Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[Harrison Stafford 3390]

I imagine Jeff Luhnow and James Click are watching somewhere laughing, based on how GMs Jim Crane, Jeff Bagwell, Dana Brown, and Reggie Jackson derailed this entire organization. They were the smartest people in the room and won stupid prizes. 

Can’t wait for 4 more years of Josh Hader!

[TOR 6100]

5 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

 

He likes 1B.

 

[HtownHorn 15243]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

mangers look great when guys hit the ball and throw strikes 

Shitty managers also put pitchers into game situations they have failed at all season in playoff games and sit around waiting for a 3-run HR that isn't coming. Espada promised before the season that he would be more active with bunting, stealing, and hit and running. None of it happened with any real frequency which is why the Astros were so horrible in 1-run games and could barely scratch across 3 runs in the series, all coming in innings where the bunt was used.

Edited October 2 by HtownHorn

[WBT 20879]

15 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

he's still obviously not back up to snuff

He's not?  He was pretty damn good after he came back

[Rip76 5009]

AJ come home 

[tx 3 putt 78461]

2 minutes ago, patrickdrinksbeer said:

why on earth would you swap an elite offensive catcher for an average offensive 1B?

1B is the easiest and cheapest position to upgrade.

 

the tell tale sign if he plays winter ball, at 1st

 

[HtownHorn 15243]

25 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

We've been to the top of the mountain twice.  I'm already over this loss.

It was the microcosm of the entire season. Having to depend on subs players and watching your manager piss away late inning situations by using the same people that failed him all season.

[HtownHorn 15243]

23 minutes ago, TOR said:

Dana Brown needed to be fired when Detroit made the last out.  The roster is a shambles.

Yet most of his acquisitions worked out.

Montero, Abreu, and Hader were all Crane acquisitions, two of which were on the team before Brown got the job. Brown should get a chance to clean up the mess Crane and the HOF cabal made in the last 2 off-seasons.

Resigning Kikuchi should be item #1 in the offseason.

Edited October 2 by HtownHorn

[UTexasFight 9787]

We fucked it up only getting 2 off the rookie pissing down his leg.

 

that should have backfired big time on Hinch and he got away with it

 

Edited October 2 by UTexasFight

[Rockethorn1978 6203]

2 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

We fucked it up only getting 2 off the rookie pissing down his leg.

 

 

Had hinch not gotten cocky we wouldn’t have scored at all. Hell we looked like we struggled to score the two that we did. 

[HenryJames 67113]

[HtownHorn 15243]

1 minute ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Had hinch not gotten cocky we wouldn’t have scored at all. Hell we looked like we struggled to score the two that we did. 

Similar move to when Dierker put in Mike Jackson in the 8th inning in game 1 in the 2001 NLDS.

[Jshep34 2425]

Thanks for the clutch play here Bregman , tucker and pressley( dude was money in 2022 playoffs). Wish them the best wherever they go.

[Rimbo 26852]

Just want to say that there's no better feeling than seeing all the other teams revel in our loss.

They don't do that if you suck.

[Scraps 13744]

Ouch.

Don't neg me bro!

[Rimbo 26852]

i miss hinch

[Scraps 13744]

I miss clutch hitting

[David Dennison 19439]

Well, that fucking sucked.

And now I'm over it.

[David Dennison 19439]

35 minutes ago, Harrison Stafford said:

I imagine Jeff Luhnow and James Click are watching somewhere laughing, based on how GMs Jim Crane, Jeff Bagwell, Dana Brown, and Reggie Jackson derailed this entire organization. They were the smartest people in the room and won stupid prizes. 

Can’t wait for 4 more years of Josh Hader!

Josh Hader can be traded, if need be.

[Guadaloopy 11129]

23 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Fucking cooler. 

[SizzleChest 8302]

26 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

If he shows up October 19th at DKR, Eltife, Hartzell, and CDC need to get kicked in the nuts repeatedly.

[Dutchrudder 11227]

Well that was a shitty end to the season. I thought they would at least win 1 against the Tigers, and we would get to see Skubal vs Kikuchi tomorrow for a win or go home game. There are a lot of questions for the off-season, but if they can find a way to keep Bregman and Kikuchi, I think they could round out the roster pretty well from there and win the division again next year. They aren't sunk yet, and if Tucker doesn't get a freak injury off a foul ball, this team probably has 93+ wins and a first round bye. Anyway, that's baseball. Get em next year. 

[David Dennison 19439]

2 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Well that was a shitty end to the season. I thought they would at least win 1 against the Tigers, and we would get to see Skubal vs Kikuchi tomorrow for a win or go home game. There are a lot of questions for the off-season, but if they can find a way to keep Bregman and Kikuchi, I think they could round out the roster pretty well from there and win the division again next year. They aren't sunk yet, and if Tucker doesn't get a freak injury off a foul ball, this team probably has 93+ wins and a first round bye. Anyway, that's baseball. Get em next year. 

Joe Espada needs to go to manager school.

[Guadaloopy 11129]

La Piña advances.  

[David Dennison 19439]

I really wish we had played KC.

Oh well.

[tx 3 putt 78461]

50 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I miss clutch hitting

 

any hitting and home runs 

 

[WBT 20879]

at least the new astros lost right after the real astros?

[UTHornFan014 751]

I remember being happy when it was announced Dusty Baker wasn't coming back. Now I long for the days of Dusty managing by gut feel. I am convinced Espada is a moron and doesn't understand the basic fundamentals of baseball 😆 

[UTHornFan014 751]

This season already had me completely numb after how many times we willingly kept tripping over our own dick, so, unfortunately, these losses to the Tigers didn't even really phase me. 

[Wishbone 4924]

On the bright side…we have LMJ’s return to look forward to next year! …(ducks!)

[Mez2 4041]

[tx 3 putt 78461]

5 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

On the bright side…we have LMJ’s return to look forward to next year! …(ducks!)

 

and garcia 

i’d sign urquidy on the cheap if he bites

[Iceman 2956]

1 hour ago, Wishbone said:

On the bright side…we have LMJ’s return to look forward to next year! …(ducks!)

Maybe he'll take Baggy's place.

[David Dennison 19439]

 

[Guadaloopy 11129]

11 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

 

[tx 3 putt 78461]

boras is going to fuck it up 

[txduck87 1019]

Watching Phil maton getting rocked tonight in Mets brewers game gives me pleasure. I’m taking any small victories I can get today.

[UTexasFight 9787]

Or the “new Astros” starting 0 and 5 at the opening of their window …and only scoring above 2 runs in one of those games 

[David Dennison 19439]

If Alex Bregman wants to stay in Houston, Scott Boras and the Astros will work something out.

[TejasPedro 1911]

If Bregman leaves, who will play opposite Pena in those god awful HEB commercials? I’m guessing they call up Whitcomb, looks like he might have performed in a few high school musicals  

[tx 3 putt 78461]

1 hour ago, TejasPedro said:

If Bregman leaves, who will play opposite Pena in those god awful HEB commercials? I’m guessing they call up Whitcomb, looks like he might have performed in a few high school musicals  

 

chip me 

[WBT 20879]

14 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Similar move to when Dierker put in Mike Jackson in the 8th inning in game 1 in the 2001 NLDS.

Too soon

[Guadaloopy 11129]

We should have used cinnamon.   Tigers hate cinnamon.  

[n64ra 1149]

Gonna be pissed if the Yankees win the AL. Damn Tigers for knocking out the Yankee-killing Astros in that case.

[UTexasFight 9787]

Woke up firmly in the denial stage. How about y’all?

I’m already feeling tinges of anger and expect I’m going to be in rare form by end of day (especially with how work has started today) 

 

 

Edited October 3 by UTexasFight

[kevwun 16269]

I only have to make it 2 more hours and then we're going to Port A.  Honestly this team was so frustrating to watch I'm kind of relieved it's over.  I am very over running out a player you know is going to fail, but having to watch it happen anyway.  There was someone who fit that category pretty much the entire season.

[UTexasFight 9787]

8 minutes ago, n64ra said:

Gonna be pissed if the Yankees win the AL. Damn Tigers for knocking out the Yankee-killing Astros in that case.

We’re going to get Yankees/dodgers

great for the game. Awful for Astros fans.

[Pablo 500]

Flushed this loss already.   This team was so damn frustrating and the two L's in the playoffs perfectly encapsulated the season.

Solid starting pitching, can't score without bombs and a leaky bullpen just like the start of the year. Sadly the middle of our season where we took over the division was the anomaly.  

If Seattle doesn't crater offensively, we wouldn't have won the division.

Lets get some new blood and saddle up for 2025!

[Pablo 500]

5 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

We’re going to get Yankees/dodgers

great for the game. Awful for Astros fans.

i'd love to see Philly or SD take on the Yankees.

ugh, for LA / NY.

[Ojo Rojo 2040]

If Jose Abreu hadn't sucked, if LMJ, Garcia, Urquidy, Javier and Graveman wouldn't have gotten injured, if Tucker and Yordan hadn't been injured, if my aunt had a dick she'd be my uncle.

 

I'd probably re-sign Bregman for whatever it takes.  Dude is part of the core in every way - on the field, in the clubhouse, tough competitor, etc. etc. etc.  He's only 30.  Get him for as few years as you can, but the AAV has to be what it has to be to keep him.  I'd also roll with Singleton at 1B.  He had an OPS over 700, had a higher OBP than Bregman.  His ROI is higher than some big expensive free agent would be.  If you do that, you've got to upgrade in the OF.  With all of the pitching coming back healthy we should be a playoff team again.