2019 Houston Astros Thread

[WBT 20675]

17 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Baseball Gods like to smite that kind of shit - see 1990's Atlanta Braves.

Or the post-2016 Cubs

[Fudge Nuggets 19228]

7 minutes ago, WBT said:

Or the post-2016 Cubs

Give them another 70 years without a title then I will agree.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

59 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I wonder if we can find a way for Strom to download his brain into Verlander's and let JV take over as pitching coach when Strom decides to call it a day and Verlander retires?  Because that would be pretty cool to keep JV around the organization for as long as possible.

Guys with Verlander type money, even if they would be really good at it, aren't going to want to do the every day baseball thing for 8 months out of the year.  It is a grind.   See also, Carlos Beltran.

[Fudge Nuggets 19228]

11 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

Guys with Verlander type money, even if they would be really good at it, aren't going to want to do the every day baseball thing for 8 months out of the year.  It is a grind.   See also, Carlos Beltran.

I will settle for naming him the Assistant Special Advisor for Pitching, reporting directly to Nolan Ryan.  Just keep him near / in the organization to offer advice to the generation of young pitchers that come up after Whitley and Bukauskas.

Million bucks a year, free Diamond Club seats and front row valet parking.  I think it gets the deal done.

 

[Scraps 13584]

Matchups for this weekend. 

Fri: Collin McHugh vs. Frankie Montas

Sat: Wade Miley vs. Aaron Brooks

Sun: Brad Peacock vs. Mike Fiers

 

Honoring the President Bush and Barbara on Friday.....Travis Scott throws out first pitch on Saturday 

Edited April 2, 2019 by Scraps

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

18 hours ago, formermav43 said:

Unless you think everyone collectively forgot how to hit, never.

Bregman's BABIP in 2018: .289

Bregman's BABIP in 2019: .083

Altuve's BABIP in 2018: .352

Altuve's BABIP in 2019: .143

Things will normalize. The runs will come. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19228]

It wasn't until mid May / early June before we really kicked it in gear with the bats last year.  Most of that was due to Marwin going on a mini-tear and Bregman and Oso Blanco setting new club records for RBI's in a month last June. Thankfully Bregman kept getting better to pick up the slack for all the injuries.

Hard to imagine what we could have done last year if Correa didn't get hurt (big shock) in late June.  Hell, we still won 104 regular season games but the playoffs could have been a lot different.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

3 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

It wasn't until mid May / early June before we really kicked it in gear with the bats last year.  Most of that was due to Marwin going on a mini-tear and Bregman and Oso Blanco setting new club records for RBI's in a month last June. Thankfully Bregman kept getting better to pick up the slack for all the injuries.

Hard to imagine what we could have done last year if Correa didn't get hurt (big shock) in late June.  Hell, we still won 104 regular season games but the playoffs could have been a lot different.

And Altuve was playing on one leg. 

[Scraps 13584]

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[SimonBolivar 10961]

I know it's cool to hate on Josh, but damn that top 7.

Edited April 2, 2019 by SimonBolivar

[Fudge Nuggets 19228]

I like Josh's defense.  He can be half-ass decent at the plate at times so I'm not going to hate on him unless he goes through one of those 2017 playoff streaks where he's something like 0-21 and about 16 HIDP.  So far in 10 AB he's only hit into 1 double play so that's... well... not overly shitty.  Of course that rate might be higher if we actually had base runners.

[UTexasFight 9551]

That’s a World Series champion caliber lineup.

I approve

[Scraps 13584]

Motherfucker

Right off the hand

[WBT 20675]

I hate seeing guys get hit in the hand ever since Bagwell

[Scraps 13584]

Double steal....okkkkk

[WBT 20675]

Double steal!  Number one for George, now ahead of McCann probably

[henrygandorf 29197]

manufacturing runs.  i approve.

[Rimbo 26158]

i like this george springer kid... he'll go far in the league

[Scraps 13584]

Damn thats a nice play by Carlos

[WBT 20675]

That Correa kid is pretty good too

Edited April 3, 2019 by WBT

[henrygandorf 29197]

holy shit.

[Scraps 13584]

Dont think Diaz could do that lol

[tx 3 putt 77561]

Correa !!!!!!!

[elfenix 34341]

Web gem of the year so far

[WBT 20675]

2 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

I know it's cool to hate on Josh, but damn that top 7.

He's off to a nice start.  Last year he was down to about league average after a career year in 2017.  I'm hoping he can bounce back to somewhere in between this year.

[elfenix 34341]

That AB went way better than I was thinking after 2 pitches

[WBT 20675]

Lulz, that's a 3-0 swing.  Contact would be nice though.

[WBT 20675]

DDJ is a definite green light

[UTexasFight 9551]

Fuck up this Aggie

[elfenix 34341]

Dammit

[SimonBolivar 10961]

Well 2 in.

[rvm96 1643]

Obviously not the outcome we wanted, but solid AB by Brantley

[WBT 20675]

Verlander doesn't seem sharp so far

[elfenix 34341]

Dammit

[Wishbone 4789]

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

Verlander doesn't seem sharp so far

Good timing.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Well shit

[Wishbone 4789]

10+ pitches per out isn’t going to go far tonight.

[elfenix 34341]

4 walks for this staff coming into the game, 2 walks this inning

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Rough inning so far.

[elfenix 34341]

Thank fucj

[Wishbone 4789]

Thanks George.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Good to come out of that inning tied all things considered. Probably going to need a couple inning from James tonight.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

This isn't going to get it done:

 

[Wishbone 4789]

Lulz. Off the bag.

[WBT 20675]

Yeah but on the bright side he's also leaving his fastball up

[henrygandorf 29197]

is this the boringest game ever or am i just too sober?

[elfenix 34341]

So many LOB

 

 

 

 

is this the boringest game ever or am i just too sober?

 

That second inning was brutal

[WBT 20675]

7 LOB through 3, furk

[Scraps 13584]

Quit walking worthless ass Gallo

[runthebone 8050]

24 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

This isn't going to get it done:

 

Allergies, bro.