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— Dylan 🚀 (@strosenthusiast) August 5, 2022

Well did he get the bat or not?

GigEmMortis said:

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strohag said:

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Astros should be able to overtake the yanks over the next 12 games. Our schedule is much more favorable than theirs. Assuming we don't play down to our competition. At least the last 3 games the bats have been alive and we are dominating like we should be.

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As long as we never play Oakland again we should be fine

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7 more games

but... (Bolded is winning record)

Houston -- 54 games left:

21 games vs AL West -- (35-20)

-- 0 vs Seattle (12-7) (19 total)
-- 8 vs Texas (8-3) (19)
-- 6 vs Los Angeles (9-4) (19)
-- 7 vs Oakland (6-6) (19)

12 games vs AL Central -- (18-4)

-- 3 vs Minnesota (3-0) (6)
-- 2 vs Cleveland (4-1) (7)
-- 4 vs Chicago (2-1) (7)
-- 0 vs Kansas City (5-2) (7)
-- 3 vs Detroit (4-0) (7)

13 games vs AL East -- (9-10)

-- 0 vs New York (5-2) (7)
-- 0 vs Toronto (2-4) (6)
-- 6 vs Tampa Bay (0-0) (6)
-- 7 vs Baltimore (0-0) (7)
-- 0 vs Boston (2-4) (6)

8 games vs National League -- (8-4)

-- 3 vs Atlanta (0-0) (3)
-- 3 vs Philadelphia (0-0) (3)
-- 2 vs Arizona (1-1) (4)

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Yankees -- 55 games left:

14 games vs AL West -- (11-8)

-- 0 vs Houston (2-5) (7)
-- 3 vs Seattle (1-2) (6)
-- 4 vs Texas (2-1) (7)
-- 3 vs Los Angeles (3-0) (6)
-- 4 vs Oakland (3-0) (7)

04 games vs AL Central -- (22-7)

-- 4 vs Minnesota (2-1) (7)
-- 0 vs Cleveland (5-1) (6)
-- 0 vs Chicago (4-3) (7)
-- 0 vs Kansas City (6-1) (7)
-- 0 vs Detroit (5-1) (6)

28 games vs AL East -- (32-16)

-- 7 vs Toronto (8-4) (19)
-- 9 vs Tampa Bay (7-3) (19)
-- 3 vs Baltimore (11-5) (19)
-- 9 vs Boston (6-4) (19)

9 games vs National League -- (1-4)

-- 2 vs St. Louis (0-1) (3)
-- 3 vs Milwaukee (0-0) (3)
-- 2 vs Pittsburg (1-1) (4)
-- 2 vs New York (0-2) (4)

BTKAG97 said:

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but... (Bolded is winning record)

Houston -- 54 games left:

21 games vs AL West -- (35-20)

-- 0 vs Seattle (12-7) (19 total)
-- 8 vs Texas (8-3) (19)
-- 6 vs Los Angeles (9-4) (19)
-- 7 vs Oakland (6-6) (19)

12 games vs AL Central -- (18-4)

-- 3 vs Minnesota (3-0) (6)
-- 2 vs Cleveland (4-1) (7)
-- 4 vs Chicago (2-1) (7)
-- 0 vs Kansas City (5-2) (7)
-- 3 vs Detroit (4-0) (7)

13 games vs AL East -- (9-10)

-- 0 vs New York (5-2) (7)
-- 0 vs Toronto (2-4) (6)
-- 6 vs Tampa Bay (0-0) (6)
-- 7 vs Baltimore (0-0) (7)
-- 0 vs Boston (2-4) (6)

8 games vs National League -- (8-4)

-- 3 vs Atlanta (0-0) (3)
-- 3 vs Philadelphia (0-0) (3)
-- 2 vs Arizona (1-1) (4)

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Yankees -- 55 games left:

14 games vs AL West -- (11-8)

-- 0 vs Houston (2-5) (7)
-- 3 vs Seattle (1-2) (6)
-- 4 vs Texas (2-1) (7)
-- 3 vs Los Angeles (3-0) (6)
-- 4 vs Oakland (3-0) (7)

04 games vs AL Central -- (22-7)

-- 4 vs Minnesota (2-1) (7)
-- 0 vs Cleveland (5-1) (6)
-- 0 vs Chicago (4-3) (7)
-- 0 vs Kansas City (6-1) (7)
-- 0 vs Detroit (5-1) (6)

28 games vs AL East -- (32-16)

-- 7 vs Toronto (8-4) (19)
-- 9 vs Tampa Bay (7-3) (19)
-- 3 vs Baltimore (11-5) (19)
-- 9 vs Boston (6-4) (19)

9 games vs National League -- (1-4)

-- 2 vs St. Louis (0-1) (3)
-- 3 vs Milwaukee (0-0) (3)
-- 2 vs Pittsburg (1-1) (4)
-- 2 vs New York (0-2) (4)

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Either some of your bolded stuff is inaccurate, or I'm stupid and I just don't get it. Maybe both!

An L of an Ag said:

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Our road record is better than anyone's HOME record, except for the Yankees.

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I'm pretty sure they have 10 walk-off wins at home this year. They're a great team, but can you imagine if the Astros had 10 walk-off wins? "They're cheating again," "Check for cameras, "Something fishy's going on"

Gramercy Riffs said:

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Either some of your bolded stuff is inaccurate, or I'm stupid and I just don't get it. Maybe both!

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I had it right BEFORE my edit to clean things up.

The Astros are exactly 2/3rd of the way through their schedule. They’re on pace to go 105-57.

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 6, 2022

EastCoastAgNc said:

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The Astros are exactly 2/3rd of the way through their schedule. They’re on pace to go 105-57.

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 6, 2022

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Unacceptable. Should have started the rebuild before the deadline.

The good thing about our next seven games with Oakland? We don't have to go back to that ****hole stadium and play in front of hundreds of fans. All of them are at home. You need home games and/of big crowds in the dog days to keep you energized.

Buck Compton said:

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The good thing about our next seven games with Oakland? We don't have to go back to that ****hole stadium and play in front of hundreds of fans. All of them are at home. You need home games and/of big crowds in the dog days to keep you energized.

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I really do think that contributed to it, there was no juice at that place being basically empty. Then again, plenty of other teams had no problem waltzing in there and beating their asses.

I'm really pulling for the Orioles to win the last wild card spot.

One thing that would make me laugh would be if the Mariners make all those trades at the deadline and still don't make the wildcard spot. I hope it happens!

Beat40 said:

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I'm really pulling for the Orioles to win the last wild card spot.

One thing that would make me laugh would be if the Mariners make all those trades at the deadline and still don't make the wildcard spot. I hope it happens!

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I never liked Servais and always thought he was a jackass but my hatred for him has grown exponentially this year.

In 88 plate appearances since July 1, Martín Maldonado is slashing .275/.322/.563 for an .884 OPS.

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 6, 2022

El pear es en fuego

Buck Compton said:

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The good thing about our next seven games with Oakland? We don't have to go back to that ****hole stadium and play in front of hundreds of fans. All of them are at home. You need home games and/of big crowds in the dog days to keep you energized.

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Maybe ever again....

Would be a HUGE win for baseball and us Astros fans if they pack it up and follow the Raiders to Vegas

CFTXAG10 said:

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Buck Compton said:

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The good thing about our next seven games with Oakland? We don't have to go back to that ****hole stadium and play in front of hundreds of fans. All of them are at home. You need home games and/of big crowds in the dog days to keep you energized.

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Maybe ever again....

Would be a HUGE win for baseball and us Astros fans if they pack it up and follow the Raiders to Vegas

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If they pack up and move to Vegas, I think their days of living cheap are over. You can't do that in Vegas and get away with it.

The Astros average a majors leading 5.82 innings from their starting pitchers, and in those innings have a 3.12 ERA (#2 in majors)

As a result, HOU’s bullpen has had to pitch the fewest innings in the majors (329), and ranks #1 in the majors with a 2.71 ERA.#LevelUp

— mhatter106 (@mhatter106) August 6, 2022

Ironically, Phil Maton leads the league in appearances*


*me and most of Texags

If Mancini stays on this pace , and he likely will not, this team is easily going to have the best record in baseball imo. Schedule sets up well for the Stros. Only concern is they play better against decent to good teams than they do vs bad teams.

halfastros81 said:

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If Mancini stays on this pace , and he likely will not, this team is easily going to have the best record in baseball imo. Schedule sets up well for the Stros. Only concern is they play better against decent to good teams than they do vs bad teams.

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Good thing 42 of the remaining 54 games are against teams who currently have a > .500 record.

Odo on the mound for the braves right now

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Odo on the mound for the braves right now

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Already hit a batter, has given up 3 hits and 2 runs in a third of an inning.

Not the best start, but hopefully he will settle down.

redline248 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Odo on the mound for the braves right now

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Already hit a batter, has given up 3 hits and 2 runs in a third of an inning.

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Endearing himself to braves fans already

6 man rotation working like a charm. Will have one of the freshest staff come October. Love being ahead of the curve.

As for the Yanks, King is out and Holmes has struggled. 5 ER in his last 2 outings (1.2 IP) both blown saves. Woof. At least the have tons of starting depth… oh wait Sevy is on the 60 man and J-Mo now pitches for St Louis.

BTKAG97 said:

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halfastros81 said:

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If Mancini stays on this pace , and he likely will not, this team is easily going to have the best record in baseball imo. Schedule sets up well for the Stros. Only concern is they play better against decent to good teams than they do vs bad teams.

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Good thing 42 of the remaining 54 games are against teams who currently have a > .500 record.

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Am I missing something here? Always possible my brain is taking the day off.

Marvin said:

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BTKAG97 said:

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halfastros81 said:

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If Mancini stays on this pace , and he likely will not, this team is easily going to have the best record in baseball imo. Schedule sets up well for the Stros. Only concern is they play better against decent to good teams than they do vs bad teams.

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Good thing 42 of the remaining 54 games are against teams who currently have a > .500 record.

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Am I missing something here? Always possible my brain is taking the day off.

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He was saying Astros play better against good teams than they do bad and assumed most of the games remaining we against all bad teams.

Other poster pointed out the remainder of games are actually against teams .500 or better.

Quick scan of the schedule and that seems about right at this point in time. Surprising because I also assumed most were below .500.

We play Bal, CWS, Min, Atl, TB, Phi. Including Cleveland today and tomorrow, it's 30 games by my count out of 54. That was higher than expected.

Farmer1906 said:

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6 man rotation working like a charm. Will have one of the freshest staff come October. Love being ahead of the curve.

As for the Yanks, King is out and Holmes has struggled. 5 ER in his last 2 outings (1.2 IP) both blown saves. Woof. At least the have tons of starting depth… oh wait Sevy is on the 60 man and J-Mo now pitches for St Louis.

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This is our biggest advantage relative to MLB and why no one will come close to us in the division for many years

Marvin said:

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BTKAG97 said:

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halfastros81 said:

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If Mancini stays on this pace , and he likely will not, this team is easily going to have the best record in baseball imo. Schedule sets up well for the Stros. Only concern is they play better against decent to good teams than they do vs bad teams.

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Good thing 42 of the remaining 54 games are against teams who currently have a > .500 record.

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Am I missing something here? Always possible my brain is taking the day off.

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My brain is not working correctly this morning and I keep adding the 14 games left vs Texas an the Angels as teams > .500.

With that said, the Astros have 28 games left vs teams > .500 and 26 vs teams < .500 records as of today.

Really wanna see today's lineup. Could be a good indicator of rift between Dusty and front office if Chas in CF or Mancini at 1B. Or maybe much ado about nothing.

Dusty will call Espada and dictate the lineup to him.

Odorizzi, in his #Braves debut, has thus far allowed 6 hits, 3 runs (2 ER), 1 walk in 3 innings and thrown 66 pitches/38 strikes

— David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) August 6, 2022

It's the fourth inning and he's facing the lineup for the third time around already

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dusty will call Espada and dictate the lineup to him.

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I think this as well.

He's also facing the Mets offense.

He's not on the team anymore. Can we please stop rooting for him to fail?

Luis Garcia on the mound.

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— Houston Astros (@astros) August 6, 2022

Pena day off, Tucker back in, Vasquez catching, Jake in center, no Chas (wtf)

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dusty will call Espada and dictate the lineup to him.

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Meyers in Center

Beat40 said:

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EastCoastAgNc said:

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Dusty will call Espada and dictate the lineup to him.

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I think this as well.

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New phone ..... who dis?