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#13751
39 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Altuve

Alvarez

Bregman

Tucker

Abreu

Chas

Diaz

Pena

Dubon/Julks/Meyers

5-7 could be in any order. 

 

Altuve, Bellinger, Alvarez, Bregman, Tucker, Abreu, McCormick, Diaz, Pena

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#13752
1 hour ago, Scraps said:
1 hour ago, Gourmand said:
And yet, where would we be without Dubon's slappy heroics this year?

 Let him play 3 times a week giving our team full of carlos correas a break and he can PH in clutch situations, which he has done well at hitting in this year.

love this quote, gawdamn, this team has been full on rattlesnake bit with injuries, its really incredible

#13754

Also I may be an idiot for not finding a spot at DH or LF for Julks over Dubon.

He's slashing .371/.443/.452  (.895OPS) with five doubles and 5 stolen bases in his last 18 games.

#13755
Kyle Tucker robbing a homer in front of this sign is actually amazing. If nobody got me, I know Kyle Tucker got me. #HeGetsUs

 

#13756
3 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

The fact we are only 3 games back should show if we get healthy and make some good trades we should win the division by 3-5 games. I fully believe with no injuries we would be up right now by 3-5 games and would win the division by 10 games. 


Good Luck Fuckers !

#13757
2 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

You also don't want Alvarez and Tucker back to back to make things easy on lefty relievers (yeah I know how they're hitting lefties right now but still).

Are you playing Dubón in LF there? DHing Yordan? I think best bet there is rotating DH between Yordan, Altuve, and Peña to keep them healthy.


Yordan eats lefties for lunch

#13759
It is up to Alex Bregman. The tying run is on second base. There are two outs.

 

#13760
6 minutes ago, Gourmand said:
It is up to Alex Bregman. The tying run is on second base. There are two outs.

 

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#13761

i'm not sure i'm happy with one aspect of our team right now (sp, rp, offense) and we're 10 games over, 3 games back and currently in the playoffs.

the offense gets solved by yainer playing over maldy, and altuve/pena/yordan coming back.  adding someone is gravy.  if abreu can just be average the rest of the way, we're fine on offense.

the sp gets better when urquidy gets back and javier gets his shit right.  not sure what's going on with him, but he's not his usual self.  framber is great, france has been solid.  otherwise, we're all over the place.  need hb to get his head out of his ass.

rp - i have no idea.  i think we need to add 1-2 arms just because, but there's no guarantee that anyone is better than who we have if who we have get their shit together.  we used to have 5 guys i trusted and maton wasn't one of them.  i'll settle for 3 + pressly but it would be nice to know who those 3 are.  need abreu to get back to being abreu.

need to go 5-1 this week.  i can't decide if i'm happy or pissed we went 2-1 over the weekend.

#13762

The bullpen has been used too much.  Last year the starters went 6 or 7 a lot of the time.  This year anyone outside of Frambler is lucky to go 5. Adding arms is the only way to fix it or the top of the bullpen will be completely spent by the end of the season.

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#13763
11 minutes ago, kevwun said:

The bullpen has been used too much.  Last year the starters went 6 or 7 a lot of the time.  This year anyone outside of Frambler is lucky to go 5. Adding arms is the only way to fix it or the top of the bullpen will be completely spent by the end of the season.


we need to bring a AAA arm, now just to eat innings. Enoli ?

we haven’t been in many blown out games, we’re constantly in high leverage situations 

#13765
39 minutes ago, kevwun said:

The bullpen has been used too much.  Last year the starters went 6 or 7 a lot of the time.  This year anyone outside of Frambler is lucky to go 5. Adding arms is the only way to fix it or the top of the bullpen will be completely spent by the end of the season.

JP is averaging between 5.2 and 6 innings right now. Ronel has gone at least 5 in every start. Bielal is averaging between 5.1 and 5.2 innings.

#13766
3 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

Outside of one 10-game winning streak early in the season, the 2015 Astros were a .500 team.   

You are absolutely right.  More was talking in the playoffs, but honestly that was more a fake memory.  They were bad in Sept 11-16 that year.  I guess I remembered it differently.  How about the 2023 Phillies then 

#13767

Back from a family wedding this weekend but it sounds like I missed a crazy series. Could have swept, could have been swept. Glad we won it. 

#13772
4 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

the offense gets solved by yainer playing over maldy, and altuve/pena/yordan coming back.  adding someone is gravy. 

 need hb to get his head out of his ass.

Might be selective memory, but I feel like Yainer replacing Maldy will unfuck Hunter. Feel like Brown was rolling until Dusty insisted on mixing things up. Feel like Javier is just tired. He doesn’t throw overly hard, but has good carry. Feel like when he starts to lose that, he becomes fairly hittable.

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#13773
We got ourselves a player of the week?
 
nicely done, Chas
Looks like i picked a good week to pick him up and play him in fantasy baseball. (I can partly thank Trout for getting hurt)


#13776

Rangers have a tough stretch coming up. TB, Dodgers and Astros. We have Colorado and the A’s before the Rangers series. We better have the division lead soon. 

#13777
I had no idea we were off tonight.
Dusty made the schedule. 3 days playing in a row after 4 days off is just too much.
#13778
5th-rder Chase Jaworsky signs w/@Astros for $850k (pick 164 value = $360,800). Colorado HS SS, good athlete w/plus speed, could wind up in center field. Utah Valley recruit. @MLBDraft

Brown must love this kid.

#13780
12th-rder Anthony Huezo signs w/@Astros for $400k ($250k counts vs pool). Biggest bonus in 11th-20th rd I've seen so far. California HS OF, projectable athlete w/quick left-handed swing, plus speed, strong arm. UC Irvine recruit. @MLBDraft

 

I don't think Duncan is happening. ESPN did have the local HSer we signed in the 11th as a top 200 draft prospect.

#13782
2 hours ago, Scraps said:

Looks like i picked a good week to pick him up and play him in fantasy baseball. (I can partly thank Trout for getting hurt)

same.  now we got coors.

#13783

Jaworsky, Ochoa, and Huezo is a big haul of HS talent considering where Houston was picking.  I also like Will Bush, the 19 yo JUCO C they picked.  Those guys combined with the dudes in the complex leagues has me really excited about Houston’s farm over the next couple years.  They lack top end pitching prospects but they have a shitload of exciting position player prospects all up and down the system and great depth pretty much everywhere.

#13784
43 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

Jaworsky, Ochoa, and Huezo is a big haul of HS talent considering where Houston was picking.  I also like Will Bush, the 19 yo JUCO C they picked.  Those guys combined with the dudes in the complex leagues has me really excited about Houston’s farm over the next couple years.  They lack top end pitching prospects but they have a shitload of exciting position player prospects all up and down the system and great depth pretty much everywhere.


Let the system work them into something 

Edited by tx 3 putt

#13790
It appears the #Astros have $2,223,400 left over after the reported bonuses. Everyone in top 10 outside of Tredwell has signed, just no bonuses on Bloss, Pecko, Johnson or Deming yet. But that amount should be plenty for all of them.

 

#13791
11 hours ago, Rip76 said:

I had no idea we were off tonight.

They let Dusty pick the night off...  "Hey let's do it after we played 3 games in 7 days. Guys get tired."

Edit.  Scraps beat me to it.  Scary.

Edited by slorch

#13792
Dropped the pod last night- we did a rant about Tommy Lasorda and the Dodgers in general, checked in on our over under predictions from a couple months ago and tackled some new over unders. Check it out- Houston’s new favorite niche Astros podcast measured now in hundreds of listeners instead of merely tens or dozens of listeners!  As always, thanks to all who listen. 
 
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#13793
3rd-rder Jake Bloss bonus w/@Astros is $397,500 (pick 99 value = $678,500). @GtownBaseball RHP, highest pick in school history, Big East pitcher of year, riding fastball sits at 93 mph & touches 97, misses bats w/curveball & slider. @MLBDraft

 

After learning the bonus on Bloss, and correcting my math, the Astros have $1,905,900 left. Tredwell is the only signing in top 10 that hasn’t been announced yet. Just waiting on bonuses now for Pecko, Johnson and Deming. https://t.co/3yXU09Tlzw

 

 

#13794
El pacto de Nehomar Ochoa y los Astros de Houston fue por 150 mil dólares.⚾️🇻🇪⚾️🇻🇪⚾️🇻🇪⚾️Ochoa Jr dijo a @PELOTABRAVA que su padre planea montar una academia de béisbol.

This is claiming Ochoa only signed for $150k. That's huge if it's true. 

 

#13797
Fixing a typo ... 3rd-rder Jake Bloss bonus w/@Astros is $497,500 (pick 99 value = $678,500). @GtownBaseball RHP, highest pick in school history, Big East pitcher of year, riding fastball sits at 93 mph & touches 97, misses bats w/curveball & slider. @MLBDraft https://t.co/OCsiDEmEVe

 

 

#13798
19 of our 20 draft picks have signed, along with three non-drafted free agents.

 

 

#13800


 

18 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

@tx 3 putt get us the cliff notes on Dusty on 790. I don’t have the stomach to listen to him 

Astros Skipper Dusty Baker says "We Don't Know Yet" When it comes to Framber Valdez making his next scheduled start against Oakland.

 

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