2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[TonyTexas 10478]

pretty sure the abreu rumors are a few weeks old.  i heard the same (and posted about it).  i think yuli has solidified things in the past month.

i do wonder what's up with correa, since he's eligible.

The Globe reporter wrote it yesterday.

[kevwun 15595]

Correa being out for longer than originally thought could explain why they brought Tucker up kind of out of the blue.  If they knew they weren't going to have Marwin available for the outfield for awhile, seeing if Tucker can hit enough now makes sense before the trade deadline.

Edited July 8, 2018 by kevwun

[TonyTexas 10478]

Hinch's daughter may have a future in reporting.

She got a scoop. Hinch told her that we’ll have a couple of pitchers and a couple of position players on the all star team. I’m guessing Jose, Alex, Justin and, hopefully, CFM.

[perfectchaos007 6593]

13 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

She got a scoop. Hinch told her that we’ll have a couple of pitchers and a couple of position players on the all star team. I’m guessing Jose, Alex, Justin and, hopefully, CFM.

Also she got him to confirm Altuve will be the starting second baseman for the All-Star gameAlso she got him to confirm Altuve will be the starting second baseman for the All-Star game

[Mo Horn 8795]

Womp womp

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

17 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Also she got him to confirm Altuve will be the starting second baseman for the All-Star gameAlso she got him to confirm Altuve will be the starting second baseman for the All-Star game

Good scoop.  He was only the overall leading vote getter in the AL.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

35 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Good scoop.  He was only the overall leading vote getter in the AL.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

He's the MVP. He does MVP shit.

[Dr. Teeth 5813]

MVP!!! MVP!!! MVP!!!

[Mez2 4020]

I think Yuli' s Instagram spoiled it, but looks like bregs and JV also made the team. 

 

[Mez2 4020]

Didn't see above but can also see cole making it too

[perfectchaos007 6593]

Blummers daughter talks just like him

[Dr. Teeth 5813]

Going on mute. 

[RoundRobin 828]

First error. 

[perfectchaos007 6593]

Just now, RoundRobin said:

First error. 

At least he got his first hit before his first error

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

Get Blummer’s sprog out of the booth.

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

Good God this is painful. 

[WBT 20397]

Why are they showing Jake highlights right after he went down?  Seems kind of weird

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

Thank goodness that’s over. 

[Mo Horn 8795]

Walks come back to bite you in later innings. 

[TonyTexas 10478]

Dallas hasn’t been sharp but very scrappy.

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

Ok, let’s get some fucking runs against these scrubs. Dallas did a great job today. 

[Dr. Teeth 5813]

That’s some ballsy shit with two strikes. Glad it worked. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

Did not see that working out, but I’ll take it. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

Time for the first homer.

Or not. 

Edited July 8, 2018 by Fudge Nuggets

[henrygandorf 29174]

we're letting this very inefficient pitcher be very efficient.  that bothers me.

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

Those JR Richard clips were awesome.  He was my favorite when I first started following baseball. Ruston, LA holla. 

[Mez2 4020]

Great effort there

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

3 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

we're letting this very inefficient pitcher be very efficient.  that bothers me.

No kidding. He had about 75 pitches through 6. Last time he had 72 pitches through 2. 

[tx 3 putt 76159]

Warm up Giles !!!!

[Mez2 4020]

Send Tony

[henrygandorf 29174]

if we win this 2-1 this clown is going to get a cg.

[kevwun 15595]

Springer base on balls doesn't have quite the same ring, but I'll take it.

[henrygandorf 29174]

after watching replays of the yuli/marwin play, you always get nervous seeing the guy just start sprinting in from 3rd (suicide vs safety), especially with 2 strikes.  that said, all marwin needed to do was get a piece of it, which makes you feel safer than a hit and run on a normal swing and a guy running from first.  if marwin is bunting, you feel pretty good about staying out of a double play situation.  sure, a foul is a k, but yuli is safe back at 3rd as long as he gets a piece of the ball.

i'm sure giolito is wishing he threw something nasty in the dirt.

[Mo Horn 8795]

 shit, runs there would have been nice. 

[TonyTexas 10478]

Super Sweep!

[Scraps 13531]

Can we play the White Sox every game?

[Mo Horn 8795]

Nice sweep

[Mez2 4020]

#HTownPride

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Swept the season series

[Dr. Teeth 5813]

61!!!

[Mez2 4020]

A closer throwing strikes, that's allowed?!?

 

[kevwun 15595]

A one run save that wasn't interesting.  That's nice.

[TonyTexas 10478]

Can we play the White Sox every game?

162-0

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

I literally love Hector Rondón. 

[runthebone 7929]

Sweeeep!  

[Mo Horn 8795]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I literally love Hector Rondón. 

If he can truly be our go to closer then i don't think we have to make a trade at the deadline. Maybe find a lefthander for the bullpen, but i wouldn't give up anything of value. 

[Mez2 4020]

As Dominic Torreto says: "Ask any racer. Any real racer. It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning's winning."

Sometimes you just do enough to win and sometimes you do just enough to lose. This game is indicative of that, little things count....throwing a cockshot on an 0-2 count with a runner on third highlights that. 

Good work DK, great work CMac, and  Rondong, you are such a fresh breath of strikes. Keep rolling, this is an As team coming in who is pretty good. Now, I'm off to bang me some maze. It's Sunday night

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

We had three hits an error and still got the win. Complete opposite of the first two months where we always lost this type of game no matter who the opponent was. 

[Mez2 4020]

Another question to ponder, there was thought about going after Jose abreu, I'm not so sure that's an option now. First, our Yuli is a better overall hitter and Evan has taken over the DH spot, it would seem. Granted abreu went up against our pitching staff, but you think that Gattis holds because I don't see us going after a power hitter off the bench and that's not abreu. 

It's gotta be another arm outta the pen, yeah?