Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Surly Horns

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Featured Replies

so at the very least, in 2020, we'll be trotting out:

springer-correa-altuve-bregman-brantley-tucker

verlander-mccullers-whitley

pressly-osuna

 

 

  • Replies 2.2k
  • Views 159.5k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Most Popular Posts

so at the very least, in 2020, we'll be trotting out: springer-correa-altuve-bregman-brantley-tucker

verlander-mccullers-whitley

pressly-osuna

Plus Yuli at $8mm, and George in his final year of arbitration. Hopefully Tucker will be ready and we can salary dump Reddick and his $13mm

 

 

In the immortal words of lil keke, "we keeping everybody, pay them boys"

 

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

so at the very least, in 2020, we'll be trotting out:

springer-correa-altuve-bregman-brantley-tucker

verlander-mccullers-whitley

pressly-osuna

 

 

This actually gives me a woody.

so at the very least, in 2020, we'll be trotting out:
springer-correa-altuve-bregman-brantley-tucker
verlander-mccullers-whitley
pressly-osuna
 
 


13d6ba5df9c22689d3144ebb366aa4d0.gif
1 hour ago, smwhorn said:

This actually gives me a woody.

you and me both, sister.

The $66 million dollar man is starting tonight

59 minutes ago, WBT said:

The $66 million dollar man is starting tonight

4ip, 2h, 9k.

he ready.

He is such a pro and that’s why nobody should have a problem paying him even at 37-38 years old.

7ip, 2h, 14k, 0bb for stros pitchers so far (jv, rondon, pressly, osuna)

springer 2rbi double then tuve homered.

5-0.

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

4ip, 2h, 9k.

he ready.

 

22 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

7ip, 2h, 14k, 0bb for stros pitchers so far (jv, rondon, pressly, osuna)

springer 2rbi double then tuve homered.

5-0.

Bullpen guys look ready too.  James has added a scoreless inning as well but he was the first reliever to allow a hit.

6 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

so at the very least, in 2020, we'll be trotting out:

springer-correa-altuve-bregman-brantley-tucker

verlander-mccullers-whitley

pressly-osuna

 

 

 

that's what you call a fucking CREW !!!

On 3/22/2019 at 5:22 PM, Fudge Nuggets said:

It almost feels like re-signing Verlander for two or three years might make up for losing Nolan Ryan way back when.

Fuck Dr. McMullen, Jim Clancy, and Rick Rhoden.

4ip, 2h, 9k.
he ready.
I think one of the most exciting things about this extension is that he'll be there to mentor Whitley for the better part of 3 seasons.

Came across this:

 

I haven't really gotten to watch Spring training games. I don't remember Wade Miley from his previous teams? How would y'all describe him as a pitcher? 

57 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

I haven't really gotten to watch Spring training games. I don't remember Wade Miley from his previous teams? How would y'all describe him as a pitcher? 

Depends on which one pitches. The one that discovered a cutter is pretty good. His Cutter, curve ball, change up mix works for him. Fastball and slider not so much.

Edited by HtownHorn

1 hour ago, rvm96 said:

I haven't really gotten to watch Spring training games. I don't remember Wade Miley from his previous teams? How would y'all describe him as a pitcher? 

20 inch blades

If he would get us back in the NL during the next round of expansion he'd be about perfect.  Sadly I doubt it's even on his radar.

NL sucks. Get with the times. DH 4 life

since yesterday, our staff has a 26/1 k/bb.

there aren't many things i care about in the spring, but command/control/walks from our guys is always noteworthy.

18 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:

 

The idea that he's getting better is scary.

For our opponents.

15 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

since yesterday, our staff has a 26/1 k/bb.

there aren't many things i care about in the spring, but command/control/walks from our guys is always noteworthy.

updated to 28/1 over the last 18 innings.

Mez's boy Toro with a two run double in the 8th to beat the Nats 5-3 today to wrap up the Florida schedule.  Back to Minute Maid tomorrow.

4 hours ago, formermav43 said:

Times may change, but the DH sucking doesn’t.

I sense a Tyler White joke in there....

Mez's boy Toro with a two run double in the 8th to beat the Nats 5-3 today to wrap up the Florida schedule.  Back to Minute Maid tomorrow.
It's time for the 2019 thread gents
1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

The roster is set, do it

Just stay healthy.

3 hours ago, APMP said:
6 hours ago, WBT said:
Mez's boy Toro with a two run double in the 8th to beat the Nats 5-3 today to wrap up the Florida schedule.  Back to Minute Maid tomorrow.

It's time for the 2019 thread gents

Toro Toro torah

3 hours ago, APMP said:
6 hours ago, WBT said:
Mez's boy Toro with a two run double in the 8th to beat the Nats 5-3 today to wrap up the Florida schedule.  Back to Minute Maid tomorrow.

It's time for the 2019 thread gents

This man can play some baseball. Toro por vida

9 hours ago, WBT said:

If he would get us back in the NL during the next round of expansion he'd be about perfect.  Sadly I doubt it's even on his radar.

I was there with you but the stats don't lie.

NL:50 years, 0-1

AL:5 years, 1-0

I was there with you but the stats don't lie.
NL:50 years, 0-1
AL:5 years, 1-0


Let’s face it, it was flat out extortion from f’n Bud Selig that got us into the AL. I was pissed beyond belief.

But I’m all good now and Fondren is right. We have been pretty good in the AL (other than the initial layout.) And Lunhow has devised a long term plan with the DH (and marginal division opponents) in mind. We look to contend for the AL pennant forever and that’s alright by me.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
7 minutes ago, DallasGatr said:

 


Let’s face it, it was flat out extortion from f’n Bud Selig that got us into the AL. I was pissed beyond belief.

But I’m all good now and Fondren is right. We have been pretty good in the AL (other than the initial layout.) And Lunhow has devised a long term plan with the DH (and marginal division opponents) in mind. We look to contend for the AL pennant forever and that’s alright by me.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

Yep, and while I still think there should be no DH at all, I now think it gives AL teams the advantage in interleague play and the world series.  I used to believe that the NL got the primary benefit from having pitchers that are used to hitting. But now I think that benefit is minor. Instead, the AL team has an everyday hitter (often all star level) in their own parks, and the same hitter available as the first guy off the bench on the road. NL squads simply don't have that type of quality from a 9th hitter who would have only batted sparingly throughout the year. 

I dislike the DH but it's more about not playing the teams we spent 50 years building rivalries with

I think that the DH will be in the National League within 3 years. As Texas’ own Clayton Williams said “Like rape, if it’s inevitable, just relax and enjoy it”

51 minutes ago, WBT said:

I dislike the DH but it's more about not playing the teams we spent 50 years building rivalries with

I can live with that.  I miss the Oilers-Steelers rivalry more than any other, but what I really miss is just the Oilers against anyone.  Right now, I get to watch the greatest Astros team ever assembled.  Would I like to see them pound the Cardinals faces in?  Absolutely.  Do I give a shit about any other team in the AL West?  Nope.  But I do enjoy more regular games with the AL East, and at the end of the day, the logo on the other team's jersey doesn't mean that much.

But I also get that this team would have come about had the Astros stayed in the NL too, and they'd have probably won the NL 2 years in a row.  But do they beat the Yankees in the World Series with a team designed for no DH?  I don't think so.  The 2017 ALCS was close enough as it was.  Do they beat the Red Sox team they just lost to in the 2018 ALCS in the WS?

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

I think that the DH will be in the National League within 3 years. As Texas’ own aggy Clayton Williams said “Like rape, if it’s inevitable, just relax and enjoy it”

Animal husbandry, no less

8 hours ago, FondrenRoad said:

I can live with that.  I miss the Oilers-Steelers rivalry more than any other, but what I really miss is just the Oilers against anyone.  Right now, I get to watch the greatest Astros team ever assembled.  Would I like to see them pound the Cardinals faces in?  Absolutely.  Do I give a shit about any other team in the AL West?  Nope.  But I do enjoy more regular games with the AL East, and at the end of the day, the logo on the other team's jersey doesn't mean that much.

But I also get that this team would have come about had the Astros stayed in the NL too, and they'd have probably won the NL 2 years in a row.  But do they beat the Yankees in the World Series with a team designed for no DH?  I don't think so.  The 2017 ALCS was close enough as it was.  Do they beat the Red Sox team they just lost to in the 2018 ALCS in the WS?

You forget that Beltran was the primary DH in the ALCS. I’m sure an NL Astros club could have found a bench bat to approximate the 2-23 they got from the position during that series.

In all seriousness, the primary DHs over the last couple of years (Beltran, Gattis, White in the playoffs) haven’t been great. And on the whole, there aren’t as many great dedicated DHs as there once were around the league. Im not sure this is the advantage you believe it is.

Edited by formermav43

1 hour ago, formermav43 said:

You forget that Beltran was the primary DH in the ALCS. I’m sure an NL Astros club could have found a bench bat to approximate the 2-23 they got from the position during that series.

In all seriousness, the primary DHs over the last couple of years (Beltran, Gattis, White in the playoffs) haven’t been great. And on the whole, there aren’t as many great dedicated DHs as there once were around the league. Im not sure this is the advantage you believe it is.

Fair point regarding the Astros DH being mediocre. It isn't true of AL playoff teams generally, however. Martinez and Gregorius definitely provide an advantage. 

It appears my hypothesis is null.

My hypothesis was that the reason Keuchel won the Cy Young in 2015 was a result of excellent pitch framing, that Conger and Castro were helping him paint the corners better than he otherwise would've done.

However, in 2017, guess who the second-best catcher in terms of pitch framing was? None other than our own Max Stassi. He ranks high here too: http://www.statcorner.com/CatcherReport.php. Maldonado's in both of those rankings pretty high, too, higher than Castro.

Oh well

The Astros have yet to figure out the DH postion. We’ve had a ton of young talent yet to step up at the plate 

Yordan would interesting as a dh.

Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk

40 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

The Astros have yet to figure out the DH postion. We’ve had a ton of young talent yet to step up at the plate 

I'd rather they start the season with Tucker at DH and give him a long leash so we can see if he can ever put it together. White is a known mediocre commodity. 

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.