of the NL so anything can happen.

[runthebone 8380]

Everyone chill.  Gamel is going to be the hero tonight.

[Scraps 13813]

This has basically been his rehab assignment. I expect 2 HR tonight 

.

[Scraps 13813]

Sword

[David Dennison 19572]

So we just don't care about base runners?

[David Dennison 19572]

Or playing defense, apparently.

[UTHornFan014 755]

Do we ever practice fielding? What the fuck

[Scraps 13813]

Intentionally kicking the ball seems uhhh illegal lol

[David Dennison 19572]

JFC

[Scraps 13813]

Obligatory

[Scraps 13813]

Bregman looking 22 yrs old

[Scraps 13813]

Hunter let his balls hang there

[Scraps 13813]

Fuck me.

[David Dennison 19572]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Fuck me.

Altuve looking 34 years old.