2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[Wishbone 4761]

Curve ball was off the charts. Would feel better with a couple here. Hopefully Hinch will let McHugh at least start the 9th. But we know better. Osuna doesn’t fill me with confidence with a one run lead.

[elfenix 34243]

whiff?

[Wishbone 4761]

Devo or Osuna.

[runthebone 7983]

If those are the choices, I'll go...Osuna.  

[Guadaloopy 10971]

This is not the situation where I would like to see Devo try and get his feel back.  

[Guadaloopy 10971]

Bring McHugh back out.  He had it working.  

[Limp Brisket 546]

Osuna headed out I think.

 

[Scraps 13561]

I think i could close it out against the Tigers

[Guadaloopy 10971]

Bregs is just so good. 

[Scraps 13561]

Call a strike bitch

[elfenix 34243]

astros win!

[runthebone 7983]

Winning!

[Guadaloopy 10971]

Way too stressful game, but a W!

[Mo Horn 8843]

Great job by the bullpen to shut them down and get a big win. 

[Tommy Nobis 905]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Call a strike bitch

The league is trying so fucking hard to fuck us. Fuck MLB and Oakland. We’re the defending fucking world champs.

[Limp Brisket 546]

There we go.

[perfectchaos007 6642]

These last 2 games haven’t helped our run diff that much 

[Wishbone 4761]

We need all of these. I’d rather have the A’s remaining schedule over ours. 

[Wishbone 4761]

Best road team in MLB history now? Large.

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Just now, Wishbone said:

We need all of these. I’d rather have the A’s remaining schedule over ours. 

Fuck the A’s. 

[thetruth 149]

I love winning man….I love winning it’s like…..better than losing

[Wishbone 4761]

1 minute ago, Tommy Nobis said:

Fuck the A’s. 

I think that goes without saying. Nah, has to be said....again, fuck the A’s.

[TonyTexas 10515]

The A’s are 13-7 the last 20 games and have lost lost 3 games in the standings. We’re 16-4.

[Mez2 4023]

#HTownPride

[henrygandorf 29191]

we look like we're sleepwalking, thank god it's the tigers.

[Wishbone 4761]

Every road win from here on sets the bar higher. Need home wins and roll in hot.

[henrygandorf 29191]

91-54.

51-22 on the road.  .698 win %.  not sure what record we're chasing here, but there has to be one.

last year at this time we were 87-58 and about to start a six game winning streak.

to match last year's record, we need to go 10-7.  very doable.  if we do that, oakland needs to go 13-4 to tie us.

[tx 3 putt 76958]

Keep racking up W’s !!!!!

[Victor Lazlo 1777]

Ha ha. Hinch said he texted the guys last night that Altuve was going to lead off. Altuve texted that he was going to swing at the first pitch. So all of the guys were watching to see what happened. And, boom. 

Awesome. 

[Gourmand 7774]

21 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

The A’s are 13-7 the last 20 games and have lost lost 3 games in the standings. We’re 16-4.

Yet that 5 gm winning streak (fuckin Rangers) makes it feel like they're 20-0. 

[Guadaloopy 10971]

34 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

We need all of these. I’d rather have the A’s remaining schedule over ours. 

A’s have three more away games than the Astros have.  Their opponents have a higher combined winning percentage than the Astros.

Granted, Astros have played better on the road this year, but objectively, the Astros have the easier remaining schedule.  The “good” teams left on the Astros’ schedule are the D-Backs and Mariners who are both leaking oil in the last month of the season.  

Rays will take at least 2 of 3 from the A’s this weekend.  

[Mo Horn 8843]

38 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

91-54.

51-22 on the road.  .698 win %.  not sure what record we're chasing here, but there has to be one.

last year at this time we were 87-58 and about to start a six game winning streak.

to match last year's record, we need to go 10-7.  very doable.  if we do that, oakland needs to go 13-4 to tie us.

Bottom line is that the Astros' magic number to clinch is 15.

[Guadaloopy 10971]

Astros passed the Yankees tonight.   

[Gut Wagon 8073]

10 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

Astros passed the Yankees tonight.   

Like a kidney stone. Maybe that's what "Helobius" means in Latin. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Springer in. Altuve out. Great White batting clean up. 

 

[texashorne 1178]

Interesting that Yuli is playing second.  White, Marwin, or Bregman seem like better options.. Even Kemp.

[Amos Moses 795]

Yuli filled in at 2B a bunch while Altuve was

on the DL.

[kevwun 15789]

Lol at White at 2nd base.

[Scraps 13561]

Interesting that Yuli is playing second.  White, Marwin, or Bregman seem like better options.. Even Kemp.

While Yuli isn't an amazing option....the only other guy that should be there is Marwin and obviously we are loading up on righties in the lineup so it is what it is.

[texashorne 1178]

I think its a ploy to drive down Marwin's cost at the end of the season, honestly. 

[Mez2 4023]

or that Marwin will likely be playing LF in the playoffs, so needs the reps?

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Lulz Rangers :

 

 

[runthebone 7983]

44 minutes ago, texashorne said:

Interesting that Yuli is playing second.  White, Marwin, or Bregman seem like better options.. Even Kemp.

Who cares, Cole is pitching

[Scraps 13561]

I think its a ploy to drive down Marwin's cost at the end of the season, honestly. 

Ok now you're just trollin

[henrygandorf 29191]

marwin is in a very interesting contract situation.  he makes just over $5mm this year, and can almost certainly get more somewhere else in the offseason.  also, a big part of what our quant dept handles is player value for contracts, so i seriously doubt the number they spit out is going to be very competitive.  especially considering marwin's value is a little harder to quantify, since he's not a traditional "counting stats" type of guy, and his positional flexibility is so unique.

i'd like to see him stay, but he's going to have to really want to, and he'll definitely leave money on the table if he does.  i'm assuming he'll be going after zobrist money, and no way we go for that.

he's 29 years old.  if he signs somewhere else to play every day, does anyone see him turning into a productive everyday player?  i'm not sure i do.

[Scraps 13561]

Bregman needs to get the fuck out of Detroit

[Scraps 13561]

An asian...in detroit...wearing an astros players t shirt....with #8 Pettis

 

File under....things I didn't think I'd ever see

 

 

[mbtex 683]

Was it the same guy that was wearing the Astros suit last night.

[Scraps 13561]

No that guy is a season ticket holder that goes to like every game (home and away because i saw him at Coors earlier in the year and he was in Boston too) and normally wears that suit. Or at least the pants with a "Bregman Bunch" shirt. Jshep knows him i think.

 

This guy was an older asian that I've never seen before lol

 

 

 

 

[Scraps 13561]

Goodrum is gonna need some good rum to easy that pain