Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[tx 3 putt 78717]

Great dub 

[WBT 20989]

Big win, good to recover for the split.  Great job by the bullpen.

Nice strategery from Espada to get one out from Hensley knowing that those 5 runs wouldn't hurt us.

[Scraps 13807]

Just want to remind everyone we are undefeated when Yordan homers

Lulz

Still true.


Also undefeated in Blair Henley starts

[David Dennison 19560]

Nice split, team.

[Planet Houston 4950]

Rangers didn’t get a runner to second base after the first inning. THAT is how you do it, bullpen!!!

[Halohal 525]

Well done

[runthebone 8379]

Never in doubt.  Get well, Framber.

[DaysOff 8212]

4 and 7

Not showing off

Not falling behind

[WBT 20989]

Sweep KC and get back to .500 🤔

[elfenix 34754]

Astros win!

[tx 3 putt 78717]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

Sweep KC and get back to .500 🤔

kc is hot

[David Dennison 19560]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

Sweep KC and get back to .500 🤔

I'll take a series win, too.

[tx 3 putt 78717]

 

[Limp Brisket 549]

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

kc is hot

Yep, they just got their own sweep.

[WBT 20989]

8 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

kc is hot

 

8 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I'll take a series win, too.

 

4 minutes ago, Limp Brisket said:

Yep, they just got their own sweep.

True, true.  There's no rush.

[Wulaw Horn 19598]

Game ball to the guy who got the first out of his MLB career (maybe the last out) tonight in a winning effort. 
let’s win again tomorrow. 3 games is a streak fellas. 

[Rimbo 27052]

[Macklemore 2945]

Glad his family got to see him get hammered in person for his one and, most likely, only start in the majors.

Edited April 9 by Macklemore

[Honeysucklerose 1006]

Glad his family got to see him get hammered in person for his one and, most likely, only start in the majors.

He will never forget tonight. Unfortunately for him

[UTexasFight 9819]

1 minute ago, Macklemore said:

Glad his family got to see him get hammered in person  

He didn’t really get hammered.

he did sheet his drawers though.

18 balls out of 39 pitches including a pitch timer violation, 3 walks and a HBP.

73, 93, 108, 83 were the exit velos on the four singles he gave up. So other than Garcia’s they didn’t really square him up

 

But yeah, sucks to go from a MLB locker room to catch a flight to… Albuquerque 

[Hornsbay22 484]

I've been positive the last two games and it could be the trick.  Came into the game just rooting for the over 10 runs. 

[UTexasFight 9819]

Henley really fucked over the starters ERA.

But on the flip side just about every reliever got in at least a scoreless inning the last two nights (save Hader). So take the good with the bad, I guess.

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

33 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

He didn’t really get hammered.

he did sheet his drawers though.

18 balls out of 39 pitches including a pitch timer violation, 3 walks and a HBP.

73, 93, 108, 83 were the exit velos on the four singles he gave up. So other than Garcia’s they didn’t really square him up

 

But yeah, sucks to go from a MLB locker room to catch a flight to… Albuquerque 

did you watch the same 1/3 inning we all did? 

[Wulaw Horn 19598]

 

[tx 3 putt 78717]

So our starter’s era is just totally shot now ?

[Dutchrudder 11245]

Crazy game, but the bats were alive and they pulled off the W. 

Vic Caratini had some good at-bats, not just the homer, but they really should start him at first base and give Abreu a rest. There was one at-bat where he fought off like 7 balls and had a really long plate appearance. I love it when guys do that and wear down a pitcher. Even if he got no hits, at least making consistent contact on foul balls is better than whiffing at pitches 18 inches off the plate. 

Yordan kicked ass as per usual. He had a slow start in that Yankees series, but seems to have found his stride.  

Seth Martinez did awesome coming into a terrible situation. The Bullpen gave up 0 runs in 8 2/3 innings. Pretty pretty pretty good. 

Salvaging the series at 2-2 is not bad, as it ties the Rangers with the Angels for first place in the division and the Astros are only 2.5 games back. Still plenty of games to go, lots of things to be excited and worried about. Need to make some adjustments and keep grinding. Verlander will be back soon, and that should solidify the rotation for a while. 

[Texas St. Armadillos 1388]

5 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

So our starter’s era is just totally shot now ?

It's a stat.  Stats don't hang banners.

[Welch 640]

9 minutes ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

It's a stat.  Stats don't hang banners.

Especially when that stat is an ERA of 135.00.

[Lat22 4086]

9 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

But yeah, sucks to go from a MLB locker room to catch a flight to… Albuquerque

Did he even have time for his cup of coffee?

[Macklemore 2945]

 

[Honeysucklerose 1006]

 

This one kinda sucked. He could do better

[Rip76 5022]

10 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Vic Caratini had some good at-bats, not just the homer, but they really should start him at first base and give Abreu a rest.

Don't know much about him, but is really an option?

[Scraps 13807]

He has started 25 games at 1B....played in 62 games there.

So yes

[tx 3 putt 78717]

Good read …

 

[Huckleberry 34701]

30 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Good read …

 

Quote

"The cutter was a pitch that, early on, really helped with lefty’s, and now also righty’s, I’ve become very comfortable with it,” VanWey added.

Astrosfuture.com does not want me to take them seriously. 

[Dutchrudder 11245]

5 hours ago, Welch said:

Especially when that stat is an ERA of 135.00.

Although ERA-135 would make for a good vanity plate. If he were my brother, that's what he would be finding under the Christmas tree. 

[n64ra 1150]

I don't normally venture over to the Rangers thread to talk trash, but when you lose to a starter with a 135.00 ERA, I do!

[tx 3 putt 78717]

Who called into 790 to argue that whitley should get a start ?

[Planet Houston 4950]

I enjoyed sports radio this morning suggesting that Blair Henley won a promotional "Pro for a Day" contest put on by the Astros 😂

[tx 3 putt 78717]

 

[TonyTexas 10783]

Mushinski joining the team in KC which probably means Framber to the IL since Mush hasn’t completed his 15 days in the minors and can only be brought up prior as an injury replacement. 

[tx 3 putt 78717]

Let’s not forget the Royals sweeping us last Year 

[Scraps 13807]

Ari Alexander is a better news breaker than the puds who cover the team as their job

[TonyTexas 10783]

 

[tx 3 putt 78717]

25 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

 

[Scraps 13807]

He actually was probably pretty close to making the opening day roster

[tx 3 putt 78717]

[Dutchrudder 11245]

KC went 1-2 against the Orioles and Twins, then won 4 against the horribad White Sox. This should be an easy 2-1/3-0 series for the Astros, but we know that nothing for this team is easy.  KC has a +19 run differential and 15 of that came from the White Sox series. 

[tx 3 putt 78717]

 

[hornmpa96 2669]

22 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

KC went 1-2 against the Orioles and Twins, then won 4 against the horribad White Sox. This should be an easy 2-1/3-0 series for the Astros, but we know that nothing for this team is easy.  KC has a +19 run differential and 15 of that came from the White Sox series. 

I thought this in 2023 as well. I’m not falling for the banana in the tailpipe again.