2019 Houston Astros Thread

[tx 3 putt 76158]

35 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

Drayton is a family friend.  He once told me that they had absolutely no idea how old Eusebio was.  Pre 9-11 no one cared all that much.  

damn that cracks me up. wonder what he's up to these days 

[TexArcher 37455]

I'd say the over/under on career MVPs for Yordan Alvarez is about 5.5.

 

[runthebone 7929]

Based on his first 4 games, I am conservatively estimating 1600 career home runs. 

[rvm96 1643]

mlb.com writeup on the top minor league performance for the Astros on June 15th: 

Astros: Freudis Nova, SS (No. 6) – 4-for-4, 2B, R (Class A Quad Cities)
Signed out of the Dominican Republic for $1.2 million in 2016, Nova is playing full-season ball for the first time in 2019. He raked in the GCL last season, batting .308 with decent pop, and he's doing more of the same with the River Bandits this year. Friday's four-hit effort brought his average up over .300 for the first time all year as the 19-year-old logged his 16th game of the season for Quad Cities.

[WBT 20397]

Fangraphs has Yordan at 0.5 WAR in 4 games played.  Seems a little light.

[Slacks 6791]

Fangraphs has Yordan at 0.5 WAR in 4 games played.  Seems a little light.

Hella replacements, B...

[Gourmand 7774]

My raging yardon don't care about small sample size: this is going to go down as one of Luhnow's career-defining moves, trading Josh Fields for a generational slugger. Bagwell for Larry Andersen 2.0.

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[Fozzz 152]

10 hours ago, formermav43 said:

2.8 bWAR. 1.5 fWAR.

He’s definitely on a hot streak, having a great year, and he was a great signing. I’m thrilled with his play.

I’d just slow the roll on the “best catcher ever” stuff. Right now, his projection for the rest of the year has him right in line with 2013-16 Castro, 2017 McCann, and Stassi last year in terms of fWAR. His bat is better than theirs-and I think that skews the perception of his overall game, given the Astros’ history with hitting catchers and the relative offensive strength of the position overall- but they were all better defensively. As stated, his defensive play has actually been better than expected, though-he’s not a real liability there, just not an asset like those guys.

He’s still a fairly awful framer, but his hitting has made up for it somewhat. He was a good bargain bin signing. 

[Guadaloopy 10903]

How quickly you all forget about Brevan McGattis.  

[tx 3 putt 76158]

At what point do other teams stop showing up ?

Im guessing mid July ?

[tx 3 putt 76158]

10 hours ago, runthebone said:

Based on his first 4 games, I am conservatively estimating 1600 career home runs. 

Please quit being ridiculous, he won’t hit over 1200 

[FondrenRoad 4378]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Please quit being ridiculous, he won’t hit over 1200 

True but it won't be his fault. Sometimes opposing teams will choose the four pitch walk instead of the home run. 

[runthebone 7929]

You forget he'll have Tucker hitting behind him, and Tucker is ending up with 1300 or so.

[HtownHorn 14446]

2 hours ago, Gourmand said:

My raging yardon don't care about small sample size: this is going to go down as one of Luhnow's career-defining moves, trading Josh Fields for a generational slugger. Bagwell for Larry Andersen 2.0.

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The biggest difference though is Anderson didn't also give up back to back HRs to the Astros in the World Series.

Edited June 15, 2019 by HtownHorn

[rvm96 1643]

 

[tx ind 6995]

[TonyTexas 10478]

That bottom of the order is not ideal.

[Scraps 13531]

Win by 13 so play the shit squad and win by 8?

[tx 3 putt 76158]

Hinch wanted to challenge Alvarez with White hitting behind him ?????

[WBT 20397]

Any word on Jake after he left early last night?

[formermav43 4599]

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

Any word on Jake after he left early last night?

Nothing official other than the dreaded “discomfort” in the left knee.

So I’d expect a leg amputation before the weekend is over.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

8 minutes ago, WBT said:

Any word on Jake after he left early last night?

 

[tx 3 putt 76158]

RiP Jake - MLB lettuce HoF’r !

Edited June 15, 2019 by tx 3 putt

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[rvm96 1643]

Jordan Brewer, Astros third round pick, hit a sac fly in the first inning and has a single in the third of his CWS debut. 

[Scraps 13531]

View from my airbnb. Just waiting on you Stros

[UTexasFight 9369]

Damn. Very nice.

 

I’ll be there for tues/wed.

 

(The stadium, not your Airbnb.. )

 

Hoping Altuve will be on my same flight out of Austin Tuesday morning... although something tells me he doesn’t fly Frontier

 

[Scraps 13531]

Some old man just asked if i was a scout or if I was just here early lolz

[rvm96 1643]

How do the Astros not score that inning

[tx 3 putt 76158]

You weren’t lying about being close to the stadium 

[Jshep34 2303]

Look at Garfield go

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[Wishbone 4731]

Thought he’d pass out before he got to second.

[rvm96 1643]

Tyler White double, and Jack Mayfield with an RBI double to score White. What is going on????????

[Wishbone 4731]

Lulz. White will be exhausted rest of game.

[henrygandorf 29174]

3 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

Tyler White double, and Jack Mayfield with an RBI double to score White. What is going on????????

bizarro world.  shut up and enjoy it.

[tx 3 putt 76158]

Super Jack !

[rvm96 1643]

Yordan Alvarez= GOAT

[Mo Horn 8795]

This is crazy

[Scraps 13531]

Sign him to a 20 yr deal

[WBT 20397]

It's that man again 

[cabowabo 4449]

No way that dude is 21.

[Guadaloopy 10903]

Is this the real life?

[TonyTexas 10478]

3/4 homers have been absolute bombs.

[kevwun 15595]

He hits the ball so fucking hard.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4750]

Astros gonna need netting to protect fans in the upper deck ...

[Guadaloopy 10903]

Just now, TonyTexas said:

3/4 homers have been absolute bombs.

And the 4th was a great piece of hitting.  

[henrygandorf 29174]

alvarez needs to be promoted again.  what comes after this?

[Scraps 13531]

1 month all star?

[TonyTexas 10478]

109.6 exit velo . 439 ft.

[Wishbone 4731]

Day ham! Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. And I love it! Glad he’s on our team!