***** Official Houston Astros 2017 Season Thread *****

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titanmaster_race
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DVC2010 said:

Frok said:

Man, kinda feel sorry for Sipp

Don't.


Don't feel bad for him. He's getting paid a lot of money.
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okay, good win tonight.

both the Yankees and Red Sox won too...good to keep them at bay.

Astros nemesis Chris Archer on the hill for Tampa tomorrow
Frok
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Could have used Aoki on the mound tonight
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W said:

okay, good win tonight.

both the Yankees and Red Sox won too...good to keep them at bay.

Astros nemesis Chris Archer on the hill for Tampa tomorrow


Orbit will take care of him
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Nuke LaLoosh said:

So who WOULD pitch on this team in an ALDS?
I know you're being super pissy today, but everyone needs to step back.

Keuchel
McCullers
McHugh
Morton

Peacock
Fiers
Harris
Devo
Liriano (I guess)
Gregerson
Giles

Obviously injuries can and may impact this, but that's a pretty good stack of pitchers. Not perfect, but your 11th and 12th pitchers aren't pitching a ton of time in a playoff series. Add Musgrove or Martes maybe, depends on who is hot at the time.
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Gotta give Jumbo Diaz a chance over Sipp, right?
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Ag_07 said:

No Correa, Springer, Marwin, Yuli, or Reddick and we still hang 14 on a possible playoff team.

You nancies need to grow a GD pair of nuts.



Yuli played
Im looking for Ray Finkle.... and a clean pair of shorts. Im just a very big Finkle fan. This is my Graceland, sir.


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Ag_07 said:

No Correa, Springer, Marwin, Yuli, or Reddick and we still hang 14 on a possible playoff team.

You nancies need to grow a GD pair of nuts.

In fairness, you can't expect any of those guys to outperform what Jake did tonight.
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Also add a lineup of

OF - Springer, Reddick, Fisher, Marisnick, Beltran
IF - Yuli, Tuve, Correa, Bregman, Gonzales
C - McCann, Gattis

To that pitching staff and there's a reason we're still second favorites in Vegas to win the WS (after today even)
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Buck Compton said:

Nuke LaLoosh said:

So who WOULD pitch on this team in an ALDS?
I know you're being super pissy today, but everyone needs to step back.

Keuchel
McCullers
McHugh
Morton

Peacock
Fiers
Harris
Devo
Liriano (I guess)
Gregerson
Giles

Obviously injuries can and may impact this, but that's a pretty good stack of pitchers. Not perfect, but your 11th and 12th pitchers aren't pitching a ton of time in a playoff series. Add Musgrove or Martes maybe, depends on who is hot at the time.


So I agree that these are our best guys that you posted. Here's the problem:

Keuchel - coming off 2nd DL stint
McCullers - on 2nd DL stint
McHugh - Pitching his second game soon from being on the DL all season
Morton - 1 DL stint this year

Peacock - surprisingly been solid
Fiers - been decent, but do you trust him with the game on the line?
Harris - currently on DL
Devo - major bright spot
Liriano (I guess) - "I guess" is spot on
Gregerson - nicknamed "gregersuck" for a reason
Giles - Decent closer, but not elite
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We all know the issues, but this is what we've got to work with.

Now tuck your hairless dingleberries in your big boy pull ups and lets go win us a MFin pennant.

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Wait, what do you mean no Yuli??
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Here's a good read for any of you who don't like/don't understand the Liriano trade.

https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2017/7/31/16073536/rambling-musings-on-an-astros-trade-deadline
[url=https://www.crawfishboxes.com/2017/7/31/16073536/rambling-musings-on-an-astros-trade-deadline][/url]
shano0603
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For those who don't click links

Quote:

Let's play everybody's favorite game and a staple crutch of bloggers everywhere: NAME THAT PLAYER!!
Player A: 2.81 FIP, 26% strikeout rate, 1.15 WHIP
Player B: 2.98 FIP, 24% strikeout rate, 1.15 WHIP
Player C: 3.04 FIP, 24% strikeout Rate, 1.04 WHIP
Player D: 2.93 FIP, 24% strikeout rate, 1.26 WHIP
Player E: 2.06 FIP, 31% strikeout rate, 0.80 WHIP

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Things have been getting too serious in here. Let's bring back some fun. How about some TOFA

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jckrjr7 said:

Missed our chance to sell high on Martes


Yep. 21 year old is past his prime.
Silent For Too Long
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Aggie8587 said:

titanmaster_race said:

Sugarland? What school did you go to?
Yep, Clements High School. Kelsey went to Austin High just down the road
I went to Austin as well.
shano0603
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NotGibbs said:

Things have been getting too serious in here. Let's bring back some fun. How about some TOFA




NotGibbs
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Oh ya. And the Astros now have 69 wins
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I fully believe Lunhow is looking at this as a 4-5 year "window" and not one year. He either thinks that he can use the same assets he could have traded today to get something better in the offseason or next season...... or he sees these guys as assets to playoff teams in the next two to three years.

I know nothing is guaranteed, but if you told me that the Astros had a top 2 AL team for each of the next 5 years, I would take that over trading our best young players for 2 years of being the favorite for the WS. Baseball is just different - you want as many shots at the postseason as you can get. I'm good with standing still today if the asking value was too high.
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Yes that was covered on virtually every page of this thread for the past 10 weeks
JYDog90
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That's a good link. Thanks for sharing.
shano0603
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Y'all remember about a month ago when that dude said we should trade Bregman, Fisher, Martes, and Whitley for Machado. HAHAHAHA
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A 7-run victory while resting two of our top contributors, and you guys are still posting like the sky is falling. This is supposed to be fun. Enjoy it.

Remember, you've got until 3pm today to be like this. Don't make me post another pep talk.

Nancies.
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nhayden said:

Ag_07 said:

cone said:

underdog role play suits us imo

We have the best record in the league by 10 games. We're not underdogs.


Our fans are such p***ies, my goodness. I swear these are the same posters that was blowing up talk radio this afternoon acting like the f***ing sky has fallen.
Sad to say, but this describes most Aggie fans lately.
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nhayden said:

Our fans are such p***ies, my goodness. I swear these are the same posters that was blowing up talk radio this afternoon acting like the f***ing sky has fallen.



Frok
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BowSowy said:

nhayden said:

Ag_07 said:

cone said:

underdog role play suits us imo

We have the best record in the league by 10 games. We're not underdogs.


Our fans are such p***ies, my goodness. I swear these are the same posters that was blowing up talk radio this afternoon acting like the f***ing sky has fallen.
Sad to say, but this describes most Aggie fans lately.


It describes EVERY fan-base on the planet! Welcome to fanaticism fellas.
titanmaster_race
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shano0603 said:

Y'all remember about a month ago when that dude said we should trade Bregman, Fisher, Martes, and Whitley for Machado. HAHAHAHA


Remember when the rangers thought they were gonna be buyers?
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It describes EVERY fan-base on the planet! Welcome to fanaticism fellas.
i especially enjoy the conceit that A&M fans are singular in their approach to fandom
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I was listening to the radio broadcast yesterday and they interviewed Jim Crane. He said they had several deals on their desk yesterday and approved at the GM level but they got killed by ownership of the trade partners. I don't know if that's been covered here but I thought it was interesting, they weren't just sitting on their hands.
Quincey P. Morris
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I'd be curious to see how many Bama folks call for Nick Saban's head throughout the season. I'd guess it's not a small number.
cone
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i'd lightly argue that an underrated benefit of playing in the SEC is the realization for the A&M fan base that they really aren't all that crazy or thin-skinned in the whole scheme of things

harder to pick that institutional knowledge up in the Big 12

but back to something that really matters
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shano0603 said:

NotGibbs said:

Things have been getting too serious in here. Let's bring back some fun. How about some TOFA





Im looking for Ray Finkle.... and a clean pair of shorts. Im just a very big Finkle fan. This is my Graceland, sir.


MAGA

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cap-n-jack said:

I was listening to the radio broadcast yesterday and they interviewed Jim Crane. He said they had several deals on their desk yesterday and approved at the GM level but they got killed by ownership of the trade partners. I don't know if that's been covered here but I thought it was interesting, they weren't just sitting on their hands.
Is that like when the car salesman has to take your offer to the sales manager to get an approval? Then he goes and gets a drink of water and comes back and says "My manager said no".
Buck Compton
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While there may be some people like that in all fan-bases, I just don't get it. You have to enjoy the wins, enjoy the good times, otherwise what's the point?

If a win is a meh feeling, but a loss or lack of a trade is a world-ender for you, maybe a new hobby might be more enjoyable.
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