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well that was anticlimactic 

Dusty , and crane( for allowing dusty to be egotistical ahole) will cost this team a playoff spot, and first round draft pick.

No matter what his numbers suggest this year, in key situations Alvarez has largely proved mortal after all. Has he pulled his weight statistically? For sure. But has he spun the magic he did in crunch time last fall? Not so much. 

That's really not blasting the guy, just bringing into focus how epic his bombs against Seattle and Philly were. You can't wait for more of those to bail your club out of tight spots. This tailspin has been pretty much a team effort, and it will take a bunch of folks — Yordan included — to turn that around. 

We lost a game in the standings to the O’s, Rays, Twins, Blue Jays, Rangers, and Mariners* tonight.

 

* (assuming they hold a 6 run lead with 9 outs to go)

4 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

We lost a game in the standings to the O’s, Rays, Twins, Blue Jays, Rangers, and Mariners* tonight.

 

* (assuming they hold a 6 run lead with 9 outs to go)

First place, what's up?

33 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Holy shit Yordan.

should have pinch hit with Maldy who would have at least swung

 

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It was uglier in person

 

19 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

We lost a game in the standings to the O’s, Rays, Twins, Blue Jays, Rangers, and Mariners* tonight.

 

* (assuming they hold a 6 run lead with 9 outs to go)


FEEU 

Unpopular opinion, we’ll go as far as this pitching staff takes us 

next ten games are going to be war 

please don’t get swept tomorrow 

Is this team throwing games on purpose?  There’s no way they can be this fucking shitty otherwise. 

Y'all know how bad we are at home. Too much laundry. This is all part of Dusty's masterplan to ensure we don't have a home field disadvantage come playoff time.

This is pretty cool, all the pitches from Pressly last night in one frame. Changeup, Curve, Fastball and sliders. There is definitely some tipping going on but not every pitch, and other people in the Twitter thread point out instances of the same going back to early July when his ERA took a dive.  I really can't believe this has been going on for 2 months and nobody in the Astros club has corrected it. Remember when McCullers was tipping pitches in the World Series last year?  The Phillies picked up on it in the first inning, and even the TV crew was speculating about it due to the dugout conversations between Harper and teammates. 

 

 

22 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Sure you can see it from the CF cam, but I don’t see how that would be perceptible from the home plate view 

Yeah, I'm sure it looks different from the plate, but the arm movement should be visible. It may be more visible for left handed batters too. Either way, why wouldn't a pitching coach see this and correct it?  It's not like he throws the ball faster with it.  

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

Some way, some how we need a strong 7 out of Javier 

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there is a better chance of Diaz getting to 50/50 catching duties with Maldy than that 

5 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Surrender lineup.

No longer serious about winning. At all 

Some way, some how we need a strong 7 out of Javier 
It would take Javier 160 pitches to go 7 innings

I finally get what Dusty is doing.  Too many years in a row into the post-season has really taken a toll on the guys.  He's going to rest them this year to be fresh for next year's run.  Fucking 4D chess, y'all.  Show respect where it's due.

I am sure our next manager will appreciate that

3 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

I finally get what Dusty is doing.  Too many years in a row into the post-season has really taken a toll on the guys.  He's going to rest them this year to be fresh for next year's run.  Fucking 4D chess, y'all.  Show respect where it's due.

Maybe He has some concert to attend to show how cool He is.

Yainer playing!  At DH. Where he sort of sucks. At the expense of Yordan (and Brantley if he’s alive still) so Meyers can play. Against a RHP. Maldy catching. 
I should have hit him in the head with a shovel yesterday at BP when I had the chance. 

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Yainer playing!  At DH. Where he sort of sucks. At the expense of Yordan (and Brantley if he’s alive still) so Meyers can play. Against a RHP. Maldy catching. 
I should have hit him in the head with a shovel yesterday at BP when I had the chance. 

Yeah… pretty much everything that happens after that (including last night) is really your fault.   Negs inbound.  

Yordan is scuffling. Taking three 3 straight baseballs like that last night is No beuno.

he probably could use a rest.

but don't do it against the best team in the league. If you have to do it, do it Friday after the off day when we’re playing the 2nd worst team in the league and they’ll have a lefty on the mound… and when we’ll have Diaz at catcher to help cushion the loss of his bat

Brantley in LF, Chas in CF and Meyers on the bench.  No problem giving Yordan a day off right now.

Altuve's next double will be his 400th.  

Only 2 other Astros have hit 400 doubles....Biggio and Bagwell obviously

2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Altuve's next double will be his 400th.  

Only 2 other Astros have hit 400 doubles....Biggio and Bagwell obviously

And his 300th one thrown out trying to stretch it to a triple.

48 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Yainer playing!  At DH. Where he sort of sucks. At the expense of Yordan (and Brantley if he’s alive still) so Meyers can play. Against a RHP. Maldy catching. 
I should have hit him in the head with a shovel yesterday at BP when I had the chance. 

I don’t think there is really any reason to believe he’s a worse hitter as a DH than as a catcher.

But yeah, the commitment to refusing to maximize the lineup is astounding.

Edited by Hank Chinaski

It’s not that astounding. Our owner and GM and manager aren’t in agreement. It’s obvious Dusty is going to do it his way and no one will tell him otherwise. He’s fundamentally not going to work as a team with Dana. Dana is going to be 100% in Crane’s ear (and probably is now) that he needs to bring in his guy and Dusty needs to go. 

And he’s not wrong 

22 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Yordan is scuffling. Taking three 3 straight baseballs like that last night is No beuno.

he probably could use a rest.

but don't do it against the best team in the league. If you have to do it, do it Friday after the off day when we’re playing the 2nd worst team in the league and they’ll have a lefty on the mound… and when we’ll have Diaz at catcher to help cushion the loss of his bat

 

Or, maybe it’s sacrifice 10 games for…reasons…but who’s counting?

And sometimes you have to sacrifice 20 games and the playoffs. - Dusty Baker

32 minutes ago, We’reTexas said:

 

That works when you have a ten game lead not when you have a 0.5 game lead! Seattle to win AL West, Toronto to have 2nd WC spot, and Texas to have 3rd WC spot. Houston to have a new manager for 2024.

Edited by n64ra

48 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

I don’t think there is really any reason to believe he’s a worse hitter as a DH than as a catcher.

But yeah, the commitment to refusing to maximize the lineup is astounding.

Everyone pays a DH penalty so yeah- there’s some reason to believe he’s worse as a DH than regular. Is he uniquely worse?  Probably not. But if anyone would be it would likely be a young rookie that everyone seems to agree can tend toward focus/concentration issues. 

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I should have hit him in the head with a shovel yesterday at BP when I had the chance. 

Dusty or Maldy?

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