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  • wesleywest
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    Two Diamond Club tickets available for the Sunday night game.  Free.  Need to pick them up from me in 77027. Rules: Poster must be a big contributor to this thread/last years shag thread.  No gue

Did they actually announce Tyler White?  Is he burned?


Yes - announced. Then Reddick PH for him.

Injured Altuve and Correa have killed this team. 

Great regulsr season, great ALDS, horrible ALCS. And a giant fuck you to Minute Maid Park. 

How the fuck do you think that is going to miss the strike zone?

Oh. Marwin.  Not the result you want for possibly your last AB in an Astros uni.

Damn, Kemp gave it a ride at least

4 minutes ago, thetruth said:

Injured Altuve and Correa have killed this team. 

Username checks out

Pitching and defense collapse were epic 

that's your new world series champs. good season. 

Damn. Let’s all look at the bright side. Well all be able to get some sleep and won’t be hungover at work for the next two weeks.

well that's that.  see you fuckers in april

Well, damn.  It was a great season with the franchise record in wins.

This week was frustrating but Boston is a good team and played really well.  You never know what will happen in short sample theater.

We'll be back in the middle of it next year.

Get some rest boys, we will see y’all in the spring.

And the season ends in a whimper. Sigh...

Good season boys. Best of luck to Boston. Onto next year, where we get real Tucker, and Whitley. The Stros go on. 

Window is still wide open and Luhnow will reload.  Plus there is great talent still to come from the lower levels.  Future is bright.

Go watch games 2, 5, and 7 from last years WS to remind yourselves how lucky we are as fans.

Frustrating as shit. But goddamit, Boston got it done when they needed to. We didn’t. Sure, bad calls. But it’s as simple as that.

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1 minute ago, thetruth said:

Good season boys. Best of luck to Boston. Onto next year, where we get real Tucker, and Whitley. The Stros go on. 

Fuck that, go Brew Crew.

2 minutes ago, YChang said:

And the season ends in a whimper. Sigh...

This is BS.  Last night was a fight to the end.  Astros had their chances tonight and kept us all watching.

LOL that 'only' making the final four now feels a little disappointing to me for the moment.  Still have the satisfaction of last year's championship that will never go away, still have a ton to look forward to next year.  Life is still good, just not quite as perfect. 

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well that's that.  see you fuckers in april

April?!
P&Cs report in 120 days!
Plus we have Whitley and Bukauskas in the AFL...

But yeah, I’m done for a while
1 minute ago, Planet Houston said:

Fuck that, go Brew Crew.

Told myself if Boston could get by Verlander and Cole they deserved to win. Also, fuck Selig

10 minutes ago, elfenix said:

well that's that.  see you fuckers in april

Do you even AFL bro?

Spoiler

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Forrest Whitley, baseball's best pitching prospect, has been the talk of the Arizona Fall League in the early season. But he's not the only Astros first-rounder who looks ready to make an impact at the big league level in the near future.

Fellow right-hander J.B. Bukauskas, the 15th overall pick in 2017 out of North Carolina, also has dominant stuff. He put it on display Thursday afternoon, throwing four shutout innings to lead the Scottsdale Scorpions to an 8-0 victory over the Peoria Javelinas.

 Gameday

Bukauskas, the Astros' No. 8 prospect allowed only two hits (one a double lost in the sun) and one walk while striking out four. He was efficient, throwing 36 of 58 pitches for strikes. In two AFL outings, he has permitted just one run while fanning nine in seven innings.

Against the Javelinas, Bukauskas worked at 94-96 mph and hit 98 mph with his fastball. His mid-80s slider lived up to its reputation as a wipeout pitch, and he also mixed in a few promising changeups with depth and a couple of cutters.

"I think the slider was probably my best pitch today," Bukauskas said. "The other night I really didn't have it with me. The changeup, I threw a couple good ones. I'm still working on developing that. I threw a couple of good cutter reps too that I was really happy with ...

"The slider is kind of my go-to. I think it has been for a while. If I have a good feel for it on the day, I'm going to lean pretty heavily on it."

Bukauskas also dominated during his first full pro season, posting a 2.14 ERA with 71 strikeouts and a .199 opponent average in 59 innings. But it didn't unfold as planned, because he got in an automobile accident during Spring Training that left him with a slipped disc in his back and limited him to three appearances in the first three months of the season. He wound up pitching at five different levels and said he jumped at the chance to get more work in during the Fall League.

"It was pretty frustrating but once I got going in the second half, I was pretty happy with the way things were going," Bukauskas said. "It limited me a lot. Getting to come out here and face this great competition has been awesome. I'm really fortunate I got the opportunity and just want to make the most of it right now."

The Scorpions took control of the game with six runs in the second inning, stringing together five singles, a walk and a hit batter against right-hander Jeremy Walker (Braves). Desmond Lindsay (Mets), Alfredo Rodriguez (Reds) and Darick Hall (Phillies) all contributed singles during the frame en route to two-hit days. Hall drove in three runs, two on an RBI single in the second and another on a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Lucius Fox (Rays) collected two of the Javelinas' seven hits, dropping his batting average slightly to .407. Fox ranks first in the league in runs (eight), second in hits (11), third in steals (five) and fifth in batting.

Scottsdale improved to 5-3, tied with the Mesa Solar Sox atop the East Division. Peoria dropped to 5-3, sharing the best record in the Fall League with those two clubs and holding a one-game lead over the Surprise Saguaros in the West.

Spoiler

Houston's No. 2 prospect Forrest Whitley came out solid in his start for the Scottsdale Scorpions on Tuesday afternoon. In four innings pitched, Whitley was able to record six strikeouts, only giving up two hits and one walk.

The Scorpions were able to surge past the Glendale Desert Dogs, 6-1, thanks to Whitley's impressive outing, including three straight strikeouts to escape a jam in the bottom of the second inning. The start came after Whitley was named the AFL Pitcher of the Week earlier in the day.

 

2018 Arizona Fall League rosters
Click on the AFL team name to see complete roster.
AFL club MLB clubs
Glendale BAL, CLE, CWS, LA, NYY
Peoria ATL, MIL, SD, SEA, TB
Salt River ARI, COL, MIA, MIN, WSH
Surprise KC, PIT, STL, TEX, TOR
Scottsdale CIN, HOU, NYM, PHI, SF
Mesa BOS, CHC, DET, LAA, OAK

"Ideally I was just trying to get a ground ball to get a double play, but I took matters into my own hands and got out of it." Whitley said.

The right-hander feels like he got some good work in at Camelback Ranch, throwing 64 pitches with 44 of those landing for strikes.

"At the end of the day it's not about the strikeouts," Whitley said. "It's about eating up as many innings as I can; that's why I'm here."

Getting strikeouts is not Whitley's goal, but he agrees that they are nice to have when he is on the mound after missing some time this past season.

Whitley wasn't the only Astros' prospect to contribute to the Scorpions' win.

Two other Astros prospects, Ronnie Dawson and Drew Ferguson, got the offense started for the Scorpions.

Dawson hit an RBI double to tie the game and Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly to give the Scorpions the lead in the top of the fourth inning.

Some insurance runs came in toward the end of the game from New York Met's No. 2 prospect Peter Alonso, who is also No. 58 on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 list.

Alonso went 2-for-3, hitting a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning. It was his second homer thus far in the Fall League.

The Scorpions put up eight hits against the Desert Dogs four and are now 3-3 on the season.

 

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Been off of here for a few days. Had to drop in to say fuck this bullfucking crap! That is all.

Well, it was nice being world champions for a year.  I said last year that one in my life would make me happy as a long-suffering Astros fan.  That was a lie, but still...

Bottom line is that we have a phenomenal core of players. We caught the injury bug and a cold streak in the ALCS. We are on the precipice of some great potential for a number of years to come.

I'm disappointed, but the Red Sox earned it (regardless of what your opinion is of the fan interference call). We just didn't have the right mix of pitching/hitting this series.

Four strike homer certainly didn’t help. Still didn’t play stros ball.

Wish Dallas well.
Go get some D-Back starting pitching.
Move LMJ to closer.
Let Kyle be Ted
Find the next Marwin
Get an odd year championship thing going

DK and Marwin gone, maybe CFM, bring in a bat and an arm. Hope James and Whitley can join rotation for some/all of year and be good back half. Hope Tucker is for real and not AAAA. 

The worst part of watching the game at a hotel bar is they keep the ducking TBS feed on so we have to watch Papi suck Alex Cora’s dick.

Helluva last two years. This team isn't done. We'll be back here next year.  Props to Boston. They won 108 games this year, but it still took every break going their way to win the series. 

I can live with this outcome for two reasons: (1) Boston has a solid team; and (2) I’m still riding high from last season’s epic title run. I never thought I’d live to see one. 

Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits. 

We definitely didn’t have the mojo of last year in the ALCS. 

Got to get healthy and improve the bottom of the lineup and bench. 

I said last year that winning it all once in my lifetime would be enough. I’ve found that not to be true. 

Got to give it to the Red Sox. They have a hell of a team. 

1 minute ago, Mo Horn said:

Helluva last two years. This team isn't done. We'll be back here next year.  Props to Boston. They won 108 games this year, but it still took every break going their way to win the series. 

Agree with this ^

Already daydreaming of next season.  There'll be some new faces, incuding some from the minors, and hopefully some better health.  We'll be right back.

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11 minutes ago, thetruth said:

Told myself if Boston could get by Verlander and Cole they deserved to win. Also, fuck Selig

I agree, they are a fantastic team and I totally tip my cap. 

But I can never root for them. Their fans are too obnoxious and entitled. But if they win, as a Vandy grad I’ll be happy for Price. And of course I have the ultimate respect for Cora. 

But still, Boston sports can blow me. 

1 minute ago, TexArcher said:

Already daydreaming of next season.  There'll be some new faces, incuding some from the minors, and hopefully some better health.  We'll be right back.

Healthy Correa, healthy Altuve, and hopefully more super Saiyan Bergman next year. 

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