2023 Houston Astros Thread

[rvm96 1643]

.640 xBA for Yordan

[tx 3 putt 74766]

Walk Tucker 

[Mo Horn 8680]

Well fuck. Sometimes I hate baseball. Tonight is one of those nights. 

[HtownHorn 14285]

On 6/5/2023 at 8:12 PM, HtownHorn said:

If recent history repeats itself, Toronto will win the series while the Astros struggle to score 3 runs combined over the next 2 games.

Nailed it.

 

Though I guess we could actually tie the series with a win tomorrow.

Edited June 8, 2023 by HtownHorn

[tx 3 putt 74766]

Just now, Mo Horn said:

Well fuck. Sometimes I hate baseball. Tonight is one of those nights. 

Brown and blanco pitched good enough to win

[David Dennison 17658]

Well, we got our first pitch clock loss.

[Smax 3799]

1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

Nailed it.

 

Though I guess we could actually tie the series with a win tomorrow.

🤔

[David Dennison 17658]

Just now, HtownHorn said:

Nailed it.

Except the winning the series part.

Yet.

[Mo Horn 8680]

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

Brown and blanco pitched good enough to win

Yup. Bullpen has been average to below average lately. 

[WBT 20131]

Couldn't ask for more than the leadoff double with Altuve, Yordan, and Tucker coming up

[David Dennison 17658]

2 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

Yup. Bullpen has been average to below average lately. 

They had a lot of help from an even more below average offense.

[Mitch Hedberg 2086]

Blaming this loss on anything besides a bullshit lineup and even shittier hitting is just grasping at straws. This was a winnable game. They just step on their dicks at the plate. 

[Limp Brisket 529]

Neris didn’t help.

[Chuckie Finster 22252]

I get that there were two outs and no one on, but allowing Kessinger to bat in the 8th with Breggy and Pena on the bench is certainly something.

[Wulaw Horn 18917]

Fucking dipshit Abreu striking out on a pitch clock and dipshit Nerris putting the winning run on base with a pitch clock.  We deserve what we got today.  

[Scraps 13461]

Altuve/Yordan/Tucker come the fuck on.

[Hank Chinaski 6305]

Surprising that Dusty’s lineup failed to produce. Maybe don’t start a rookie who can’t hit in the minors.

Edited June 8, 2023 by Hank Chinaski

[HtownHorn 14285]

23 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Blaming this loss on anything besides a bullshit lineup and even shittier hitting is just grasping at straws. This was a winnable game. They just step on their dicks at the plate. 

The offense sucks, but the bullpen hasn't been great either in the past 8 or so games. They have like 2 appearances where they didn't give up a baserunner over that span. This is where Dusty is just a shitty manager with no in-game strategy. I would have told Altuve to bunt.

[Wulaw Horn 18917]

I’m thinking about taking up cutting myself after the last 2, what’s the proper way to get started?  

[Scraps 13461]

Try being here

[Hank Chinaski 6305]

22 K/1 BB last 2 nights. Christ.

[David Dennison 17658]

NM

Edited June 8, 2023 by David Dennison

[tx 3 putt 74766]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I’m thinking about taking up cutting myself after the last 2, what’s the proper way to get started?  

Rangers lost, cut a little deeper 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[Rip76 4871]

Wow a Thursday game, and not a day game.

[Rimbo 25212]

16 hours ago, Mo Horn said:

Well fuck. Sometimes I hate baseball. Tonight is one of those nights. 

Yeah.

baseball is the cruelest sport

[WBT 20131]

14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Rangers lost, cut a little deeper 🥺🥺🥺🥺

You'd rather they won?

Edited June 8, 2023 by WBT

[n64ra 1072]

Please don't make Valdez 6-5 tonight.

[tx 3 putt 74766]

33 minutes ago, n64ra said:

Please don't make Valdez 6-5 tonight.

 

[tx 3 putt 74766]

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

 

[Wulaw Horn 18917]

39 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

 

Needed to take advantage of the good pitching luck. 

[tx 3 putt 74766]

[smwhorn 481]

Abreu's killing us.....

Go Stros.

[tx 3 putt 74766]

I’d swap chas and pena 

[tx 3 putt 74766]

I hope he’s upgraded his security and hired a guard service ….

 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[HtownHorn 14285]

12 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

 

It's becoming very apparent Dusty's brain is not functioning at all.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

Edited June 8, 2023 by Seasick Sailor

[kevwun 15189]

How much longer is left on his deal?  They need to stop including him in roster moves and plans.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

3 minutes ago, kevwun said:

How much longer is left on his deal?  They need to stop including him in roster moves and plans.

Signed through 2026.

[kevwun 15189]

Yeeesh.  At least Brown will have no reason to have any hope of production from him.

[tx 3 putt 74766]

33 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

 

you want runners on base for Altuve + he’ll see more strikes with Yordan behind him 

 

 

 

16 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

 

he’s done. I hope his contract was insured 

Edited June 8, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[Hank Chinaski 6305]

43 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

 

[tx 3 putt 74766]

 

unpopular opinion … healthy brantley is better than anyone we’d be able to trade for 

[Guadaloopy 10757]

25 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

unpopular opinion … healthy brantley is better than anyone we’d be able to trade for 

Obligatory... can he play 1B?

[Wulaw Horn 18917]

16 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Obligatory... can he play 1B?

They had him doing that at AAA. 

[kevwun 15189]

He's shown decent hands in the outfield.  He might be solid there.  It's not like Abreu is good defensively.

 

[billfromlaketravis 11265]

We’re the only team in the majors that can’t score on from second on a single to the outfield. 

[perfectchaos007 6527]

That had monster inning potential but 2 runs is better than none

[Gut Wagon 8017]

2 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

That had monster inning potential but 2 runs is better than none

I'm following online, which leads to trying to visualize what the play-by-play calls mean. When it showed Meyers driving in "run(s)," I assumed he'd hit into a DP. Too bad I was right. When Maldy then was up 3-1 with the lineup about to turn over, I hoped he'd take the next pitch but knew better. Sure enough...6-3. Sigh....

[perfectchaos007 6527]

6 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

I'm following online, which leads to trying to visualize what the play-by-play calls mean. When it showed Meyers driving in "run(s)," I assumed he'd hit into a DP. Too bad I was right. When Maldy then was up 3-1 with the lineup about to turn over, I hoped he'd take the next pitch but knew better. Sure enough...6-3. Sigh....

Meyers hit the ball hard, but it went straight to the 3rd baseman for the easy DP