2019 Houston Astros Thread

[TexArcher 37519]

1 hour ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Dodgers bullpen fell apart in the WS in 17. They don’t want the pitchers to go through the lineup 3 times, but seeing the same pitchers in each game can have the same effect. 

Exactly.

[henrygandorf 29178]

julia is on mlbn coming up.

at least according to the side scroll.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

Is their bullpen that much better than ours?  Osuna, Presley and Harris are pretty fucking good.  And Joe Smith was brought in mainly to fuck with the Yankees righties.  

Edited October 11, 2019 by Johnny Sack

[Mez2 4021]

no and our dicks are bigger, too

[Js1 85112]

2 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

no and our dicks are bigger, too

[henrygandorf 29178]

42 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

Is their bullpen that much better than ours?  Osuna, Presley and Harris are pretty fucking good.  And Joe Smith was brought in mainly to fuck with the Yankees righties.  

top to bottom, probably. but this is a playoff series and we’ll likely turn to the same 3-4 guys for all high leverage situations, especially since our starters can actually get into (and finish) the 6th inning. 

i’d happily put those top 3 + joe against their big 4. they have an advantage, but it’s small. our sp edge is not small. all our big relievers have whips hovering in the 0.85-0.90 range. dirty. 

 

[Pimphand 5597]

3 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Dodgers bullpen fell apart in the WS in 17. They don’t want the pitchers to go through the lineup 3 times, but seeing the same pitchers in each game can have the same effect. 

That was also because Dave Roberts is a crazy person. There is no way in hell that Boone repeats those mistakes of sending guys out there every single game including all three in a row in the Bronx.  That was abject stupidity

[Pimphand 5597]

BTW do we know the ALCS umpires yet?

Big bucks (No Hernandez)

No whammies (No West)

[TonyTexas 10482]

Interesting. Looks  like Tucker is going to be watching from the stands

 

[Pimphand 5597]

So fucking dumb...  Every year he has gotta go fuck up the ALCS roster because he thinks he is cute and knows better.

[The Dog 43807]

BTW do we know the ALCS umpires yet? Big bucks (No Hernandez)

No whammies (No West)

 

Neither:

 

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/KleinschmidtJD/status/1182731240744423424

[Mo Horn 8807]

2 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Interesting. Looks  like Tucker is going to be watching from the stands

 

I still think Tucker should be there, but I get it. He looked totally lost during every bat against Tampa. 

[formermav43 4599]

9 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

So fucking dumb...  Every year he has gotta go fuck up the ALCS roster because he thinks he is cute and knows better.

This take is dumb. I’d have Tucker up too, but it’s not like this is out of the blue-Diaz was brought in to play the Marwin role. You might remember him as the primary LF in the 2017 playoffs. You knew they’d add a other reliever and an OF would go. Not gonna be Marisnick. Not gonna be Straw with his speed. In fact, the “cute” move would be Tucker over Reddick, the multi-year starter. This is more like the obvious move anyone should have seen coming.

Edited October 11, 2019 by formermav43

[Pimphand 5597]

Remember this post when Straw's speed comes into play 0 times in the ALCS

[UTexasFight 9380]

Clean link on the umpires:

[Cooder 37]

Remember this post when Straw's speed comes into play 0 times in the ALCS

Just like Tucker’s bat in the LDS?

[Pimphand 5597]

Just now, Cooder said:

Just like Tucker’s bat in the LDS?

He didn't get enough playing time to get adjusted. I guess you must have really liked Reddicks bat too which added a whole lot of nothing.

[UTexasFight 9380]

I don’t like Welke behind the plate Saturday.

He’s known for a tight zone.

A tight strike zone and a starter that can’t overpower hitters against a team that finished just shy of the all time record for HRs in a season is not a recipe for success (at least the postseason ball is dead)?

 

FWIW, Welke was the guy behind the plate when Machado got tossed earlier in the year and led to the most absurd umpire tweet of all time:

 

 

[formermav43 4599]

1 minute ago, Pimphand said:

Remember this post when Straw's speed comes into play 0 times in the ALCS

It may or may not. But that’s why they’re keeping him up. Imagine not having Fisher to pinch run in 2017...

[Cooder 37]

He didn't get enough playing time to get adjusted. I guess you must have really liked Reddicks bat too which added a whole lot of nothing.

Sogard adjusted to the best pitcher in baseball pretty quickly last night.

An outfield of Diaz, Springer, Brantley is way more appealing than Reddick or Tucker in RF.

[kevwun 15653]

Cole missed his spot on that one.  If the ball was up like it was supposed to be, Sogard would have missed just like everyone else.

[mycox 582]

Brantley in RF scares me. He doesn't make many errors, but he has horrible range and below average arm.

[Mo Horn 8807]

2 minutes ago, mycox said:

Brantley in RF scares me. He doesn't make many errors, but he has horrible range and below average arm.

RF is short in NY, which compensates some for his arm. Just like LF at home. 

[Hank Chinaski 6310]

41 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Interesting. Looks  like Tucker is going to be watching from the stands

 

I really hope we don't see Diaz in the OF with Marisnick on the bench. He is a better hitter, but Marisnick is an elite CF defender. Given the lineup's 1-7, I'd rather significantly upgrade the defense than marginally upgrade the offense. 

[tx 3 putt 76401]

Reddick and Tucker brought nothing to the plate in the Alcs. One stays, one goes so keep the better glove. Reddick at least struck out like a mlb player. tucker looked like a hs kid up there, just swinging like a clueless kid. I have faith that tucker Will be better next year. 

I agree with marisnick seeing more playing time of Reddick doesn’t wake up 

 

Edited October 11, 2019 by tx 3 putt

[Guadaloopy 10926]

33 minutes ago, Cooder said:

Sogard adjusted to the best pitcher in baseball pretty quickly last night.

An outfield of Diaz, Springer, Brantley is way more appealing than Reddick or Tucker in RF.

Sogard didn’t adjust.  He guessed right on a challenge fastball immediately after the Astros plated four.  

He looked lost the rest of the night. 

[Guadaloopy 10926]

4 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Cash showed the Yankees how to beat the Astros.

But Cash didn’t beat the Astros. 

[UTexasFight 9380]

Brantley in right scares me.
Just remembering that slicing ball he misplaced earlier in the year
Only played there 9 games and had 9 chances all year

[runthebone 7932]

It just seems like our defense is really going to be HR prevention, so I would load up on offense.

[Gourmand 7774]

1 hour ago, mycox said:

Brantley in RF scares me. He doesn't make many errors, but he has horrible range and below average arm.

The only "scared" you should feel when it comes to the 2019 Houston Astros is being an opposing hitter with Coleander on the mound. 

GTFO with that silly talk. 

[TonyTexas 10482]

 

[UTexasFight 9380]

Stopped reading after game 4

[henrygandorf 29178]

2 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

But Cash didn’t beat the Astros. 

those who can't do, teach.

duh.

[UTexasFight 9380]

F selig

[Stella Link 534]

8 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

F selig

 

Keep it closed.  Crowd noise will be deafening.  

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

I’ll go out on a limb and say the roof is closed for all home games the rest of the way.  Call it a hunch.

[FondrenRoad 4378]

11 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Cash showed the Yankees how to beat the Astros.

Yeah, by having 10 great to elite arms ready to go.  Yankees don't have that this year, but they'll probably sign half the Rays roster in the offseason for more than the Rays can afford.

6 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

But Cash didn’t beat the Astros. 

And there is still this.

[FondrenRoad 4378]

2 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I’ll go out on a limb and say the roof is closed for all home games the rest of the way.  Call it a hunch.

IIRC, the league (Selig) overrode Astros decision making on whether the roof would be open or closed.  Is that no longer the case?

[Mez2 4021]

3 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:

IIRC, the league (Selig) overrode Astros decision making on whether the roof would be open or closed.  Is that no longer the case?

The case is always fuck bud selig

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

6 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:

IIRC, the league (Selig) overrode Astros decision making on whether the roof would be open or closed.  Is that no longer the case?

It is no longer the case or at least it wasn’t in 2017.

[runthebone 7932]

I'm sure we can find some reason why it should be closed.

[Rimbo 25784]

3 minutes ago, runthebone said:

I'm sure we can find some reason why it should be closed.

"Because fuck the Yankees, that's why."

"Approved."

[TexArcher 37519]

30 minutes ago, runthebone said:

I'm sure we can find some reason why it should be closed.

Because it's our fucking stadium and we want it closed.

[Gut Wagon 8052]

1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I’ll go out on a limb and say the roof is closed for all home games the rest of the way.  Call it a Hinch.

 

[joeycovers 385]

I have 4 Game 1 SRO tickets. $150 Each. DM me if interested. 

[WBT 20422]

I wish they'd open it when the weather is nice

[Welch 635]

54 minutes ago, WBT said:

I wish they'd open it when the weather is nice

I’m okay with this as long the weather sucks from now through the end of the playoffs.

[formermav43 4599]

1 hour ago, WBT said:

I wish they'd open it when the weather is nice

From a pure enjoyment perspective, it WOULD be awesome to have it open tonight with temps in the 60s. But the noise with the roof closed is too much of an advantage to just give away like that.

[tx 3 putt 76401]

Grienke needs to be anibel Sanchez tonight 

[WBT 20422]

1 hour ago, formermav43 said:

From a pure enjoyment perspective, it WOULD be awesome to have it open tonight with temps in the 60s. But the noise with the roof closed is too much of an advantage to just give away like that.

I don't think it makes much difference