2019 Houston Astros Thread

[runthebone 8,052]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

Astros need to petition MLB that Beer be allowed to use ‘ME’ instead of a numerical number 

If he has to wear a number, Jake (probably gone anyway) should give him 6.

[tx 3 putt 77,658]

jake has one more year of arbitration 

[billfromlaketravis 11,564]

8 minutes ago, runthebone said:

If he has to wear a number, Jake (probably gone anyway) should give him 6.

6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and sometimes 36 are the only acceptable numbers for Seth Beer. 

[Wishbone 4,801]

20 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and sometimes 36 are the only acceptable numbers for Seth Beer. 

How about an image instead of a number or a letter, like a barrel, or a keg, or a spigot?

Edited July 8, 2019 by Wishbone

[UTexasFight 9,568]

I think Straw goes down and then White clears waivers and accepts an assignment to Round Rock.  Kemp sticks around for now.  They really should have traded at least 2 of White, Kemp, Marisnick, and Fisher for lower level lottery tickets by now.

I don’t know that White clears waivers, believe it or not.
The rest of your post I agree with.

By my count, Astros have two days left to do something with Reed. I’m curious if he’ll clear waivers.

[tx 3 putt 77,658]

he becomes a free agent if no one claims him off of waivers ?

[UTexasFight 9,568]

I hope Beer lands us a SP that leads us to Sparky getting wet with Seth’s surname.

 

Dude is still in his first 90 days of AA and I’m already ready to jump off the wagon of Beer jokes/puns/nonsense

 

 

[UTexasFight 9,568]

he becomes a free agent if no one claims him off of waivers ?

Team can release him or assign to the minors.
I’m not 100% sure if the player can refuse the assignment and elect to become a free agent.

[Wishbone 4,801]

21 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

I don’t know that White clears waivers, believe it or not.
The rest of your post I agree with.

By my count, Astros have two days left to do something with Reed. I’m curious if he’ll clear waivers.

I tend to agree. There seems to always be a team that believes that a change of scenery could be the ticket, and he’ll be a cheap risk.

[Gut Wagon 8,099]

4 hours ago, Wishbone said:

I tend to agree. There seems to always be a team that believes that a change of scenery could be the ticket, and he’ll be a cheap risk.

White would be great in Anaheim. As would Trout in Houston. Do it. 

[Scraps 13,585]

If yall are bored and not done with the collision last night then i recommend reading yadier molinas instagram. He posted some shit and all the Stros are coming in hot.

Alot in spanish, but i think there is antranslate button

[David Dennison 18,994]

He's probably going to get suspended.

He shouldn't, but he probably is.

He'll probably get thrown at too.

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Yadi and the Cardinals are just pissed that the Astros changed their passwords.

[Scraps 13,585]

9 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

He'll probably get thrown at too.

Yeah I pretty much expect this.  We play @LAA starting next Monday so get your popcorn ready 

[tx 3 putt 77,658]

8 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Yeah I pretty much expect this.  We play @LAA starting next Monday so get your popcorn ready 

Bring it !!!!!!

[tx 3 putt 77,658]

That’s pretty damn awesome all of Jake’s teammates sticking up for him on the gram.

best clubhouse in mlb 

[Hank Chinaski 6,324]

10 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

I don’t know that White clears waivers, believe it or not.

Agree. Somebody will claim him. He's been a slightly above-average hitter in 808 career PAs, and a lot of teams have more space than the Astros do. No reason for a club like BAL (now run by ex-Astro) or DET or KC not to give him a shot. 

 

[Dennis Taylor 18,894]

with the exception of trout and pujols the angels seem like a bunch of bitches.  anderson is always coming high and tight and ausmus can go fuck himself 

[tx 3 putt 77,658]

Angels rumor - cubs shit can madden (you can’t fire the players) and the angels hire him ASAP

i guess they’d just pay off asmus to gtfo ?

[UTexasFight 9,568]

Agree. Somebody will claim him. He's been a slightly above-average hitter in 808 career PAs, and a lot of teams have more space than the Astros do. No reason for a club like BAL (now run by ex-Astro) or DET or KC not to give him a shot. 
 

Haha
Those are the three teams I thought about off the top of my head too.
Especially Baltimore being led by Elias and Chris Davis as their first baseman.
And Royals relying on...Lucas Duda at first

(But premptive “IDGAF as long as he’s not an Astro” post)

[tx 3 putt 77,658]

 

astros locking up draft picks 

 

[runthebone 8,052]

1 hour ago, Hank Chinaski said:

a lot of teams have more space than the Astros do. 

 

I just read everything as a fat joke.

[TonyTexas 10,537]

[Scraps 13,585]

Verlander on mlb network right now with the 2 managers and NL starter Ryu

[UTexasFight 9,568]

We’ve come a ways since the days of having to tune in late in the game to see if we could get a glimpse of our lone All-Star, Jason Castro, grace the field

[UTexasFight 9,568]

Verlander on mlb network right now with the 2 managers and NL starter Ryu

O/u on JV bombs tomorrow night?
1.5 feels right (and I’m taking the over)

[Scraps 13,585]

Here we go lol

[Rimbo 26,174]

7 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Here we go lol

I'm Bregnant

[Scraps 13,585]

Some chick put it on him and made him sing Old Town Road and then he went into that Shallow song.

She had a Fox microphone but not sure wtf she was doing. It was like 5 mins of just here trying to get him sing lol

[TexArcher 38,132]

4 hours ago, Scraps said:

Yeah I pretty much expect this.  We play @LAA starting next Monday so get your popcorn ready 

They're definitely gonna plunk him.  If they do it professionally, in the hip, and he goes to first quietly, that ought to be the end of it.

If they go head hunting, well, let's just say I'd move Yordan to 1B so he can be the first one there when we reciprocate.

[UTexasFight 9,568]

I don’t know that White clears waivers, believe it or not.
The rest of your post I agree with.

By my count, Astros have two days left to do something with Reed. I’m curious if he’ll clear waivers.

Nope:

[Hank Chinaski 6,324]

This reminds me of some of the helmet-to-helmet calls in football. People watch slow motion replays and jump to conclusions about intent.

The thing that always gets me (in this case and in football) is that people act as though the guy who gets hit is static. Both players are moving. How many times have you seen a ball-carrier in football duck his head at the last millisecond and helmets collide? Very often there is nothing the defensive player can do to stop that. This feels similar...Jake looks like he is a little uncertain of which way to move and he moved left...and Lucroy moves to the same spot at the exact same time. This is in a small area in a split second. 

[TonyTexas 10,537]

O/u on JV bombs tomorrow night?
1.5 feels right (and I’m taking the over)

Since he’ll only pitch, at most, 2 innings, I’ll take the under

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

13 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

This reminds me of some of the helmet-to-helmet calls in football. People watch slow motion replays and jump to conclusions about intent.

The thing that always gets me (in this case and in football) is that people act as though the guy who gets hit is static. Both players are moving. How many times have you seen a ball-carrier in football duck his head at the last millisecond and helmets collide? Very often there is nothing the defensive player can do to stop that. This feels similar...Jake looks like he is a little uncertain of which way to move and he moved left...and Lucroy moves to the same spot at the exact same time. This is in a small area in a split second. 

Yep. From what I've seen, the people claiming Jake did it intentionally all seem to be relying on Gifs of the moment of impact and not the entire play. The impact was ugly There's not disputing that, but I think it's clear that Jake didn't do it intentionally. Regardless, he'll probably get suspended and will almost certainly get plunked. 

[tx 3 putt 77,658]

Good for Reed. Hopefully he can find his swing with the white Sox 

white will get picked up much quicker 

Edited July 8, 2019 by tx 3 putt

[Scraps 13,585]

Shocker

[Scraps 13,585]

At 36 years & 139 days old tomorrow, Justin Verlander will be the oldest starting pitcher in an All-Star Game since 2006, when 41 year-old Kenny Rogers started.

[Scraps 13,585]

And theres this

[UTexasFight 9,568]

Since he’ll only pitch, at most, 2 innings, I’ll take the under

Yeah, I’m well aware he’ll pitch 2 innings at most.

I’m also aware, best case, he’ll face four lefties and won’t face a guy with less than 20 HRs this year:

Yelich (31)

Baez (22)

Freeman (23)

Bellinger (30)

Arenado (20)

Bell (27)

 

I love JV and feel good he’ll be there when we need him in October, but like Clemens in 2004, I’m afraid he gets roughed up tomorrow.

 

Yelich: HR

Baez: K

Freeman: BB

Bellinger: K

Arenado: K (passed ball)

Bell: HR

Contreras: K

 

The rare 4 K, 2 HR inning with no balls in the field of play

 

[WBT 20,706]

52 minutes ago, Scraps said:

At 36 years & 139 days old tomorrow, Justin Verlander will be the oldest starting pitcher in an All-Star Game since 2006, when 41 year-old Kenny Rogers started.

The Roaster?

[runthebone 8,052]

Was it known JV has a thumb blister?

[UTexasFight 9,568]

Was it known JV has a thumb blister?

Not by me
Elaborate please

[RoundRobin 828]

8 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Was it known JV has a thumb blister?

The lack of blister issues has been “proof” that the ball has been changed. 

[rvm96 1,643]

7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

astros locking up draft picks 

 

Old news 

[runthebone 8,052]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27149029/verlander-mlb-juicing-balls-more-offense

 

At the end, he shows the reporter a blister

[Cooder 37]

It’s obviously not serious or he wouldn’t be starting an exhibition game in the middle of the season.

[henrygandorf 29,198]

i'm fine with him going one inning, doing some high-fiving, then jumping on a plane.

he's got nothing to prove.

[APMP 688]

i'm fine with him going one inning, doing some high-fiving, then jumping on a plane.

Ah yes, the ol Verlander plan for Game 7 of the World Series in LA, rendered superfluous, of course, by Charlie Freaking Morton.

[Guadaloopy 11,034]

Solid showing for Bregs.  He got into a pretty good rhythm after the timeout but ran out of gas.  

[kevwun 15,938]

Yordan is going to own the derby at some point.