***** 2023 Houston Astros Season Thread *****

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Strategy
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9:39a, 5/7/23
AG
Let's have some fun and talk proposed batting order with everyone healthy. Pick a batting order. 2 pinch hitters….and the guys on your unmentionables list.

Here's mine:

1. Dubon
2. Altuve
3. Brantley
4. Alverez
5. Tucker
6. Bregman
7. Peña
8. Meyers
DH Abreu
9. Maldonado

Pinch Hitters:

1. Julks
2. McCormick

Don't ever want to see you at the plate:

Hensley
Abreu quickly getting there
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redline248
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In reply to Strategy • 9:44a, 5/7/23
AG
Where are you playing Dubon?
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ttha_aggie_09
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In reply to Strategy • 10:06a, 5/7/23
AG
Altuve
Brantley or Tucker
Bregman (going to suck for a while until her gets going)
Alvarez
Abreu
Tucker or Brantley
Peña
Chas/Meyers
Catcher
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10:12a, 5/7/23
AG
Dubon to the bench

Best season of his career and his OPS+ is 90

Can't wait for the day
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In reply to redline248 • 10:13a, 5/7/23
AG
I'd keep him at 2nd.

Rotate him and Altuve at DH to ease Altuve back into defense and keep Dubons bat in the lineup. You can't keep him out of the game with players underperforming at the dish.

Abreu can think about his life for a while as a PH.
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10:16a, 5/7/23
AG
Wonder if they'd consider a sell high option on Dubon for pitching now that the reinforcements are coming. I'd keep working him in the lineup once Altuve gets back and then potentially move him by the ASB
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In reply to CFTXAG10 • 10:24a, 5/7/23
AG
He's been so good. Also Meyers ranks 3rd in all of MLB on defense for center fielders.

Feel we should go with whose producing as we are 1/3 in the season…and reevaluate like you suggest at ASG.
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10:24a, 5/7/23
AG
Man, right now Bregman and Abreu are killin' the offense. How Bregman can suck this hard hitting in front of Yordan blows my mind.

On another note, another '70's icon just died, Vida Blue. He was a monster for those A's teams of the early '70s.
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10:43a, 5/7/23
I honestly don't think Bregman is that good anymore. I think he will be a solid 3rd baseman but will give you 260/380/420 like numbers. That's where he has been for the last few years, feels like the pre-Covid MVP top 5 type years are all in the past.
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 10:49a, 5/7/23
ttha_aggie_09 said:
Altuve
Brantley or Tucker
Bregman (going to suck for a while until her gets going)
Alvarez
Abreu
Tucker or Brantley
Peña
Chas/Meyers
Catcher


Man I know hes starting slow but why you gotta change the mans pronouns
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In reply to n_touch • 10:51a, 5/7/23
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Damn iPhone lol
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In reply to Ag4life80 • 10:53a, 5/7/23
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Ag4life80 said:
Man, right now Bregman and Abreu are killin' the offense. How Bregman can suck this hard hitting in front of Yordan blows my mind.
Part of it, imo, is when he is choosing to swing. Let's see what I mean:

His run value by pitch type:


His ABs last night -
1st AB: borderline fastball called a strike, then swings at a curveball, fly out


2nd AB: 2-0 count, swings at curveball, fly out


3rd AB: 1-0, swings at a changeup low and away, pop up


4th AB: gets a fastball, but it's low and away, swings and grounds out.


He's not making the pitchers throw many pitches, and he's not swinging at pitches that he can punish. Or rather, he's swinging at pitches he will have a hard time punishing.
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In reply to astros4545 • 10:57a, 5/7/23
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astros4545 said:
Dubon to the bench

Best season of his career and his OPS+ is 90

Can't wait for the day
Dubon is like a 1980's throwback player ---- where his best stat is batting average (.297)

but today's game puts much greater emphasis on slugging % and on-base % --- where his numbers suffer

3 walks in 123 plate appearances is not easy to accomplish...in a bad way
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11:08a, 5/7/23
AG
after 33 games...

2023 ---> 17-16

2022 ---> 22-11 --- just finished 11-game winning streak

2021 ---> 17-16 --- went on a 9-2 run starting with game #34
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11:09a, 5/7/23
AG
I do not understand grouping Bregman and Abreu together. Sure they are both underperforming to standard, but Abreu has been a complete bust while Bregman has been average. Very similar to other guys on the team.
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11:09a, 5/7/23
AG
Yeah this team isn't going on a 9 or 11 game anything.
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11:15a, 5/7/23
AG
Bregman is hitting the ball like has always has when it comes to EV, LA, etc. the problem is he's 1. Running into some bad luck 2. Not pulling his fly balls. His high walk rate keeps his floor high. His defense is been excellent this season. He'll be just fine and he's contributing while "slumping".
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In reply to W • 11:19a, 5/7/23
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W said:
after 33 games...

2023 ---> 17-16

2022 ---> 22-11 --- just finished 11-game winning streak

2021 ---> 17-16 --- went on a 9-2 run starting with game #34


Unless we can get everyone healthy, its gonna be like that.
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11:30a, 5/7/23
We got a fellow Ag pitching against us today, Bryce Miller
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In reply to Dies Irae • 11:34a, 5/7/23
MIller just had a great debut against Oakland. Hopefully our bats come out hot today.
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11:37a, 5/7/23
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He's got the highest spin heater in baseball after 1 start. Expect a lot of poo ups and fly balls.
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In reply to Cromagnum • 11:49a, 5/7/23
AG
the 2022 team was very healthy

but the 2021 team had injury problems like 2023.

JV missed the entire season. Bregman missed 70 games. Brantley missed 40 games
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12:22p, 5/7/23
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That is bad. And frankly it doesn't look like there is anything there that suggests he is unlucky or going to turn it around. It has all the look of a player who you sign thinking he's 36 and he's really 38 or 39 and you got bamboozled.

You aren't going to DFA him and eat that contract in year 1. In year 3 you have to but not year 1. You can't trade him. You can't really sit him all season and Dusty won't do what he needs to do and put him at 7/8 in the lineup.

ETA. Well crap. The stat cast pic isn't showing. It's Abreu's stat cast and it's brutal.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 12:33p, 5/7/23
Farmer1906 said:
He's got the highest spin heater in baseball after 1 start. Expect a lot of poo ups and fly balls.


Poo ups is right
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1:30p, 5/7/23
AG
Ignore the lineup for once and let's all think happy thoughts
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In reply to Dies Irae • 2:36p, 5/7/23
AG
Helps when you know what's coming
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 2:38p, 5/7/23
AG
Yes they will
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 2:42p, 5/7/23
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Farmer1906 said:
I do not understand grouping Bregman and Abreu together. Sure they are both underperforming to standard, but Abreu has been a complete bust while Bregman has been average. Very similar to other guys on the team.
It's easy to group them together, because neither one of them is playing up to their contract level. Bigger pay equals bigger expectations, and neither are coming close.
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2:58p, 5/7/23
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How we feeling about Bielak starting today
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In reply to ClickClack • 3:02p, 5/7/23
AG
3 runs over 5 innings is my expectation.

I'm more curious how our bats will combat Miller's fastball.
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3:11p, 5/7/23
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This sh*tty mustache trend is dumb
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3:12p, 5/7/23
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Oh look, another crap ump
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3:13p, 5/7/23
Blummer already calling out blue's crappy zone.
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3:21p, 5/7/23
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This is gonna get ugly
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3:21p, 5/7/23
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Terrific start
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