2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

No doubt about that one. Margone. 

[perfectchaos007 6634]

Only down by 1 run. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

There you go, Marwin! 

[WBT 20561]

Marwinning

[perfectchaos007 6634]

Tough luck. Another 1 run loss for the Astros, but we cut a 5 run deficit into just a 1 run deficit which is encouraging. 

[UTHornFan014 710]

Damn... Just dug ourselves too deep a hole. Lots of hard hit balls the last few innings

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[Mez2 4023]

What a pisser

[Mo Horn 8832]

We have 18 losses and a third of those belong to DK. He has more losses than all other starters combined. 

[Gut Wagon 8065]

I saw none of it. But as I’ve come to expect DK to be not much over a .500 pitcher these days, it doesn’t surprise me he’d lose a matchup with Kluber. Let’s win tomorrow and make it all better. 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

Win the series tomorrow !

[Rimbo 25919]

Losing sucks

[TonyTexas 10510]

Corresponding move not announced yet. Has to be Fisher

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

Let’s hope JD isn’t just a AAAA player. 

[Hank Chinaski 6314]

Seems like it is sink-or-swim time for JD. The dude is 25 and is hitting .415/.473/.654 in AAA. Granted, he plays in a hitters league and has a .510 BABIP, but he doesn't have anything left to prove at the minor league level, other than maybe improving his contact issues (and he has been striking out less this year). 

I hope he gets consistent ABs at DH, but he and Gattis both hit R, so who knows. As far as I know, Davis hasn't played any OF...

Edited May 20, 2018 by Hank Chinaski

[UTexasFight 9431]

Read a week or so ago he’s played 6 games in LF this year

[tx 3 putt 76905]

My guess is the bullpen is going to 12 players or reddick to 10 day DL

Edited May 20, 2018 by tx 3 putt

[TonyTexas 10510]

My guess is the bullpen is going to 12 players or reddick to 10 day DL

Reddick isn’t going on the DL. He pinch hit yesterday. Maybe a reliever but Hinch likes to have 13 pitchers. Fisher has to be the guy. Hitting .176 with a 50% SO/AB ratio.

[tx 3 putt 76905]

There’s nothing enough pitches for a 13 man BP with this rotation. That’ll chNge later in the season 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

I’m all for sending down and/or getting rid of fisher

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

We have five guys who are really good at AAA and suck in the majors. We are just bringing up someone we know is going to suck and be sent back in two weeks. But it is a small problem to have. If we are relying on these guys to hit, we have bigger issues.  

Hopefully we can just use these guys to give some rest and do some pinch running. Expect anything more from them is just going to get us aggravated. We just have to wait for the next wave of prospects to come through. 

[TonyTexas 10510]

Creative DL

 https://twitter.com/chandler_rome/status/998268295391432704?s=21

 

 

 

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

He had bad Mexican?

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

22 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Creative DL

 

 

 

 

[Gut Wagon 8065]

Fisher has strained relations. 

[Scraps 13561]

Even if made up thats a fucking embarrassing reason Fisher.

[DaysOff 7947]

I'm constipated for days on this low carb diet. Somedays I think I can't fly like this.

[runthebone 7968]

Well, he has been shitty all year. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[Hank Chinaski 6314]

2 hours ago, Dr. Teeth said:

We have five guys who are really good at AAA and suck in the majors. We are just bringing up someone we know is going to suck and be sent back in two weeks. But it is a small problem to have. If we are relying on these guys to hit, we have bigger issues.  

Hopefully we can just use these guys to give some rest and do some pinch running. Expect anything more from them is just going to get us aggravated. We just have to wait for the next wave of prospects to come through. 

Maybe. But Davis has had all of 96 big-league plate appearances, and has been a roughly average hitter (94 wRC+). Given that he has been a good offensive player at every level of the minors, I don't think he should be dismissed based on his first 100 MLB PAs. He is at least playable at 3B or 1B (and apparently he's played 6 games in LF). 

Reed has had 147 PAs and has been awful (45 wRC+) and is limited to 1B. 

Tyler White has had 343 PAs and has been below average (89 wRC+). Though he was better in '17 than in '16. Still, he is 2 years older than Davis or Reed. 

I don't disagree that it is difficult to "expect" anything from them, but they aren't worthless. Getting average production from them at the big league level has value, even if it is in a fill-in capacity. I mean, we regularly have Jake Marisnick and/or Evan Gattis in our everyday lineup - any of these three guys outhitting them wouldn't be terribly surprising. 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

That DL is hilarious 

[Mo Horn 8832]

Made that harder than it had to be,  but a great catch

[UTexasFight 9431]

That was a bit much Tony, but I’ll take it

[Gut Wagon 8065]

I guess he thought he was about to bounce off the wall. Didn’t realize he was going to keep drifting past the line. Regardless, he caught it. Already a good move. 

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

Why Alex why?

[Mo Horn 8832]

Aggressive baserunning bit us on that one. I'm fine with it. It took a perfect throw to get him. 

[Mez2 4023]

At least no perfect game!

[Gut Wagon 8065]

4 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

Aggressive baserunning bit us on that one. I'm fine with it. It took a perfect throw to get him. 

Bregs hit second as the ball was fielded. A guy with some speed will make third more often than not in that scenario. Took a great throw and a great pick to get him, as noted. 

Were we hitting great, maybe you call that a baserunning error. But we’re not, so it wasn’t. 

Edited May 21, 2018 by Gut Wagon

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

Sure if it is the sixth inning and we have the bottom of order up. First and second with one out and Correa up is different. Not like our offense is revving on all engines. 

 

[Mo Horn 8832]

Lance dealing

[Mez2 4023]

great at bat mccann

[Mez2 4023]

come one, george, let's pick one of these up

[Mo Horn 8832]

Damn. 2 innings, 2 missed opportunities. Good news is that we've been able to hit Carrasco a bit. But more times than not when you don't get to a starter early, when you have a chance, it comes back to bite you. 

[Mez2 4023]

fuck, i seriously hope those LOBs don't bite us in the asshole

[Gut Wagon 8065]

Two miserable ABs by Springer. Lots of fuses lit so far, but no explosions. 

[Mez2 4023]

lance is throwing wiffleballs

[DaysOff 7947]

I'd like to score runs

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

Lance is not fucking around. 

[Mez2 4023]

4 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

I'd like to score runs

i'd like to score just one run

[Mez2 4023]

we should never play on national TV; we can't hit worth a fuck

[Mo Horn 8832]

Like i said about not getting to him early. Looks like he settled down.