2019 Houston Astros Thread

[elfenix 34238]

Tie game!

[Scraps 13561]

That was amazing hitting

[Planet Houston 4930]

Brantley delivers!

[WBT 20564]

18 minutes ago, WBT said:

maybe score a run?

There it is.  Maybe you shouldn't shift Brantley.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

That'll work though

[UTexasFight 9432]

Michael Brantley, Professional hitter

[UTexasFight 9432]

Here comes 110+ exit velo

 

 

Edit: or not. Missed his chance when he couldn’t pull the trigger on the first pitch 95 down the middle of the zone

[thetruth 149]

Fuck your no hitter bro

[Scraps 13561]

Horrible pitch

[elfenix 34238]

damnit

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Fuck

[WBT 20564]

well that was quick

[UTexasFight 9432]

I’m not picking that pitch with 2 strikes and 2 outs in the World Series.

[Honeysucklerose 987]

Well. Not our night.

[runthebone 7981]

I expect at least two home runs this half inning. 

[WBT 20564]

Might as well fuck up Treinen again

[Scraps 13561]

Treinen is a scared little bitch....end him

 

 

[WBT 20564]

Leadoff walk is a good start

[UTexasFight 9432]

Don’t take a first pitch strike, please Correa

 

 

Edit: well that’s not what I meant.

BS call

[tx 3 putt 76932]

do it correa !!!

[perfectchaos007 6636]

Correa so close to getting ahold of that

[runthebone 7981]

That was a mistake pitch

[UTexasFight 9432]

Avoided the DP!


Alright, let’s do this now.

[runthebone 7981]

Don't hit it on the ground 

[UTexasFight 9432]

Gapper please.
I want to see Laureano vs Marisnick at the plate

[runthebone 7981]

Well, that was not a good outcome. 

[Scraps 13561]

Chirinos has looked bad tonight. Gotta come through

[runthebone 7981]

No PH?

[elfenix 34238]

Damnit

[perfectchaos007 6636]

All streaks must come to an end. Start a new one tomorrow!

[David Dennison 18856]

Tough to win when Team HEB goes hitless.

[WBT 20564]

Hate to have it come down to Chirinos.  We needed Reddick to come through.  

 

[Scraps 13561]

All streaks must come to an end. Start a new one tomorrow!

Tomorrow is an off day. Sad nana

[UTexasFight 9432]

So much for 19-0 vs the A’s in 2019.

Thanks for nothing

 

[Rimbo 25921]

losing sucks

[patrickdrinksbeer 788]

our hitters K’d 10 times and our staff recorded 1 K last night. i’d love to know the last time this team had a -9 K deficit in a game.

[Guest]

Probably the whole season in 2013...

[Mez2 4023]

 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

Damnit Mez

[TonyTexas 10510]

If there is such a thing as a good bobble-head, this is one

 

[3puttpars 5]

I have 6 tickets to the game Friday 26th that I can not use and don't want to lose a bunch of money on Stubhub. Section 109 Row 23. Let me know if someone is interested. 

[Hank Chinaski 6314]

Still too early to tell if it is meaningful, but Altuve is striking out 19% of his PAs. His career average is 11%. K% and BB% tend to stabilize fairly quickly. This will be an interesting trend to track. 

He is making contact on 76.5% of his swings; for his career he is at 87.4%. His swinging strike % is 9.9% so far; career is 6.1%. 

He seems to be selling out for power; if he hits 30 HR and hits around .300, none of this will be an issue. Just interesting that his offensive style seems to be changing. 

[tx 3 putt 76932]

Day after a L + A day off = start the offseason thread !!!!!!

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

Jon Heyman‏Verified account @JonHeyman 4h4 hours ago

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Dallas Keuchel is believed open to the right 1-year deal, then resetting. One under the radar team: maybe Milwaukee, which has been linked to Kimbrel and has been willing to give up draft choice at times (ie Grandal, Lohse). Phillies, Padres, Astros are among other possibilities.

[Guest]

Is it weird to anyone else that Keuchel still hasn’t signed.  On almost any other club than the Astros, he’s a solid #2 pitcher.  Those just grow on trees now, or did GMs miraculously become discerning buyers all of the sudden?

[kevwun 15781]

Keuchel will end up costing himself well north of a 100 million because of ego before he is done.

[HtownHorn 14678]

11 minutes ago, slorch said:

Is it weird to anyone else that Keuchel still hasn’t signed.  On almost any other club than the Astros, he’s a solid #2 pitcher.  Those just grow on trees now, or did GMs miraculously become discerning buyers all of the sudden?

His money demands outweigh his productivity. Plus few teams are willing to give the up the draft compensation for a 1 year rental.

[Mez2 4023]

DKs reliance on finesse pitching, lack of putaway pitch, and initial contract demands are all going against him. with teams focused on launch angles and hitting the ball out of the park, there just isnt a high demand for a pitcher like him. if he's not hitting spots on corners and with him pitching down to begin with, it just opens himself to a lot of potential damage versus hitters. swing paths already start down to end high, right in line with his pitching style.

can he be valuable piece on a rotation? absolutely but he needs to be real with himself and try to reset his market for the remainder of this year, even if he was to sign today, it would be a few starts/weeks before you could assume he would be back to normal, and that puts you already late to end of may. is losing a draft pick for that type of production worth it, especially if you're not on a contender and he's on a 1 year deal. you know he's kicking himself for not taking that extension

[Hank Chinaski 6314]

23 minutes ago, slorch said:

...or did GMs miraculously become discerning buyers all of the sudden?

This happened over the last few seasons. All front offices are data-driven now, and the data doesn't support giving a soft-tossing 31 year-old the kind of money/years he was asking for. 

Keuchel would have gotten the deal he sought if this were 2013. He/Boras overestimated his value in 2019.