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21 hours ago, Gourmand said:

Exactly right.

Granato isn't exactly Berman, he's run with some b.s. previously and shown his ass, and Schwab is a wannabe reporter chasing clout on twitter. Both are being bozos here imo. I don't believe this story for a second, but I definitely believe CC never intended to return to the Astros. He wanted out all along, the writing has been on the wall for months if not years.

Why do you think he never intended to return?  He seems to have ride-or-die type friends on the team - Machete, Altuve, LMJ among them. I never detected any friction with Dusty or the front office.

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Any free agent catchers that bat north of 0.200? Nice to not count on an out in the 9 hole every game.

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If it's not shilling for Trailer Wheel and Frame, it's safe to assume Granato doesn't know wtf he's talking about..

10 minutes ago, WBT said:

If it's not shilling for Trailer Wheel and Frame, it's safe to assume Granato doesn't know wtf he's talking about..

He knows his way around a Coors Light at Nick’s Place. 

7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

3 Hall of Fame’rs and a windmill 

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never really thought about it, but i would guess pettis and reggie were old pals from those 1980's california angels teams.  the one that tried to kill the queen.

pettis was a monster defensively (for those who don't know) and that 1986 team that lost to boston is often overlooked, as is that alcs.

2 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

He knows his way around a Coors Light at Nick’s Place. 

Yea he does! 

7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

3 Hall of Fame’rs and a windmill 

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A personalized “Mr. October” Astros H star logo hat is incredible. 

Are there analytics for third base coaches?  Every fan base seems to think theirs is a fucking idiot.

It's a thankless job.  Fans only remember when they fuck up.

8 hours ago, runthebone said:

Are there analytics for third base coaches?  Every fan base seems to think theirs is a fucking idiot.


not me, I love our 3rd base coach 

8 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

A personalized “Mr. October” Astros H star logo hat is incredible. 


Fucking A it is !!!!

I want to take all my caps and get ‘T-Bone’ embroidered on the side !

9 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

never really thought about it, but i would guess pettis and reggie were old pals from those 1980's california angels teams.  the one that tried to kill the queen.

pettis was a monster defensively (for those who don't know) and that 1986 team that lost to boston is often overlooked, as is that alcs.


who’s telling the biggest lies that picture ?

Adam Morgan anyone?

The Astros have signed lefty Adam Morgan to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training, tweets Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. Morgan is repped by CAA Baseball.

Morgan, 32, spent the 2021 season with the Cubs, pitching to a 4.26 ERA with a strong 25.9% strikeout rate against an 11.1% walk rate and a 44.8% grounder rate. It was the first season Morgan spent with any club other than the Phillies, who drafted him with their third-round pick back in 2011. Morgan spent the first six seasons of his career as a Phillie, originally pitching out of the rotation in 2015-16 before moving to the ’pen in 2017.

Since moving to a relief role on a full-time basis, Morgan has seen his strikeout rate and velocity increase, rising from 16.8% and 90.6 mph in 2015-16 up to 25.5% and 93.6 mph from 2017-21. He has a 4.13 ERA through 172 relief innings since making the switch. He’s shut down lefties to the tune of a woeful .198/.280/.305 batting line in that five-year stretch, but right-handed opponents continue to give him trouble, evidenced by a .281/.347/.528 output.

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:


Fucking A it is !!!!

I want to take all my caps and get ‘T-Bone’ Koko embroidered on the side !

 

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8 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Adam Morgan anyone?

The Astros have signed lefty Adam Morgan to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training, tweets Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. Morgan is repped by CAA Baseball.

Morgan, 32, spent the 2021 season with the Cubs, pitching to a 4.26 ERA with a strong 25.9% strikeout rate against an 11.1% walk rate and a 44.8% grounder rate. It was the first season Morgan spent with any club other than the Phillies, who drafted him with their third-round pick back in 2011. Morgan spent the first six seasons of his career as a Phillie, originally pitching out of the rotation in 2015-16 before moving to the ’pen in 2017.

Since moving to a relief role on a full-time basis, Morgan has seen his strikeout rate and velocity increase, rising from 16.8% and 90.6 mph in 2015-16 up to 25.5% and 93.6 mph from 2017-21. He has a 4.13 ERA through 172 relief innings since making the switch. He’s shut down lefties to the tune of a woeful .198/.280/.305 batting line in that five-year stretch, but right-handed opponents continue to give him trouble, evidenced by a .281/.347/.528 output.

Just have Strom work his mag....nevermind.

7 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Just have Strom work his mag....nevermind.

I really really really hope that loss isn't as a big a loss as I think it's going to be. 

18 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Adam Morgan anyone?

The Astros have signed lefty Adam Morgan to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training, tweets Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. Morgan is repped by CAA Baseball.

Morgan, 32, spent the 2021 season with the Cubs, pitching to a 4.26 ERA with a strong 25.9% strikeout rate against an 11.1% walk rate and a 44.8% grounder rate. It was the first season Morgan spent with any club other than the Phillies, who drafted him with their third-round pick back in 2011. Morgan spent the first six seasons of his career as a Phillie, originally pitching out of the rotation in 2015-16 before moving to the ’pen in 2017.

Since moving to a relief role on a full-time basis, Morgan has seen his strikeout rate and velocity increase, rising from 16.8% and 90.6 mph in 2015-16 up to 25.5% and 93.6 mph from 2017-21. He has a 4.13 ERA through 172 relief innings since making the switch. He’s shut down lefties to the tune of a woeful .198/.280/.305 batting line in that five-year stretch, but right-handed opponents continue to give him trouble, evidenced by a .281/.347/.528 output.

So we have our aggy replacement.

 
Appeals in the time of COVID, I assume.

Hmmm, now why would they want to keep this a secret ??

 

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1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Adam Morgan anyone?

The Astros have signed lefty Adam Morgan to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training, tweets Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. Morgan is repped by CAA Baseball.

Morgan, 32, spent the 2021 season with the Cubs, pitching to a 4.26 ERA with a strong 25.9% strikeout rate against an 11.1% walk rate and a 44.8% grounder rate. It was the first season Morgan spent with any club other than the Phillies, who drafted him with their third-round pick back in 2011. Morgan spent the first six seasons of his career as a Phillie, originally pitching out of the rotation in 2015-16 before moving to the ’pen in 2017.

Since moving to a relief role on a full-time basis, Morgan has seen his strikeout rate and velocity increase, rising from 16.8% and 90.6 mph in 2015-16 up to 25.5% and 93.6 mph from 2017-21. He has a 4.13 ERA through 172 relief innings since making the switch. He’s shut down lefties to the tune of a woeful .198/.280/.305 batting line in that five-year stretch, but right-handed opponents continue to give him trouble, evidenced by a .281/.347/.528 output.

our lefty specialist has been a rhp going on a decade now. 

34 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

our lefty specialist has been a rhp going on a decade now. 

As it will ever be more likely to be, going forward, with the 3 batter rule seriously crippling LOOGY's. 

13 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

never really thought about it, but i would guess pettis and reggie were old pals from those 1980's california angels teams.  the one that tried to kill the queen.

pettis was a monster defensively (for those who don't know) and that 1986 team that lost to boston is often overlooked, as is that alcs.

yep, that 86 angels team was solid. I'm also very familiar with the other teams/rosters from RBI Baseball that season...

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13 minutes ago, ballrific said:

yep, that 86 angels team was solid. I'm also very familiar with the other teams/rosters from RBI Baseball that season...

great now that song is stuck in my head. asshole. 

Anyone notice that the Astros seem to be pretending absolutely nothing happened this weekend? 

Social media team went radio silent all day Saturday. No "thanks for everything Carlos" tweet or FB posts or anything. Now back to to just posting pics of training camp. 

And unless I've missed something, I don't think we've heard a peep from Crane/Click in the past 72 hours. I don't even think they've been seen in public.

I would rather it be that way.  Move on.  Fuck the drama.  Play baseball  

25 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Anyone notice that the Astros seem to be pretending absolutely nothing happened this weekend? 

Social media team went radio silent all day Saturday. No "thanks for everything Carlos" tweet or FB posts or anything. Now back to to just posting pics of training camp. 

And unless I've missed something, I don't think we've heard a peep from Crane/Click in the past 72 hours. I don't even think they've been seen in public.

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his first game back will have an awesome tribute video and he'll get a standing O, greatly deserved. after that, it's time to strike him out and sit him down 

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Just remembered this, maybe Carlos just wanted the chance to hit up the Minnesota state fair again.

 

9 hours ago, Scraps said:

Adam Morgan anyone?

The Astros have signed lefty Adam Morgan to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training, tweets Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. Morgan is repped by CAA Baseball.

Morgan, 32, spent the 2021 season with the Cubs, pitching to a 4.26 ERA with a strong 25.9% strikeout rate against an 11.1% walk rate and a 44.8% grounder rate. It was the first season Morgan spent with any club other than the Phillies, who drafted him with their third-round pick back in 2011. Morgan spent the first six seasons of his career as a Phillie, originally pitching out of the rotation in 2015-16 before moving to the ’pen in 2017.

Since moving to a relief role on a full-time basis, Morgan has seen his strikeout rate and velocity increase, rising from 16.8% and 90.6 mph in 2015-16 up to 25.5% and 93.6 mph from 2017-21. He has a 4.13 ERA through 172 relief innings since making the switch. He’s shut down lefties to the tune of a woeful .198/.280/.305 batting line in that five-year stretch, but right-handed opponents continue to give him trouble, evidenced by a .281/.347/.528 output.

Adams Morgan was where Gary Condit lived when Chandra Levy was murdered.

This is the most apathetic I have felt going into an Astros season since 2014.

17 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

This is the most apathetic I have felt going into an Astros season since 2014.

I was pretty excited for 2014. Was pretty sure we turned the corner and made the furniture bet to the tune of 6 or 7k with Mattress Mack. Didn’t think we’d be good or anything, just not really bad and was excited for that after all the 100 loss seasons. 
this is a tough year. Star losses piling up. Close shaves in WS. Not particularly worried about making playoffs with the new expanded playoffs. Nothing matters until the post season in an accomplishing goals kind of way. 
Still, looking forward to it. Baseball season is the best because it’s background noise to life for 6 or 7 months until it’s constant heart attack time for a month if you are lucky. 

I knew that 2014 would be the corner, but I wasn’t excited about that season.   I’m happy that baseball is back and that the boys are still damn good, but don’t feel excited… yet.  A return to form for JV and Bregman would go a long way towards that. 

58 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

This is the most apathetic I have felt going into an Astros season since 2014.

Being the favorite to win the division yet again will do that. 

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Man we got the 2022 AL MVP in Kyle Tucker and Yordan is gonna hit 50 homers so yall better get fucking excited

8 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Man we got the 2022 AL MVP in Kyle Tucker and Yordan is gonna hit 50 homers so yall better get fucking excited

Plus Cy Young winner Framber Valdez.

Plus Cy Young winner Framber Valdez.

And ROY winner Forrest Whitley

1 minute ago, WBT said:

And ROY winner Forrest Whitley

And Jeremy Pena Gold Glove 

9 minutes ago, texashorne said:

And Jeremy Pena Gold Glove 

And Maldonado hits .270

4 minutes ago, OB3 said:

And Maldonado hits .270

Everything up to this point was believable. This sir, is a bridge too far. 

Manfred has a plan.  He's gonna white out every spot the Yankees are mentioned and write Astros over it.

After the letter is made public, Crane should sue MLB and demand replacement first round picks, a return to the NL, and for Orbit to be able to drag the latest Yankees WS trophy around in the parking lot. 

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38 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

After the letter is made public, Crane should sue MLB and demand replacement first round picks, a return to the NL, and for Orbit to be able to drag the latest Yankees WS trophy around in the parking lot. 

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And get to wear Babe Ruth's jersey to a crawfish boil.

10 hours ago, LebongJames said:

Plus Cy Young winner Framber Valdez.

Only because Verlander is happy with Comeback Player of the Year,

1 hour ago, Murfdogg21 said:

After the letter is made public, Crane should sue MLB and demand replacement first round picks, a return to the NL, and for Orbit to be able to drag the latest Yankees WS trophy around in the parking lot. 

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I am fine with the AL and the burgeoning rivalry with the Yankees.

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