shano0603 said:

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Can anyone find the pages with our win predictions? Wondering if anyone got it right this season.

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Farmer1906 said:

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Anyone who predicted 107 is on crack.

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third coast.. said:

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irish pete ag06 said:

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Late to the party but here's the dope smoking outlook (positivity everywhere). Sorry mazag08, coaching life keeps me busy.


The pitching talent depth that the Astros have built is going to continue to show this year. The list of arms that we really didn't have on the radar at this time last year is just staggering.

• Whitley (ok, he was on our radar)
• James (seriously, who even knew him 1 year ago)
• Martin (we know him because he's an Aggie, but who had him nearly winning the #5 spot 1 year later)
• Brandon Bialek (I honestly didn't know much about him until AJ Hinch raved about him all spring)
• Rogelio Armenteros (not as heralded as most but has been a producer at all levels)

I'm stopping there, but that's just insane depth. Everyone of those guys are not lower level prospects, they are all knocking on the door.

Genius offseason moves that always kind of make you nod your head.

• Acquiring the Marwin replacement, Diaz (former freakin All-Star)
• Signing Brantley (a real good lefty bat that was needed badly to break up the righty brigade we have)
• Extending Bregman and Verlander.

All of these moves are the type that make smart fans of other teams a little mad.


I expect nothing less than another 100 win season, and with the Rangers and Seattle tanking we could push it into 105+ territory in my opinion.

Here's my unsane Astros predictions:

• Bregman hits 40 homers and finishes 2nd in the MVP voting behind Trout.
• Brantley has a turn back the clock career year.
• Chirinos hits 20 homers (maybe not 20, but close)
• McHugh wins 15+ games and is much more like the 2016 version of himself.
• Reddick struggles.
• Yuli struggles.
• Peacock loses his 5th starter spot to one of the youngsters.
• Tyler White is the 6th most productive hitter on the team according to wRC+ #sorrynotsorryBearkat
• Forrest Whitley is a Charlie Morton type playoff hero.
• Astros win World Series.

I've said it many times and I'll say it again. Luhnow is turning us into the Cardinals. There's an old saying amongst the scouting circles about "Cardinal magic." They always seem to acquire guys that other teams couldn't figure out, make shrew move after shrewd move, and keep a line of pitching arms knocking on MLB's door.

This is how you make a window last for decades. Not years.

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Irish Pete had some awesome spot on predictions here as well as some that missed the mark.

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Bregxit said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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Looks like Cole's performance last season was a fluke.

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bearkatag on 3/29

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BCSGrubber said:

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Most of predictions were on last handful of pages

https://texags.com/forums/53/topics/2990586/0

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bobinator said:

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May be bombing the moon here but I liked Bregman in the MLB opening day ad.

Definitely one of the faces of baseball.

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BCSGrubber said:

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Most of predictions were on last handful of pages

https://texags.com/forums/53/topics/2990586/0

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irish pete ag06 said:

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third coast.. said:

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irish pete ag06 said:

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Late to the party but here's the dope smoking outlook (positivity everywhere). Sorry mazag08, coaching life keeps me busy.


The pitching talent depth that the Astros have built is going to continue to show this year. The list of arms that we really didn't have on the radar at this time last year is just staggering.

• Whitley (ok, he was on our radar)
• James (seriously, who even knew him 1 year ago)
• Martin (we know him because he's an Aggie, but who had him nearly winning the #5 spot 1 year later)
• Brandon Bialek (I honestly didn't know much about him until AJ Hinch raved about him all spring)
• Rogelio Armenteros (not as heralded as most but has been a producer at all levels)

I'm stopping there, but that's just insane depth. Everyone of those guys are not lower level prospects, they are all knocking on the door.

Genius offseason moves that always kind of make you nod your head.

• Acquiring the Marwin replacement, Diaz (former freakin All-Star)
• Signing Brantley (a real good lefty bat that was needed badly to break up the righty brigade we have)
• Extending Bregman and Verlander.

All of these moves are the type that make smart fans of other teams a little mad.


I expect nothing less than another 100 win season, and with the Rangers and Seattle tanking we could push it into 105+ territory in my opinion.

Here's my unsane Astros predictions:

• Bregman hits 40 homers and finishes 2nd in the MVP voting behind Trout.
• Brantley has a turn back the clock career year.
• Chirinos hits 20 homers (maybe not 20, but close)
• McHugh wins 15+ games and is much more like the 2016 version of himself.
• Reddick struggles.
• Yuli struggles.
• Peacock loses his 5th starter spot to one of the youngsters.
• Tyler White is the 6th most productive hitter on the team according to wRC+ #sorrynotsorryBearkat
• Forrest Whitley is a Charlie Morton type playoff hero.
• Astros win World Series.

I've said it many times and I'll say it again. Luhnow is turning us into the Cardinals. There's an old saying amongst the scouting circles about "Cardinal magic." They always seem to acquire guys that other teams couldn't figure out, make shrew move after shrewd move, and keep a line of pitching arms knocking on MLB's door.

This is how you make a window last for decades. Not years.

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Irish Pete had some awesome spot on predictions here as well as some that missed the mark.

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Dat Tyler White prediction tho.

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Carlos Correa Concern surrounding Correa's tight lower back undercut the entire six-game road trip. Whether he is healthy enough to play in the American League Division Series or even make the roster is a huge unknown.

No Astro faces a more pivotal week than Correa, a man who keeps reiterating that he could play if the playoffs were near but still has not done any baseball activities in six days.

"We want him to swing the bat toward the middle part of the week and, most importantly, will be the day after he does a full workout on Wednesday or Thursday," Hinch said. "We're going to need to know how he responds to doing everything from fielding to swinging to running and then the next day is the big day. The day he does it, he's probably going to feel great. I think he feels good now. I think the recovery day the next day is the day we'll all be hopeful he reports back pretty well."

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