2019 Houston Astros Thread

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Well at least I can turn off this game early tonight 

[Scraps 13814]

Well at least McHugh has a podcast to fall back on

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Time for Crane to call Boras. This is tough to watch every 5 days

Edited May 8, 2019 by Seasick Sailor

[UTexasFight 9838]

Go sign the beard/stupid okie and move McHugh back to the bullpen

[YChang 3578]

this is the McHugh I know and dreaded as a SP.... that blow up inning. Which was why last year’s performance was such a pleasant surprise. 

[Mez2 4048]

I still ride for McHugh but it's getting awfully hard. Pretty evident we need a solid to above average 3.

 

MadBum or Stroman me please 

[henrygandorf 29230]

1. the collin mchugh back to sp experiment is over.  he can still be a valuable reliever who can get you 3-6 outs and be nasty without having to face anyone twice.  i would prefer framber or james or just about anyone else at this point take over sp5 (anyone from aaa?) or suck it up and go with a 4-man and maybe go tandem twice a month.  i still have some hope for peacock, but he's a 5 inning guy.

2. how come it's so easy for us to ground into a dp but so hard for us to turn one?  is there a dp differential stat i can look up, because we've gotta be last (or first, whatever).

3. hello darkness my old friend.  by darkness, i mean bourbon, the brownest of the brown liquors.  christ it's still light outside.  but at least it's wednesday.

4. shit, it's tuesday.

[Scraps 13814]

Time to chip away

[Llano Estacado 1257]

Get something going here please.

[Llano Estacado 1257]

Or not.

[Mez2 4048]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Time to chip away

At Tyler White's waistline? 

[Scraps 13814]

I once thought it was gonna be amazing to see.Altuve get his 3000th hit....now im not sure he will even get to 1500

[UTexasFight 9838]

1. the collin mchugh back to sp experiment is over.  he can still be a valuable reliever who can get you 3-6 outs and be nasty without having to face anyone twice.  i would prefer framber or james or just about anyone else at this point take over sp5 (anyone from aaa?) or suck it up and go with a 4-man and maybe go tandem twice a month.  i still have some hope for peacock, but he's a 5 inning

Corbin looks the part and ready for a chance in the early going, but not sure if they would consider pulling the trigger for his MLB debut in early/mid- May

Currently pitching tonight. 1 ER thru 5.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Just pull him already. This is fucking brutal

[perfectchaos007 6780]

4 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I once thought it was gonna be amazing to see.Altuve get his 3000th hit....now im not sure he will even get to 1500

Time to swap Correa and Altuve in the lineup? Correa is still batting 5th for some reason

Edited May 8, 2019 by perfectchaos007

[Limp Brisket 549]

Collin at a cool 6.37 ERA. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

tities

[Scraps 13814]

Ok Bregman i see you

[YChang 3578]

No mas no mas

[UTexasFight 9838]

And we’re done here

[henrygandorf 29230]

the way our lineup is capable of performing, we don't need jv/cole shit.  just 6ip, 4er, 5k, 2bb and give it to the pen.  we can score 5-6 most nights, especially at home vs kc.

going down 8-0 in the 4th inning ain't gonna get it done.

[Scraps 13814]

Framber is the color of suck wooaaahhhhoooo

[Scraps 13814]

Carlos hit streak over as well...womp womp

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Tyler White pitching? Why not. 

[Scraps 13814]

Our very own Bartolo Colon

[Scraps 13814]

I predict this ends very poorly

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Tyler White is going to need Tommy John this off season at this rate

[Scraps 13814]

What the fuck is that KC dumbass doing. You deserve to K you dipshit

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Our very own fat Shohei Ohtani 

[Scraps 13814]

White with Miley like speed

[Scraps 13814]

I predict this ends very poorly

Well fuck me

[Scraps 13814]

Mchugh must really feel like a shit stain now

[David Dennison 19574]

Tyler White pitching is greatness.

[perfectchaos007 6780]

He hit 81mph on the gun. Not too shabby for a position player 

Edited May 8, 2019 by perfectchaos007

[UTexasFight 9838]

He’s no JD Davis.

[UTexasFight 9838]

Sooo switch the handed-ness and lose about 50 lbs and not sure I could tell the difference between T White and Dallas Keuchel in that last inning with the way he was having a little bit of control issues but trying to live at the bottom of the zone

[Llano Estacado 1257]

Sorry bros. I made 2 L games in person this year. Made it home in this shitshow. I’m done. I’ll watch from home until the postseason.

[Bull Horn 118]

Maccu...McU.....McHu......McYoucannotbeastarteranymore.

Let’s score 14 or so tomorrow to give Peacock enough run support for the W and then get ready to kick the silver boot up Arlington’s ass.

[UTexasFight 9838]

At least it turns out the AL West are who we thought they were.
Astros only team in the division above .500.

[Rimbo 27114]

12 hours ago, Mez2 said:

keep winning. big game tonight for Collin, want to seem him pitch well and us score one more run than our opponent. 

Furk.

I love Collin. I want him to do well. He's got something wrong and needs to fix it, preferably without costing us games.

[UTexasFight 9838]

So Mike Fiers having the same number of no-hitters as JV is now a thing

[tx 3 putt 78849]

Good for Fiers. At one time, he was the anchor in our starting rotation.

also fuck this game and fuck blackjack. My new favorite thing is going to play blackjack and watch the game. Astros are getting pounded and I’m splitting aces. Get another ace, so  another split. 20, 20, 19, I’m feeling pretty fucking good.  dealer hits 21, on 5 cards. Fuck this world 

[kevwun 16460]

7 hours ago, Rimbo said:

Furk.

I love Collin. I want him to do well. He's got something wrong and needs to fix it, preferably without costing us games.

His biggest problem is that he needs to only pitch an inning or 2 while throwing mainly sliders and curves.

[Scraps 13814]

Mike Fiers over here throwing no hitters while McHugh over here throwing meatballs

[Scraps 13814]

I really wish the DBacks sucked so we could get Robbie Ray 

[Hank Chinaski 6363]

So...Altuve. Now over 150 PAs, so some of these numbers are beginning to stabilize.

He's striking out 16% of his PAs (career is 11%). He's making contact on 79% of his swings (career is 87%). He's making contact on pitches in the zone at 86% (career is 93%).

On batted balls - 17% line drives (career 22%); 39% fly balls (career 31%). 

BABIP - .225 (career .338)

There has to be some bad luck at play, as his BABIP is more than 100 points below his career avg (and 75 points below league average). But he still seems a little different than he's been. Your eyes aren't lying if it seems like he's missing pitches he didn't used to miss, and that he is hitting more fly balls and fewer line drives. BABIP figures to come down some if you exchange some line drives for fly balls (though not to the extent that his has). 

Not sure what is going on here - but it seems like he's trying to hit HRs. Why would a guy who is one of the best players in baseball change his approach? Maybe he hasn't, but it appears as though he has. 

[mbtex 697]

It seems his approach has changed. It does not seem like He is just trying to make contact and rely on his speed. It looks like  He is pull happy.

[HtownHorn 15236]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

His biggest problem is that he needs to only pitch an inning or 2 while throwing mainly sliders and curves.

Yes, he was dominant in his 1st inning. He's a reliever, and a very good one.

[HtownHorn 15236]

4 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

So...Altuve. Now over 150 PAs, so some of these numbers are beginning to stabilize.

He's striking out 16% of his PAs (career is 11%). He's making contact on 79% of his swings (career is 87%). He's making contact on pitches in the zone at 86% (career is 93%).

On batted balls - 17% line drives (career 22%); 39% fly balls (career 31%). 

BABIP - .225 (career .338)

There has to be some bad luck at play, as his BABIP is more than 100 points below his career avg (and 75 points below league average). But he still seems a little different than he's been. Your eyes aren't lying if it seems like he's missing pitches he didn't used to miss, and that he is hitting more fly balls and fewer line drives. BABIP figures to come down some if you exchange some line drives for fly balls (though not to the extent that his has). 

Not sure what is going on here - but it seems like he's trying to hit HRs. Why would a guy who is one of the best players in baseball change his approach? Maybe he hasn't, but it appears as though he has. 

He's not healthy.

[Hank Chinaski 6363]

13 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

He's not healthy.

Yeah, maybe. He had surgery 6 months ago.