2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[perfectchaos007 6635]

I hope we never have to wait that long between wins again.

[thetruth 149]

I love winning man! I love winning, it's like.... better than losing! 

[YChang 3443]

That was satisfying.

[UTexasFight 9432]

Done just before the stroke of midnight
Goodnight

[elguapo 4586]

[maninblack 7974]

Thank Christ

[Horny Bull 2759]

 

[tx 3 putt 76911]

shit just got real !

[elfenix 34232]

Baseball is the worst. Also, the best.


And goddamn have we got some filthy starting pitching.

[Mez2 4023]

#HTownPride

[Fozzz 152]

Josh James looking like he could be a surprise, late blooming prospect in Corpus.  Dude has been nearly unhittable in his three appearances this season.

[Ldogg53 514]

Alright alright alright.  LMJ straight filthy last night.  That was good to see.

Let's go Jose.... time for you to park one in the seats.

[Hank Chinaski 6314]

Would be nice to take a road series in Seattle.

Had 15 guys reach base last night (9 H, 5 BB, 1 HBP) and only 8 K (4 by Marisnick). That's more like it - though only 2 XBH. 

 

[scottonian 36]

Really refreshing performance from LMJ last night. First time he went 7IP since June 8, 2017.

Probably the best start of his career. 2nd best per "Game Score," but the prior start (rookie year) was only higher because he went CG.

[Stros 153]

Who's going to the UT game tonight in Sugarland?

[MAROON 445]

12 hours ago, Horny Bull said:

Marisnick is lost

it's not that hard to find Fresno, he just needs to type it into is destination on Waze.

Edited April 18, 2018 by MAROON

[Gut Wagon 8065]

Jake needs to get back to the farm to find his rake. Or something.

[Mack Tripper 696]

She sounds hideous.

[scottonian 36]

52 minutes ago, MAROON said:

it's not that hard to find Fresno, he just needs to type it into is destination on Waze.

Don't think we can send him to Fresno unless he gets "injured" and goes for rehab starts after his DL stint...

[henrygandorf 29189]

some assorted team pitching stats thru 18 games:

era - 2.62

whip - 1.10

baa - .213

205k / 50bb in 161.2ip

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

59 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

some assorted team pitching stats thru 18 games:

era - 2.62

whip - 1.10

baa - .213

205k / 50bb in 161.2ip

I'll add that our FIP and xFIP are 3.01 and 2.67 respectively. For context a FIP under 3.2 is excellent and an xFIP under 2.90 is excellent. In short, our pitchers are dominating even with a couple of bad games from LMJ and Dallas in the mix.

[Mez2 4023]

The shitty part about our platoon is that all our options aren't great right now - marwin, jake, Fisher, even reddick to a degree. At some point we'll cut the bait on jake and/or Fisher and look to more permanent options. Jake and Fisher are basically the same...defensive replacements with speed. Just depend which side you want them from right or left. 

At least with Davis when he was up he started to make solid contact and hit balls hard, wonder if he's an option in left

[henrygandorf 29189]

12 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

The shitty part about our platoon is that all our options aren't great right now - marwin, jake, Fisher, even reddick to a degree. At some point we'll cut the bait on jake and/or Fisher and look to more permanent options. Jake and Fisher are basically the same...defensive replacements with speed. Just depend which side you want them from right or left. 

At least with Davis when he was up he started to make solid contact and hit balls hard, wonder if he's an option in left

anyone who's hitting is an option at dh.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Interesting article about the tendency of umpires to call balls and strikes in extra innings in a way that will end the game sooner. The article uses Jake's AB against the Rangers on Sunday as an example.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/everyone-wants-to-go-home-during-extra-innings-maybe-even-the-umps/

"Altogether, teams that are in the position to win (defined as having a runner on base in a tie game) get up to a 27 percentage point increase in the rate of called balls, while teams that look like they're about to lose (defined as any time the away team is trying to hold on to a lead in the bottom half of an inning after the ninth) see increased strike rates of up to 33 percentage points."

Edited April 18, 2018 by Seasick Sailor

[Pods 7552]

What sort of info is there to visualize the strike zone and where each pitch is in real time? They occasionally show it on the TV and I think there are webpages. Are there any apps?

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

6 minutes ago, Pods said:

What sort of info is there to visualize the strike zone and where each pitch is in real time? They occasionally show it on the TV and I think there are webpages. Are there any apps?

I am not sure if there are any apps. I don't generally check Statcast during the games, but they may have something. I follow this account on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AstrosUmp

It does a good job of showing where pitches are located and provides a breakdown of how often a pitch in that location is called a ball or strike. But it does not show every pitch.

Here's its tweet for the terrible call during Jake's AB:

 

Edited April 18, 2018 by Seasick Sailor

[Pods 7552]

Thanks Seasick, I'd seen that one and had something like that in mind. I wonder where they get that data. 

Edited April 18, 2018 by Pods

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Going to add this to my reading list:

 

[DallasGatr 216]

Ben probably should have gone with another title. If Brad Pitt and that fat guy star in the movie he’s fucked.


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[Fozzz 152]

46 minutes ago, Pods said:

What sort of info is there to visualize the strike zone and where each pitch is in real time? They occasionally show it on the TV and I think there are webpages. Are there any apps?

The MLB At Bat app has location, pitch type, velocity, etc.

[Pods 7552]

2 minutes ago, Fozzz said:

The MLB At Bat app has location, pitch type, velocity, etc.

Thanks Fozzz, will check it out

[Scraps 13561]

Bregman riding pine tonight

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[DoobieWah 1436]

#NeverSeattle

 

amirite?

[DaysOff 7947]

Hard to be mad at Altuve but he's the king of swinging at the first pitch ball

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

McCann cann

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

McCann has stepped up the last two nights. Some great ABs

[Horny Bull 2759]

McCann can

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

Woooooooo!!

[Horny Bull 2759]

Nice try, Gamel

[DaysOff 7947]

Holy

Shit

Josh

[DoobieWah 1436]

Got greedy, got bit.

[DaysOff 7947]

That was a horrid at bat by 27

[Scraps 13561]

Altuve makes me weep

Come on son snap out of it!

I love you

[Scraps 13561]

Cole are you retarded? Its Dee Gordon, just eat it

[Mez2 4023]

Way to bust the ass down the line

[Dr. Teeth 5844]

That was so close to going out. 

[Scraps 13561]

Single digit pitchers piss me the fuck off

[Mez2 4023]

Seriously, nothing infuriates me more than lack of situational hitting. Terrible at bat there

[Mez2 4023]

Fucking terrible