2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[Mez2 4023]

Yuli reads this board.

Get ahead, let's stay ahead

[Mez2 4023]

wooooooo!!!!

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

Good starts are nice.

[UTexasFight 9450]

2 out RBIs!!! Woooo

[Lat22 4014]

The As are going to have PTSD after this series. 

[tx 3 putt 76958]

marWINNING !!

[Lat22 4014]

Marlosing. 

[Johnny Sack 8397]

We run bases like retards. And it drives me nuts. 

[UTexasFight 9450]

The As are going to have PTSD after this series. 

The series between these two teams is starting to look like Texas/ou football
Win today (obviously a long way to go) and astros will have won 8 in a row vs Oakland
Before that Oakland won 6 in a row
Before that Houston won 12 of 14 dating back to beginning of 2017.

[henrygandorf 29191]

that four game set in oak last sept still stings.

[Mez2 4023]

have i mentioned situational hitting gives me chub?

[HtownHorn 14682]

11 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

that four game set in oak last sept still stings.

Don't care won championship.

[Mez2 4023]

mccannon baaaalllllll!!!

[Jograves 357]

DAVE really hustled after that McCann homer.

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

Who cann? McCann cann.

[UTexasFight 9450]

Christ
2-0 fastball...

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

Not a great day for Oakland infielders and pop-ups.

[Mez2 4023]

these guys need to watch tom emanski fielding videos.

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

That was a perfect slide by Kemp.

[Mez2 4023]

....floodgates....

[Mez2 4023]

maybe we can get another position player to pitch against us in back to back games - that should be the goal now. 

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

This team was 2 games above .500 before we came into their home field and wrecked shit. Wrecked. Shit.

[WBT 20572]

Just got out of a meeting.  I see that McGattis homered again?  Cool.

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Kickin' ass, takin' names. Love playing the A's

[UTexasFight 9450]

Yep.
This inning will hopefully just about do it
Get through these last few innings healthy and get on the plane to KC...
Oh, except Gattis still has 5 RBIs to get

[UTexasFight 9450]

Edit: delete.

saw some wrong info in MLb app

 

 

[Mez2 4023]

From the Antoine to the MLK, these HTown boys like to swang and bang

#HTownPride

[Rustic Horn 929]

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

#45!!!

[TonyTexas 10513]

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

back to back sweeps! 

[henrygandorf 29191]

oakland is 24-11 when not playing the al west.

[henrygandorf 29191]

games played and all that, but i think we're leading mlb in total runs scored.

[UTexasFight 9450]

games played and all that, but i think we're leading mlb in total runs scored.

5 up on Boston at this exact moment
Will have played the same number of games after they finish tonight in Seattle

[TonyTexas 10513]

games played and all that, but i think we're leading mlb in total runs scored.

Also lead in fewest runs allowed. That’s good, right?

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

6 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

i'm on instagram and have no idea what you're talking about.

Mumbles put on the big head Eckersley costume.  

[tx 3 putt 76958]

Keep racking Up W’s 

[Planet Houston 4930]

Only one game off last year’s record after 70 games. This team is really fucking good. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

Nice sweep, but it feels like Khris Davis has hit 200 homers against us the last two seasons.  Thankfully they don’t do much damage when we are scoring in bunches. 

[WBT 20572]

Back in 1st place.  I was starting to wonder if Seattle was ever going to lose again.

[Amos Moses 795]

Starting pitching update at 70 games.  Not as rosy as 30 games ago, to be sure, but still damn good.

GS -- 70

W/L -- 35-15

IP -- 438.0

SO -- 478

BB -- 118

P/GS -- 99.5

K/9 -- 9.82

WHIP -- 1.01

ERA -- 2.96

BAA -- .205

[UTexasFight 9450]

Back in 1st place.  I was starting to wonder if Seattle was ever going to lose again.

9 more in a row bs NYY and BOS.

[MAROON 445]

1 hour ago, UTexasFight said:

9 more in a row bs NYY and BOS.

yep - Seattle's spring break is over

[Mez2 4023]

58 minutes ago, MAROON said:

yep - Seattle's spring break is over

They've bankrolled enough wins that I think they're just about locked for a wild card this year

[TonyTexas 10513]

They've bankrolled enough wins that I think they're just about locked for a wild card this year

Yep. Angels are the only other team with a pulse. We just need to win the division and stay out of that 1 game wildcard crapshoot.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[henrygandorf 29191]

you could argue that the 4-5 best teams in mlb are in the al this year.  i'm not sure i would favor any nl team in a 7 game series against any of the 5 projected playoff team (tough to forecast injuries, etc obviously). 

the west and east will be hugely important races since the inclusion of wc2.  i was thinking about it last week, and it seemed to be a popular topic on mlb yesterday, but there may very well be a 1 game wild card matchup between (some combo) of paxton, verlander, sale, severino for the right to play in an actual series.  that's bananas.

i, like many, think seattle will fade, but even so, boston/nyy will have to take paxton down (although likely at home) to advance.

[Pablo 494]

48 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

you could argue that the 4-5 best teams in mlb are in the al this year.  i'm not sure i would favor any nl team in a 7 game series against any of the 5 projected playoff team (tough to forecast injuries, etc obviously). 

the west and east will be hugely important races since the inclusion of wc2.  i was thinking about it last week, and it seemed to be a popular topic on mlb yesterday, but there may very well be a 1 game wild card matchup between (some combo) of paxton, verlander, sale, severino for the right to play in an actual series.  that's bananas.

i, like many, think seattle will fade, but even so, boston/nyy will have to take paxton down (although likely at home) to advance.

that's pretty great, as Paxton will be tough and then either will be pushed back in the playoffs with a W

Edited June 15, 2018 by Pablo

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[henrygandorf 29191]

yep.  the trade deadline will be very interesting, as those 5 teams try to get better, all with differing needs, not to mention the 8-10 nl teams that will likely still be alive.  it may come down to sp depth, as only boston and houston have legit #2 guys (i guess depending on tanaka's health, but he don't scare me).  if nyy goes out and gets degrom, that changes shit in a hurry.  having cole go as sp2 and whomever is going best out of lmj/dk/morty going sp3 is huge for us, and obviously diminishes what most everyone thinks is our only weakness - the bully.  of course, we'll likely add 1-2 arms there.

what i like is that when you look at the 10-12 buyers, there isn't a glaring need for relievers like in some years past.  but most everyone will be looking for sp, especially considering how houston and chicago won.