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I imagine Jeff Luhnow and James Click are watching somewhere laughing, based on how GMs Jim Crane, Jeff Bagwell, Dana Brown, and Reggie Jackson derailed this entire organization. They were the smartest people in the room and won stupid prizes. 

Can’t wait for 4 more years of Josh Hader!

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    I’m just glad I survived another season of being the official thread starter. Thank you all for your continued support in this emotional time.   In more ways than one with tonight’s result:

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5 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

 

He likes 1B.

 

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1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

mangers look great when guys hit the ball and throw strikes 

Shitty managers also put pitchers into game situations they have failed at all season in playoff games and sit around waiting for a 3-run HR that isn't coming. Espada promised before the season that he would be more active with bunting, stealing, and hit and running. None of it happened with any real frequency which is why the Astros were so horrible in 1-run games and could barely scratch across 3 runs in the series, all coming in innings where the bunt was used.

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15 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

he's still obviously not back up to snuff

He's not?  He was pretty damn good after he came back

2 minutes ago, patrickdrinksbeer said:


why on earth would you swap an elite offensive catcher for an average offensive 1B?

1B is the easiest and cheapest position to upgrade.

 

the tell tale sign if he plays winter ball, at 1st

 

25 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

We've been to the top of the mountain twice.  I'm already over this loss.

It was the microcosm of the entire season. Having to depend on subs players and watching your manager piss away late inning situations by using the same people that failed him all season.

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23 minutes ago, TOR said:

Dana Brown needed to be fired when Detroit made the last out.  The roster is a shambles.

Yet most of his acquisitions worked out.

Montero, Abreu, and Hader were all Crane acquisitions, two of which were on the team before Brown got the job. Brown should get a chance to clean up the mess Crane and the HOF cabal made in the last 2 off-seasons.

Resigning Kikuchi should be item #1 in the offseason.

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We fucked it up only getting 2 off the rookie pissing down his leg.

 

that should have backfired big time on Hinch and he got away with it

 

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2 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

We fucked it up only getting 2 off the rookie pissing down his leg.

 

 

Had hinch not gotten cocky we wouldn’t have scored at all. Hell we looked like we struggled to score the two that we did. 

1 minute ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Had hinch not gotten cocky we wouldn’t have scored at all. Hell we looked like we struggled to score the two that we did. 

Similar move to when Dierker put in Mike Jackson in the 8th inning in game 1 in the 2001 NLDS.

Thanks for the clutch play here Bregman , tucker and pressley( dude was money in 2022 playoffs). Wish them the best wherever they go.

Just want to say that there's no better feeling than seeing all the other teams revel in our loss.

They don't do that if you suck.

35 minutes ago, Harrison Stafford said:

I imagine Jeff Luhnow and James Click are watching somewhere laughing, based on how GMs Jim Crane, Jeff Bagwell, Dana Brown, and Reggie Jackson derailed this entire organization. They were the smartest people in the room and won stupid prizes. 

Can’t wait for 4 more years of Josh Hader!

Josh Hader can be traded, if need be.

26 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

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If he shows up October 19th at DKR, Eltife, Hartzell, and CDC need to get kicked in the nuts repeatedly.

Well that was a shitty end to the season. I thought they would at least win 1 against the Tigers, and we would get to see Skubal vs Kikuchi tomorrow for a win or go home game. There are a lot of questions for the off-season, but if they can find a way to keep Bregman and Kikuchi, I think they could round out the roster pretty well from there and win the division again next year. They aren't sunk yet, and if Tucker doesn't get a freak injury off a foul ball, this team probably has 93+ wins and a first round bye. Anyway, that's baseball. Get em next year. 

2 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Well that was a shitty end to the season. I thought they would at least win 1 against the Tigers, and we would get to see Skubal vs Kikuchi tomorrow for a win or go home game. There are a lot of questions for the off-season, but if they can find a way to keep Bregman and Kikuchi, I think they could round out the roster pretty well from there and win the division again next year. They aren't sunk yet, and if Tucker doesn't get a freak injury off a foul ball, this team probably has 93+ wins and a first round bye. Anyway, that's baseball. Get em next year. 

Joe Espada needs to go to manager school.

50 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I miss clutch hitting

 

any hitting and home runs 

 

at least the new astros lost right after the real astros?

I remember being happy when it was announced Dusty Baker wasn't coming back. Now I long for the days of Dusty managing by gut feel. I am convinced Espada is a moron and doesn't understand the basic fundamentals of baseball 😆 

This season already had me completely numb after how many times we willingly kept tripping over our own dick, so, unfortunately, these losses to the Tigers didn't even really phase me. 

On the bright side…we have LMJ’s return to look forward to next year! …(ducks!)

5 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

On the bright side…we have LMJ’s return to look forward to next year! …(ducks!)

 

and garcia 

i’d sign urquidy on the cheap if he bites

1 hour ago, Wishbone said:

On the bright side…we have LMJ’s return to look forward to next year! …(ducks!)

Maybe he'll take Baggy's place.

Watching Phil maton getting rocked tonight in Mets brewers game gives me pleasure. I’m taking any small victories I can get today.

If Bregman leaves, who will play opposite Pena in those god awful HEB commercials? I’m guessing they call up Whitcomb, looks like he might have performed in a few high school musicals  

1 hour ago, TejasPedro said:

If Bregman leaves, who will play opposite Pena in those god awful HEB commercials? I’m guessing they call up Whitcomb, looks like he might have performed in a few high school musicals  

 

chip me 

14 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Similar move to when Dierker put in Mike Jackson in the 8th inning in game 1 in the 2001 NLDS.

Too soon

Gonna be pissed if the Yankees win the AL. Damn Tigers for knocking out the Yankee-killing Astros in that case.

Woke up firmly in the denial stage. How about y’all?

I’m already feeling tinges of anger and expect I’m going to be in rare form by end of day (especially with how work has started today) 

 

 

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I only have to make it 2 more hours and then we're going to Port A.  Honestly this team was so frustrating to watch I'm kind of relieved it's over.  I am very over running out a player you know is going to fail, but having to watch it happen anyway.  There was someone who fit that category pretty much the entire season.

8 minutes ago, n64ra said:

Gonna be pissed if the Yankees win the AL. Damn Tigers for knocking out the Yankee-killing Astros in that case.

We’re going to get Yankees/dodgers

great for the game. Awful for Astros fans.

Flushed this loss already.   This team was so damn frustrating and the two L's in the playoffs perfectly encapsulated the season.

Solid starting pitching, can't score without bombs and a leaky bullpen just like the start of the year. Sadly the middle of our season where we took over the division was the anomaly.  

If Seattle doesn't crater offensively, we wouldn't have won the division.

Lets get some new blood and saddle up for 2025!

5 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

We’re going to get Yankees/dodgers

great for the game. Awful for Astros fans.

i'd love to see Philly or SD take on the Yankees.

ugh, for LA / NY.

If Jose Abreu hadn't sucked, if LMJ, Garcia, Urquidy, Javier and Graveman wouldn't have gotten injured, if Tucker and Yordan hadn't been injured, if my aunt had a dick she'd be my uncle.

 

I'd probably re-sign Bregman for whatever it takes.  Dude is part of the core in every way - on the field, in the clubhouse, tough competitor, etc. etc. etc.  He's only 30.  Get him for as few years as you can, but the AAV has to be what it has to be to keep him.  I'd also roll with Singleton at 1B.  He had an OPS over 700, had a higher OBP than Bregman.  His ROI is higher than some big expensive free agent would be.  If you do that, you've got to upgrade in the OF.  With all of the pitching coming back healthy we should be a playoff team again.

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