2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[Rimbo 25984]

Losing sucks.

Having our top of the rotation struggle at the plate sucks.

Having Yuli back is good. Our starters not named Keuchel are good.

[Rimbo 25984]

oh, and:

f the rangers

f bud selig

and f bud adams while i'm at it

 

[runthebone 8015]

Sheeeeee-it

[Jshep34 2317]

Hopefully ted can come up in June and take away at bats from gattis. 

[maninblack 7974]

Whoa whoa whoa I was told there's nooooooooo way we see Ted this season

Edited April 15, 2018 by maninblack

[HtownHorn 14726]

5 hours ago, David Dennison said:

You should see how the last two teams we faced last season are doing.

 

Don't give a shit about the Yankees or Dodgers.

Edited April 15, 2018 by HtownHorn

[Fozzz 152]

Tyler White continuing to crush the ball in Fresno. I’d give him a shot at DH if Gattis continues to struggle. 

[HtownHorn 14726]

1 minute ago, Fozzz said:

Tyler White continuing to crush the ball in Fresno. I’d give him a shot at DH if Gattis continues to struggle. 

Plus White can at least attempt to play the infield except SS thus giving you the option to DH others on the infield

[Hank Chinaski 6315]

As a team, we are at .250/.334/.388, ranking 18th is SLG. The Astros had a .425 SLG% last April. 

We are at 24% K rate as a team right now, with a 107 wRC+; last year was 19.5% and 107 in April (17% and a 121 wRC+ for the year). Another poster earlier in the thread astutely pointed out that Gurriel's return (replacing JD Davis, mostly) should improve the contact issue, and Yuli has started quickly. 

Batted ball profiles look pretty much the same - no glaring disparities. 

All in all, the bats have been frustrating, but it doesn't look like anything fundamentally has changed other than more strikeouts, which are mostly accounted for by substituting Yuli (career 10% K rate) with Davis (career 30% K rate). 

That said, it is possible that Marwin and Peacock, two really important players last year, had their career years in 2018. Still , no reason to think they won't at least be pretty good at this point. 

tl;dr - it's April. 

 

[UTexasFight 9504]

Above is a great post.
Thanks for quantifying some of the hitting stats.

I do agree with the last paragraph too though unfortunately. Just hopeful it’s only the two of them.

[Dr. Teeth 5845]

oh CJ. 

[theaveragejon 988]

https://www.barstoolsports.com/chicago/rangers-analyst-thinks-alex-bregman-is-petty-because-he-wears-number-2

[Honeysucklerose 990]

Anyone got 2 for tonight??

[UTexasFight 9504]

Anyone got 2 for tonight??

Check PM

[Honeysucklerose 990]

Check PM

Thanks man. Responded

[UTexasFight 9504]

THIS DATE IN ASTROS HISTORY - april 15
1968 - The longest shutout in MLB history is played at the Astrodome vs. the Mets, lasting over six hours before the Astros nally score a run in the 24th inning to win it, 1-0...catch- ers Hal King and Jerry Grote play the entire contest...Tom Seaver (10 IP, 2 H) and Don Wilson (9 IP, 5 H) were the starters...Wade Blasingame earned the win in relief (4 IP).

[Horny Bull 2760]

 

[Pods 7586]

anyone going tonight?

[TonyTexas 10517]

CJ and Bregman have a history. Remember this from last year after an Odor bat flip on a long single in the WBC

“Kid with 70 days in the big leagues subtweets Odor’s bat flip, and tells him to ‘act like you’ve done it before,'” Nitkowski wrote. “In a second cowardly act the tweet gets deleted. Twitter courage fades fast.”

[DoobieWah 1448]

23 hours ago, Simon Honeybone said:

The Astros are 1-2 against teams that don't suck.  They are 9-3 against the dregs of the MLB.  You don't get to play 130 games against the dregs of the MLB unfortunately...

Takes a few days to get used to the weight of those World Champion rings in the batter's box. We'll be fine, thanks.

[TexArcher 37980]

Okay, let's wrap this thing up before the Rockets tip off.

[Pods 7586]

No one in attendance tonight? I have a seat upgrade for 2 for free. 

[cabowabo 4489]

If we lose to this fatass, innocent people will be hurt. 

[Stros 153]

I see Miami guy just showed up.


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[Mo Horn 8850]

How did that stay in the park? 

[Stros 153]

I see Miami guy is sitting with a LSU guy. Is there a LSU guy know to?


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[Pods 7586]

No one at the game? 2 really good free seat upgrades available. 

[DaysOff 7951]

If we lose to this fat old fuck I'm hitting the panic button then checking the recruiting thread to see how we're doing.

[Dr. Teeth 5845]

Suboptimal 

[Pods 7586]

They're getting some good contact off Verlander tonight. 

[Honeysucklerose 990]

No one at the game? 2 really good free seat upgrades available. 

I'm here, but don't know if you can upgrade these seats I have! Whatcha got??

[Rockethorn1978 6093]

10-5 this season and our offense hasn’t even gotten into a rhythm like they can. Our pitching night in and night out will keep us in every game. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Alex and Jessica are intolerable. Watching with sound off. Almost like being there. 

And Astros still can’t hit shit.

[Mo Horn 8850]

Well, the first time through the lineup was underwhelming to say the least. 

[Gut Wagon 8083]

3 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

That’s kinda freaky. Wonder how much was influenced by pharmaceuticals? 

[orangeut 212]

What a wicked pitch by Verlander

[TexArcher 37980]

4 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Alex and Jessica are intolerable. Watching with sound off. Almost like being there. 

And Astros still can’t hit shit.

I don't mind Jessica too much, probably because I want to sleep with her.

A-Rod is like Lowell Galindo on steroids.

[TexArcher 37980]

None of the Rangers even know the count.

This is your job, guys.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

fuck that was a strike

[Mo Horn 8850]

Wth ump? 

[Lat22 4015]

This guy has a perfect game going. A perfect game!!!!!

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

need a live chicken

[Dr. Teeth 5845]

We have no clue. 

[Mo Horn 8850]

Didn't realize we were facing Cy Young tonight. Making them look silly. 

[Gut Wagon 8083]

Bartolo Colon is a cinch to throw a perfecto tonight. In fact, every remaining pitch will be a strike.

[Mo Horn 8850]

Just now, Gut Wagon said:

Bartolo Colon is a cinch to throw a perfecto tonight. In fact, every remaining pitch will be a strike.

 And he'll break the strikeout record for one game. 

[TexArcher 37980]

Hey, have y'all noticed the perfect game in progress here?

Perfect game alert!

[Dr. Teeth 5845]

Let Justin hit. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

So many 0-2 counts