Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[Guadaloopy 10973]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

im going to scroll back to mid / late june surly thread for the lulz

 

I was ok through early May, but when they brought Jose Abreu back my flame of hope flickered low.     On May 28th, I said I was out until they finally cut bait with Abreu.  On June 14th, he was gone and I was back on board.  On June 18th, the Mariners went up 10 games in the division and the rest is history.  

[UTexasFight 9469]

28 minutes ago, Bender Bending Rodriguez said:

 

Was there for 1999 and 2019.

Check out 2001! Day game with the roof open! (Looked it up. Game 162 wasn’t until Oct 7 because of 9/11. 68 degrees for a 1pm first pitch!)

[Scraps 13561]

I was good the whole season until we lost to White Sox opening game of the series 2-0 on June 18th.

That loss pissed me off so bad that I posted my first, and only, "i throw in the towel"

Whats funny is that game is actually probably the turning point because they won the next 7 games lulz

[WBT 20593]

21 minutes ago, runthebone said:

I tell my sons not to take this for granted.  It's awesome.

This is almost surely the best stretch of Astros baseball of our lifetimes

[David Dennison 18912]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

This is almost surely the best stretch of Astros baseball of our lifetimes

Best stretch of any team I've ever been a fan of, by far.

[Storm the Field 5295]

Cant' wait to see tomorrow's hangover lineup.

Whitcomb, Kessinger, Salazar all should be starting

Let Kikuchi toss a few innings just to stay on schedule and then have Dubin/Ferguson/Ort/King eat the rest.

[David Dennison 18912]

Just now, Storm the Field said:

Cant' wait to see tomorrow's hangover lineup.

Whitcomb, Kessinger, Salazar all should be starting

Let Kikuchi toss a few innings just to stay on schedule and then have Dubin/Ferguson/Ort/King eat the rest.

And beat them anyway.

[UTexasFight 9469]

9 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I was good the whole season until we lost to White Sox opening game of the series 2-0 on June 18th.

That loss pissed me off so bad that I posted my first, and only, "i throw in the towel"

Whats funny is that game is actually probably the turning point because they won the next 7 games lulz
 

 

Lulz

i randomly picked a page in the middle of this thread… first post:

On 6/15/2024 at 6:23 PM, Scraps said:

Great game. 10 out of 10.

that was priming the pump for that 6/18 game (lost to Detroit 13-5).

[tx 3 putt 76988]

3 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Cant' wait to see tomorrow's hangover lineup.

Whitcomb, Kessinger, Salazar all should be starting

Let Kikuchi toss a few innings just to stay on schedule and then have Dubin/Ferguson/Ort/King eat the rest.

 

im all about being there for grae’s first hit this season tomorrow 

[UTexasFight 9469]

2 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Cant' wait to see tomorrow's hangover lineup.

Whitcomb, Kessinger, Salazar all should be starting

Let Kikuchi toss a few innings just to stay on schedule and then have Dubin/Ferguson/Ort/King eat the rest.

This is the way.

we may need to take at least 1 in Cleveland to lock them in to the 2 seed depending on how New York does to finish up.

[tx 3 putt 76988]

47 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

I was ok through early May, but when they brought Jose Abreu back my flame of hope flickered low.     On May 28th, I said I was out until they finally cut bait with Abreu.  On June 14th, he was gone and I was back on board.  On June 18th, the Mariners went up 10 games in the division and the rest is history.  

 

ill assume that crane had to gove the ‘ok’ to dfa abreu, if so that saved the season imo. took huge stones to make that move and eat two years salary + admit we fucked that one up 

 

 

[runthebone 8002]

55 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Cant' wait to see tomorrow's hangover lineup.

Whitcomb, Kessinger, Salazar all should be starting

Let Kikuchi toss a few innings just to stay on schedule and then have Dubin/Ferguson/Ort/King eat the rest.

1:10 start?  It'll be whatever 9 guys show up.

[Pimphand 5764]

7 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

Cant' wait to see tomorrow's hangover lineup.

Whitcomb, Kessinger, Salazar all should be starting

Let Kikuchi toss a few innings just to stay on schedule and then have Dubin/Ferguson/Ort/King eat the rest.

Man no thanks! These shitboxes get a home set vs Oakland to close out I'd rather us beat them and eliminate them I have zero interest in facing them in a 3 game set with that rotation no matter how unlikely it is.

Detroit at least gets the sacrificial lamb in to close out and Tampa has nothing left to play for except draft status plus the Tigers have been hot as fuck lately and I want them in the 5 hole.

That leaves the 6 slot to one of KC/MIN/SEA and with as shitty as KC & MIN have been playing lately I really want one of them.  It seems like MIN is the more likely candidate given KC is on the road and has to head to Atlanta next who is fighting for their playoff lives with the Metros while the Twins are headed to Baltimore who is locked in the 4 slot.

Just say no to the Mariner assholes ;-)

[Celery Man 20966]

I cannot believe that the Astros won the damn division. Incredible.

[TonyTexas 10515]

The lineup for today’s business man’s special is going to be amusing. 

[cabowabo 4487]

The only player who shouldn’t get any rest is JV.  Fucker needs to start and show something.   If he sucks again, he should go back on the IL to end his season. 

[Longboard Horn 40326]

 

[Rockethorn1978 6093]

So we get either Detroit or KC first then clev unless the Yankees choke down the stretch?

[TejasPedro 1858]

9 hours ago, Mez2 said:

Jason Heyward is our Temu version of Yordan Alvarez

24 MVP - Most Vociferant Post 

[Mez2 4023]

All it took was is going to mexico city to see the boys and turn shit around

[Longboard Horn 40326]

9 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

So we get either Detroit or KC first then clev unless the Yankees choke down the stretch?

They both have the same record currently. Who would you rather face; Detroit or KC?

[Rockethorn1978 6093]

3 minutes ago, Longboard Horn said:

They both have the same record currently. Who would you rather face; Detroit or KC?

Detroit for me. But I’m sure whatever I say someone will come Back with KC. 

[Longboard Horn 40326]

2 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Detroit for me. But I’m sure whatever I say someone will come Back with KC. 

My dad would say KC since he's a Royals fan. 

[Pimphand 5764]

The KC offense has gone into the shitter go back and look at their runs scored the last ~15 games.

It has gotten so bad they likely are going to miss the playoffs.

Do y'all even pay attention to other teams? LOL

[runthebone 8002]

5 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

The KC offense has gone into the shitter go back and look at their runs scored the last ~15 games.

It has gotten so bad they likely are going to miss the playoffs.

Do y'all even pay attention to other teams? LOL

Kind of.  Seattle lost last night?

[Scraps 13561]

At this point if the Tigers don't make the 5 seed then that would be an epic fail because they have 2 more against Tampa and then 3 game series against the fucking White Sox 

Twins or Royals work for me.  

I would rather not run it back with Seattle 

Edited September 25 by Scraps

[Gut Wagon 8081]

5 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

The KC offense has gone into the shitter go back and look at their runs scored the last ~15 games.

It has gotten so bad they likely are going to miss the playoffs.

Do y'all even pay attention to other teams? LOL

Exactly. Since roughly when they lost Pasquantino for the season they've had a big dropoff in run production. Hard to fathom, but we now look like the 1927 Yankees in comparison. As much as I'd like to face KC, I really doubt they make it in. They finish with the Braves, who of course will be giving it all they have.

[Scraps 13561]

2 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

I really doubt they make it in

I mean the Twins aren't exactly amazing and still have to make up 2 games in 5 days.  I think KC still backs in.

[UTexasFight 9469]

Posted it last night. KC. We owe them for 2015.

and I don’t want skubal in a 3 game series 

[Pimphand 5764]

2 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Posted it last night. KC. We owe them for 2015.

and I don’t want skubal in a 3 game series 

If Detroit doesn't win the 5 seed at this point with the remaining schedules and current standings they should fire Hinch immediately

[Gut Wagon 8081]

2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I mean the Twins aren't exactly amazing and still have to make up 2 games in 5 days.  I think KC still backs in.

Hope you're right. Minnesota also sucks. Other than maybe the loser of the race for the East, I don't see any of the AL's WC candidates going on the kind of run Arlington or Arizona did last year. 

[Guadaloopy 10973]

1 hour ago, cabowabo said:

The only player who shouldn’t get any rest is JV.  Fucker needs to start and show something.   If he sucks again, he should go back on the IL to end his season. 

Good lord.  Could you try not to be such a miserable asshole when the team clinched the division less than 12 hours ago?

[Storm the Field 5295]

On 9/23/2024 at 10:46 AM, Storm the Field said:

Really would like to wrap things up today or tomorrow. Not really in the mood for a stressful game Wednesday hoping to avoid a sweep.

Thanks!

[cabowabo 4487]

Good lord.  Could you try not to be such a miserable asshole when the team clinched the division less than 12 hours ago?

Quit being such a sensitive little bitch. This is Surly for fuck sake.

[Evil Bill Obrien 3286]

 

[David Dennison 18912]

So, when do we talk about Yordan?

[Rip76 4941]

Sparks.

 

[Evil Bill Obrien 3286]

5 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

So, when do we talk about Yordan?

Later...much later....like ALDS rosters setting time later...

[Pimphand 5764]

17 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

So, when do we talk about Yordan?

If it is a Grade 1 sprain he should be good to DH during the WC.

If its a Grade 2 sprain we are fucked.

HTH

[Gourmand 7774]

I never doubted. I was pessimistic, sure, but back in the spring when we were sucking dong I knew it was very likely they would turn it around and get on a roll to get back in the division race and lean on their postseason experience to carry them back to the playoffs. The speed at which the Mariners collapsed was obviously very helpful and surprising. What a massive choke job. 

[huge 3793]

You assholes can thank me for my late April max bet on Astros miss playoffs YES -120

[UTPhil2006 3807]

My stab at the lineup 

SS Dubey 

2B Kess 

DH Tuck 

RF JHey 

1B Fatso

C Salazar

3B Whitcomb

CF Meyers 

LF Carrot 

[Scraps 13561]

Is Carrot a red headed dude on our team or Caratini?  Caratini has played exactly 2 innings in his career in the OF when he was 23 yrs old.  

[Pimphand 5764]

Tiebreakers for the wild cards...

AL East:
Detroit holds tiebreaker over Baltimore so that leaves Baltimore's magic number at 2 to lock up the #4 seed and HFA in the first round

AL Central:
Detroit over Kansas City
Minnesota over Detroit
Minnesota over Kansas City

AL West:
Kansas City split with Seattle but Seattle holds the tiebreaker due to better intradivision record (thanks shitty AL West)

I would like for KC to beat Washington and us to beat Seattle and eliminate them ASAP.  The rest can sort itself out...

Kansas City somehow managed to own 0 tiebreakers vs the Wild Card field....

[Pimphand 5764]

[Guadaloopy 10973]

29 minutes ago, huge said:

You assholes can thank me for my late April max bet on Astros miss playoffs YES -120

[Gourmand 7774]

9 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

I would like for KC to beat Washington and us to beat Seattle and eliminate them ASAP.  The rest can sort itself out...

exactly this. I don't give a shit about anything else in the regular season except Seattle being eliminated. 

[Scraps 13561]

nm

Edited September 25 by Scraps

[Gourmand 7774]

 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

19 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Is Carrot a red headed dude on our team or Caratini?  Caratini has played exactly 2 innings in his career in the OF when he was 23 yrs old.  

You try and put together a lineup that gets everyone rest and has enough OF