*****Official Houston Astros Offseason Thread*****

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10:44a, 3/27/19
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I predict 100 wins, the Angles not the A's push us through the year...
Red Sox, Cleveland (barely), Astros - division
Twins, Yankees - wild cards
Astros go to WS...

And I second/third the Julia, Kate on page one... we should also add that new Rockets sideline girl (Michelle Margaux)... to encourage ATTSSW to put her on the tube with Julia...
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10:56a, 3/27/19
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101 wins

Astros, Yankees, Cleveland win Divisions
Red Sox, TB are WC

Astros over Yankees in ALCS

Dodgers, Cubs, Phillies win Divisions
Brewers, Cards are WC

Dodgers over Cubs in NLCS

Astros over Dodgers in WS
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11:08a, 3/27/19
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Great stats article from Jayson Stark this morning discussing, amongst other things, the Astros aiming for the 100 win plateau again...

Quote:
The magic number: 100

What it means: That's 100, as in 100 wins. It's a bar those Houston Astros have cleared two years in a row. So what happens if they win 100 again this year, as some of the projection machines expect? We'll tell you what.

The Astros won 103 games last year. They won 101 and the World Series the year before that. We've seen them projected this season to win anywhere between 97 games (FanGraphs) and 108 (Joe Sheehan). Which tells you they have a chance, in a top-heavy division, to do something that has almost never been done.

The last team to win 100-plus games three years in a row? That would be Mike Mussina's 2002-03-04 Yankees. The last team not named the Yankees to do it? That would be John Smoltz's 1997-98-99 Braves. The last American League team not named the Yankees to pull that off? How about Jim Palmer's 1969-70-71 Orioles.

Ah, but you know what none of those teams did that the Astros have a shot to do? Win 100-plus three years in a row and win two World Series. That's what. The last team to do that? Mort Cooper's 1942-43-44 Cardinals. That's a mere 75 years ago if you're subtracting along at home.

But guess what else? This feat has been achieved by just one American League team in history and it's not the Yankees. It was done by only Lefty Grove's 1929-30-31 Philadelphia A's, who won the first of their two World Series exactly 90 years ago. That's 90!

So now that far-from-unfathomable possibility is dangling there in Houston, in front of a team built to win both the April-to-September marathon and the dominant-pitching tournament of October. So store this fun little factoid in the memory vault in your brain. It's not impossible. And remember, the Yankees have never done this.

"I'm not surprised you know that history," Hinch said, after we informed him of our exhaustive research. "But I'd really like to be the answer the next time you have to say that to somebody."

Link (paywall, maybe)
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11:08a, 3/27/19
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98 wins

AL Division Winners: Astros, Twins and Red Sox
WC: Yanks, Indians

Astros over Yanks in ALCS

NL Division Winners: Dodgers, Brewers, Nats
WC: Phillies, Cubs

Nats over Dodgers in NLCS


Astros over Nats in WS (6 games)
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In reply to Deluxe • 11:13a, 3/27/19
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Deluxe said:
Beau Bevers said:
Deluxe said:
mazag08 said:
Everyone still down to contribute?

Mazag08 - Basic meat and bones
bearkat - Opening Day roster analysis and the case against Tyler White
Nuke - Hinch's management analysis
IBrad - interesting / useless info and stats
irish pete - the bright side outlook and season predictions
Ag_07 - keeping it real - why we all need to chill out.
Deluxe - Did Harper make the right decision?
CFTXAG - Astro hotties
Bullard21k - Why Tony Eusebio should be in the HOF
Farmer1906 - The case for Kyle Tucker

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What time is the 2019 season thread premiering tomorrow?
What time did it premier in 2017?
That's an astute question.

In 2018, it was started at 10:46am on opening day. So that time is no good.

In 2017, it was started at 3:33pm the day before opening day. Someone needs to tell Mazag08 that it starts this afternoon.
I'm ready to go.. just need everyone's content.
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11:22a, 3/27/19
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Gig’em Aggies!
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In reply to mazag08 • 11:25a, 3/27/19
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mazag08 said:
Deluxe said:
Beau Bevers said:
Deluxe said:
mazag08 said:
Everyone still down to contribute?

Mazag08 - Basic meat and bones
bearkat - Opening Day roster analysis and the case against Tyler White
Nuke - Hinch's management analysis
IBrad - interesting / useless info and stats
irish pete - the bright side outlook and season predictions
Ag_07 - keeping it real - why we all need to chill out.
Deluxe - Did Harper make the right decision?
CFTXAG - Astro hotties
Bullard21k - Why Tony Eusebio should be in the HOF
Farmer1906 - The case for Kyle Tucker

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What time is the 2019 season thread premiering tomorrow?
What time did it premier in 2017?
That's an astute question.

In 2018, it was started at 10:46am on opening day. So that time is no good.

In 2017, it was started at 3:33pm the day before opening day. Someone needs to tell Mazag08 that it starts this afternoon.
I'm ready to go.. just need everyone's content.

I was planning on having all tonight to finish my portion so I just threw something together to make sure I hit 330 deadline today.

It wasn't finished but will have to do
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In reply to mazag08 • 11:33a, 3/27/19
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mazag08 said:
Deluxe said:
Beau Bevers said:
Deluxe said:
mazag08 said:
Everyone still down to contribute?

Mazag08 - Basic meat and bones
bearkat - Opening Day roster analysis and the case against Tyler White
Nuke - Hinch's management analysis
IBrad - interesting / useless info and stats
irish pete - the bright side outlook and season predictions
Ag_07 - keeping it real - why we all need to chill out.
Deluxe - Did Harper make the right decision?
CFTXAG - Astro hotties
Bullard21k - Why Tony Eusebio should be in the HOF
Farmer1906 - The case for Kyle Tucker

Email with message board codes and links intact if you can..

mazaggie08@gmail.com
What time is the 2019 season thread premiering tomorrow?
What time did it premier in 2017?
That's an astute question.

In 2018, it was started at 10:46am on opening day. So that time is no good.

In 2017, it was started at 3:33pm the day before opening day. Someone needs to tell Mazag08 that it starts this afternoon.
I'm ready to go.. just need everyone's content.

If anyone needs a pinch hitter, let me know. I didn't want to work this afternoon anyway.
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In reply to DVC2010 • 12:05p, 3/27/19
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DVC2010 said:
mazag08 said:
Deluxe said:
Beau Bevers said:
Deluxe said:
mazag08 said:
Everyone still down to contribute?

Mazag08 - Basic meat and bones
bearkat - Opening Day roster analysis and the case against Tyler White
Nuke - Hinch's management analysis
IBrad - interesting / useless info and stats
irish pete - the bright side outlook and season predictions
Ag_07 - keeping it real - why we all need to chill out.
Deluxe - Did Harper make the right decision?
CFTXAG - Astro hotties
Bullard21k - Why Tony Eusebio should be in the HOF
Farmer1906 - The case for Kyle Tucker

Email with message board codes and links intact if you can..

mazaggie08@gmail.com
What time is the 2019 season thread premiering tomorrow?
What time did it premier in 2017?
That's an astute question.

In 2018, it was started at 10:46am on opening day. So that time is no good.

In 2017, it was started at 3:33pm the day before opening day. Someone needs to tell Mazag08 that it starts this afternoon.
I'm ready to go.. just need everyone's content.

If anyone needs a pinch hitter, let me know. I didn't want to work this afternoon anyway.
Give me a chart on what people most likely did to pass time during the offseason
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12:06p, 3/27/19
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Does this thread end and the season thread start tomorrow?
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In reply to DVC2010 • 12:07p, 3/27/19
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DVC2010 said:
mazag08 said:
Deluxe said:
Beau Bevers said:
Deluxe said:
mazag08 said:
Everyone still down to contribute?

Mazag08 - Basic meat and bones
bearkat - Opening Day roster analysis and the case against Tyler White
Nuke - Hinch's management analysis
IBrad - interesting / useless info and stats
irish pete - the bright side outlook and season predictions
Ag_07 - keeping it real - why we all need to chill out.
Deluxe - Did Harper make the right decision?
CFTXAG - Astro hotties
Bullard21k - Why Tony Eusebio should be in the HOF
Farmer1906 - The case for Kyle Tucker

Email with message board codes and links intact if you can..

mazaggie08@gmail.com
What time is the 2019 season thread premiering tomorrow?
What time did it premier in 2017?
That's an astute question.

In 2018, it was started at 10:46am on opening day. So that time is no good.

In 2017, it was started at 3:33pm the day before opening day. Someone needs to tell Mazag08 that it starts this afternoon.
I'm ready to go.. just need everyone's content.

If anyone needs a pinch hitter, let me know. I didn't want to work this afternoon anyway.


There is no way I'll make a 3:30 pm deadline. My contributions will have to be real time as White steps to the plate and promptly strikes out looking on center cut fastballs over and over and over again. Get ready fellas, 2019 isn't the year of the shark... it's the year of more DH failures and dissapointments.
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In reply to bearkatag15 • 12:12p, 3/27/19
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Can it at least be the year of the baby shark?



















do-do-dodo
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12:21p, 3/27/19
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Big fan of these throwbacks
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In reply to mazag08 • 12:23p, 3/27/19
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mazag08 said:
DVC2010 said:
mazag08 said:
Deluxe said:
Beau Bevers said:
Deluxe said:
mazag08 said:
Everyone still down to contribute?

Mazag08 - Basic meat and bones
bearkat - Opening Day roster analysis and the case against Tyler White
Nuke - Hinch's management analysis
IBrad - interesting / useless info and stats
irish pete - the bright side outlook and season predictions
Ag_07 - keeping it real - why we all need to chill out.
Deluxe - Did Harper make the right decision?
CFTXAG - Astro hotties
Bullard21k - Why Tony Eusebio should be in the HOF
Farmer1906 - The case for Kyle Tucker

Email with message board codes and links intact if you can..

mazaggie08@gmail.com
What time is the 2019 season thread premiering tomorrow?
What time did it premier in 2017?
That's an astute question.

In 2018, it was started at 10:46am on opening day. So that time is no good.

In 2017, it was started at 3:33pm the day before opening day. Someone needs to tell Mazag08 that it starts this afternoon.
I'm ready to go.. just need everyone's content.

If anyone needs a pinch hitter, let me know. I didn't want to work this afternoon anyway.
Give me a chart on what people most likely did to pass time during the offseason

Let me go conduct a quick poll.
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12:29p, 3/27/19
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Fk that noise. 108 wins and I completely melt down a minimum of 54 times.
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In reply to Nuke LaLoosh • 12:49p, 3/27/19
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Nuke LaLoosh said:
Fk that noise. 108 wins and I completely melt down a minimum of 54 times.


You'll hit 54 by late May. No doubt.
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1:25p, 3/27/19
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Looks like Birk was released

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1:48p, 3/27/19
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Correa's found a buddy in the injury factory:



He was already gonna miss a few weeks b/c of an offseason calf strain.
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In reply to bearkatag15 • 2:03p, 3/27/19
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bearkatag15 said:


Big fan of these throwbacks
The guys have got to be committed to all wearing white shoes for that game. Just doesn't work, otherwise.

Also, horrible '80's mustaches would accentuate the nostalgia. Glenn Davis, Alan Ashby, Denny Walling, Kevin Bass, Dickie Thon... those types of staches.
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2:26p, 3/27/19
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A little over one hour to go. Any content I don't have will be left off. And for the sake of thread purity in the eyes of the baseball Gods, no content will be added after.
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2:36p, 3/27/19
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99 wins

AL Division Winners: Astros, Indians and Red Sox
WC: Twins, As

Astros over Red Sox in ALCS

NL Division Winners: Rockies, Brewers, Braves
WC: Dodger, Cubs

Brewers over Cubs in NLCS


Astros over Brewers in WS (4 games)
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2:47p, 3/27/19
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104 wins

AL Division Winners: Astros, Indians, Yankees
WC: Red Sox, Rays

ALDS: Astros over Red Sox, Yankees over Indians

ALCS: Astros over Yankees in 5

NL Division Winners: Dodgers, Cubs, Nationals
WC: Rockies, Phillies

NLDS: Rockies over Dodgers, Cubs over Nationals

NLCS: Cubs over Rockies in 6

WS: Astros over Cubs in 5
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In reply to mazag08 • 3:09p, 3/27/19
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mazag08 said:
A little over one hour to go. Any content I don't have will be left off. And for the sake of thread purity in the eyes of the baseball Gods, no content will be added after.
Amen
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3:14p, 3/27/19
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This is awesome. I ******* love Bregman

https://www.instagram.com/teamcjcorrea/p/BvhkU85Bdzc/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1cnbcg1i17ge6
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In reply to mazag08 • 3:16p, 3/27/19
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mazag08 said:
Everyone still down to contribute?

Mazag08 - Basic meat and bones
bearkat - Opening Day roster analysis and the case against Tyler White
Nuke - Hinch's management analysis
IBrad - interesting / useless info and stats
irish pete - the bright side outlook and season predictions
Ag_07 - keeping it real - why we all need to chill out.
Deluxe - Did Harper make the right decision?
CFTXAG - Astro hotties
Bullard21k - Why Tony Eusebio should be in the HOF
Farmer1906 - The case for Kyle Tucker

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I'll get it to you tonight.
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In reply to irish pete ag06 • 3:25p, 3/27/19
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irish pete ag06 said:
mazag08 said:
Everyone still down to contribute?

Mazag08 - Basic meat and bones
bearkat - Opening Day roster analysis and the case against Tyler White
Nuke - Hinch's management analysis
IBrad - interesting / useless info and stats
irish pete - the bright side outlook and season predictions
Ag_07 - keeping it real - why we all need to chill out.
Deluxe - Did Harper make the right decision?
CFTXAG - Astro hotties
Bullard21k - Why Tony Eusebio should be in the HOF
Farmer1906 - The case for Kyle Tucker

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I'll get it to you tonight.
are the rest of us allowed to post on this thread? just want to make sure i'm not upsetting the baseball traditions or anything
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In reply to 07ag • 5:52p, 3/27/19
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07ag said:
irish pete ag06 said:
mazag08 said:
Everyone still down to contribute?

Mazag08 - Basic meat and bones
bearkat - Opening Day roster analysis and the case against Tyler White
Nuke - Hinch's management analysis
IBrad - interesting / useless info and stats
irish pete - the bright side outlook and season predictions
Ag_07 - keeping it real - why we all need to chill out.
Deluxe - Did Harper make the right decision?
CFTXAG - Astro hotties
Bullard21k - Why Tony Eusebio should be in the HOF
Farmer1906 - The case for Kyle Tucker

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I'll get it to you tonight.
are the rest of us allowed to post on this thread? just want to make sure i'm not upsetting the baseball traditions or anything


I'm the not-quite-the-oldest fart on this thread...jump in anytime. There will be rampant slapdickery when we're losing...just ignore it.

I'll go with an even 100 wins.
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8:40p, 3/27/19
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Gig’em Aggies!
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Carlos speaks English very well....wish he spoke it in the ad
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Judging this message a little bit on the emoji, but who gives a *****
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9:31p, 3/27/19
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New thread y'all.

OFF SEASON IS OVER
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