2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[UTexasFight 9,819]

Would have rather had that inning from Sipp in 2015 ALDS Game 4 but will take it

[Mez2 4,048]

11 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I can’t do that on my PlayStation.

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right B A select start

[WBT 20,985]

14 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Would have rather had that inning from Sipp in 2015 ALDS Game 4 but will take it

Why'd you go and bring that up?

[Dr. Teeth 5,868]

#46!!!

[WBT 20,985]

9 in a row boys.

Edited June 16, 2018 by WBT

[Mez2 4,048]

From K.C. to H-Town, connectin' SouthSide
Now we worldwide, watch me highside
Fat Pat blowin' killa, can't be denied

#HTownPride

[Rustic Horn 929]

9 in a row!

[tx 3 putt 78,708]

Keep racking up W’s !

[Mo Horn 8,938]

Doing what they should be doing. Winning against teams at the bottom of the standings. 

[UTexasFight 9,819]

8-0 so far on the 36 game “cake walk” following the 13 game “stretch of death”

[Victor Lazlo 1,814]

21 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Would have rather had that inning from Sipp in 2015 ALDS Game 4 but will take it

Damn, I still have nightmares about that. The whole bullpen was a disaster that day. So close, 2 years ahead of time. 

[WBT 20,985]

Sox knock Paxton out after 2 1/3 and lead 6-3

[Dr. Teeth 5,868]

 

 

[WBT 20,985]

Our starters had to start giving up some runs for us to go on a winning streak.  Baseball

[DaysOff 8,212]

Actually feeling good about Sipp

[UTexasFight 9,819]

Actually feeling good about Sipp

Idk why but that post made me think of this:

[UTexasFight 9,819]

Anyone heading out to Dell this weekend?
Fresno in town for four.
I’ll be there Saturday and Monday assuming the weather cooperates.

Armenteros starts Sunday. James on Monday.
Tucker filled up the stat sheet tonight: 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI, Run, 2 SBs

[Honeysucklerose 1,006]

Win!

[UTexasFight 9,819]

Halfway home in June and tip of the cap to not only Gattis, but also Marwin who I don’t think we are fully appreciating this month...
I just laugh now when this thread starts skewering our players.
Those guys are making it really easy for Hinch to rest the big names.

For the month, Marwin is batting .433, SLG .833, OPS 1.333, OBP .500. All tops in the AL (minimum 30 ABs).
Gattis tied with Davis for most HRs (7) and leads in RBIs with 22 (next closest has 16). 22 RBIs in the month...on June 15.
I believe Bagwell holds the club record for most RBIs in a month. 36 in July 2001.

[tx 3 putt 78,708]

Both are waking up, contract years 

[Gut Wagon 8,219]

7 hours ago, WBT said:

Sox knock Paxton out after 2 1/3 and lead 6-3

And Seattle once again rallies to win late, 7-6. They’re now 22-10 in games decided by a single run. As such patterns tend to even out over time, I expect them to cool off soon. Then again, I felt that way when Cano went out. 

[Mez2 4,048]

Seattle will never lose again

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Mez2 said:

Seattle will never lose again

The Astros have only one thing left to do then...

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3 hours ago, Gut Wagon said:

And Seattle once again rallies to win late, 7-6. They’re now 22-10 in games decided by a single run. As such patterns tend to even out over time, I expect them to cool off soon. Then again, I felt that way when Cano went out. 

Sometime, like the 2016 Rangers, it doesn't even out until the next year. 

[Guest]

Lot of folks think when Cano went out, nothing could have been better for their lockerroom.

He needs to rehab like mofo...

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1 hour ago, WBT said:

Sometime, like the 2016 Rangers, it doesn't even out until the next year. 

The bullpen won't last. Servais is wearing them out.

[ckhorn 226]

Surprising that Hinch used both Peacock and McHugh yesterday considering Kuechal is pitching today.

[Hank Chinaski 6,362]

11 minutes ago, ckhorn said:

The bullpen won't last. Servais is wearing them out.

This came up in Jay Jaffe's chat this week on Fangraphs:

Nick: Is there a measurable skill involved with winning a ton of one-run games like the Mariners or is it 100% pure dumb luck?

12:35

Jay Jaffe: I wrote about this the other day. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-al-west-and-one-run-success/. Significant correlation regarding bullpen WAR and 1-run success, and I think there was a 2013 study that suggested team BB, K (both pitching) and ISO (hitting) had some connection.

In short, some team charactersitics may make them a bit more likely to perform better than average in tight games; however, I saw another stat that Seatlle's hitting in clutch/leverage situations thus far has far exceeded its performance in other situations. That doesn't seem like a "skill" - that seems like it is bound to even out. 

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I think it's definitely luck/variance that we only have a 0.5 game lead despite a 119 run lead in run differential.  Depending on which projection you look at, Fangraphs has that we should be 2-5 wins better and Seattle should be 7 wins worse.  Most likely we're due for big positive regression. 

But sometimes these things last all season.  In 2016, the Rangers won the division, Seattle finished 9 back, and we finished 11 back.  The Rangers had +8 run differential, Seattle had +61, and the Astros had +23.  The Rangers went 36-11 in 1-run games.  All year I thought the regression was coming and it never did.

Edited June 16, 2018 by WBT

[Gut Wagon 8,219]

1 hour ago, ckhorn said:

Surprising that Hinch used both Peacock and McHugh yesterday considering Kuechal is pitching today.

If he'd known he was going to burn them, why did we send Guduan back to the minors? Unless he plans to use White as the A's used Smolinski. Let's hope not.

Or maybe DK will realize he doesn't have the usual backup today and will pitch great for a change. (I can't believe I just typed that, but it seemed halfway plausible when I started the sentence.) 

[WBT 20,985]

Tuve!  That's a nice start

Edited June 16, 2018 by WBT

[Lat22 4,086]

Top 1st. 2-0. Nobody out. Is that good?

[WBT 20,985]

And, wtf was that?  Lulz

[Lat22 4,086]

Dammit Altuve. 

[Dr. Teeth 5,868]

On one hand, we are up 2-0 in first. But on the other, we can’t run the bases. 

[Honeysucklerose 1,006]

I don't get our baserunners at times

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Little too aggressive fella

[Dr. Teeth 5,868]

With Duffy struggling, we gave him some much needed help. 

[Honeysucklerose 1,006]

We need 8 more innings like that with 2018 DK pitching

 

[WBT 20,985]

Big pitch to strand the runner at 3rd

[WBT 20,985]

Nice 5-6-3 double play with Gordon trying to beat the shift.

[WBT 20,985]

Jake farm!!  Check swing rbi single

[WBT 20,985]

The aggressive base running paid off there

[cabowabo 4,692]

Just giving them runs.

[Honeysucklerose 1,006]

Oh good grief

[cabowabo 4,692]

Dayum Stassi.

[elfenix 34,753]

Stassi!

[Dr. Teeth 5,868]

Stassi!!!

[tx 3 putt 78,708]

Good job Stasi 

[Mo Horn 8,938]

He's been a nice surprise as a backup catcher this year.