Not when our lineup is this pedestrian. You would have those two and then smooth sailing for the next 7 batters. Not that it is much better now with them hitting 3/5.AustinCountyAg said:
It's a complete disservice to have Tuck batting where he currently is. Him and yordan need to be b2b in the three and four hole.
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Mr President Elect said:Not when our lineup is this pedestrian. You would have those two and then smooth sailing for the next 7 batters. Not that it is much better now with them hitting 3/5.AustinCountyAg said:
It's a complete disservice to have Tuck batting where he currently is. Him and yordan need to be b2b in the three and four hole.
Gawd, you're right.
But at least tucker would get some protection and Bregmans walk ability could come to use without the protection. Meaning his skill set is better to withstand no protection than others.
Our JAGs have carried us to .500
Pitching has carried us thus far, but how much longer can they hold up with Garcia out for the year and Urquidy out until after the ASB? Bottom line is the bats have to get their **** together.
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Tough day, but you can atleast laugh at this rangers fan
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Who the hell is this huckster? Is he selling Mexican timeshares?
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Jose Abreu's disappointing lack of performance reminds me of the fallout of Carlos Gomez. CG came in with a lot of hype and turned out to be one of the biggest hot dogs and flops in Astros franchise history.
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Jose Abreu's disappointing lack of performance reminds me of the fallout of Carlos Gomez. CG came in with a lot of hype and turned out to be one of the biggest hot dogs and flops in Astros franchise history.
I still remember Collin McHugh and the "what the f*** is he doing" play.
LOL I remember that as well!
I seem to remember this but am not sure. Was that a game vs Oakland?
Altuve
Brantley
Yordan
Bregman
Tucker
Peña
Abreu
Chas
Maldy
That's the lineup I want to see, especially with Abreu slumping terribly.
Yordan needs to hit in the first inning. Tuck needs to hit no lower than 5th.
Dusty won't for that though, due to his alternating right left hitters.
Brantley
Yordan
Bregman
Tucker
Peña
Abreu
Chas
Maldy
That's the lineup I want to see, especially with Abreu slumping terribly.
Yordan needs to hit in the first inning. Tuck needs to hit no lower than 5th.
Dusty won't for that though, due to his alternating right left hitters.
ttha_aggie_09 said:
I seem to remember this but am not sure. Was that a game vs Oakland?
Probably the best gif ever.
I think he dropped a pop fly or hot dogged to the ball, fell over or threw the ball directly into the ground after falling over….it was some combination of those things and it was multiple WTFs on one play
Might have been playing the rangers or twins?
It's the McHugh gif. Someone help a brother out.
ttha_aggie_09 said:
I seem to remember this but am not sure. Was that a game vs Oakland?
It was against the twins, if I remember correctly Gomez tried to fight McHugh in the locker room after seeing it on twitter
https://www.facebook.com/HoustonTexansHoustonRocketsEverything/videos/1165761190154134/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
Against oakland or kc maybe
I think this team will turn it around, but I will say that if we don't quite reach the greatness of last year then it's probably Jim Crane's fault for cheapening out on starting pitching after letting JV walk.
Which is disappinting given his comments about how he'd be opening up the checkbook. He did it for a middling reliever (Montero) and a declining 1B (Abreu), so far those signings have not been good. Maybe we should have had a GM to make those calls.
Which is disappinting given his comments about how he'd be opening up the checkbook. He did it for a middling reliever (Montero) and a declining 1B (Abreu), so far those signings have not been good. Maybe we should have had a GM to make those calls.
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It's the McHugh gif. Someone help a brother out.
The takes get scorching when things don't go perfectly.
agproducer said:
Altuve
Brantley
Yordan
Bregman
Tucker
Peña
Abreu
Chas
Maldy
That's the lineup I want to see, especially with Abreu slumping terribly.
Yordan needs to hit in the first inning. Tuck needs to hit no lower than 5th.
Dusty won't for that though, due to his alternating right left hitters.
This would be my ideal lineup, no shot this happens though.
Tucker
Chas
Yordan
Altuve
Brantley
Bregman
Peña
Meyers
Maldy
At the end of the day, lineups are a bit overblown and someone other than Tucker and Yordan needs to show a little bit of power.
Altuve 2B
Tucker RF
Yordan DH/LF
Bregman 3B
Brantley LF/DH
Pena SS
Abreu 1B
Diaz C
Chas/Meyers CF
Tucker RF
Yordan DH/LF
Bregman 3B
Brantley LF/DH
Pena SS
Abreu 1B
Diaz C
Chas/Meyers CF
No Diaz?
yes, that's kind of the quiet part out loud...especially with regard to the lengths of their contracts.AggiEE said:
I think this team will turn it around, but I will say that if we don't quite reach the greatness of last year then it's probably Jim Crane's fault for cheapening out on starting pitching after letting JV walk.
Which is disappinting given his comments about how he'd be opening up the checkbook. He did it for a middling reliever (Montero) and a declining 1B (Abreu), so far those signings have not been good. Maybe we should have had a GM to make those calls.
where are Bagwell and Reggie these days? Haven't seen or heard much from them in the past 2 weeks
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No Diaz?
Sure, kind of just conceeding that position, and I guess I'm hopeful that Dusty will play Brantley at first and don't have much expectation that Maldy will get benched. It's not like Diaz has that great of numbers... they're just not Maldy bad.
If he isnt benching maldy you think he will bench abreu?
Altuve 2B
Tucker RF
Yordan DH/LF
Bregman 3B
Brantley 1B
Pena SS
Chas CF
Julks LF
Diaz C
Tucker RF
Yordan DH/LF
Bregman 3B
Brantley 1B
Pena SS
Chas CF
Julks LF
Diaz C
At this point I'd almost take '22 regular season Yuli over '23 Abreu.
I'll settle for bad Yuli back.
I'll settle for bad Yuli back.
Not sure… probably not. Has Diaz really forced himself into the lineup though? We showed last year that we are fine with really bad hitting out of the catcher spot (although I guess the same could be said for 1b too). Btw, I'm not willing to die on this hill for Maldy, I'm fine with benching him. Replacing a .180 hitter with a .220 hitter isn't really going to do a lot for our offense though.
You think the top prospect who plays once a week has peaked at a .220 hitter?
I don't think we'll have a good read on Diaz until he gets to play more than once a week
You use that top prospect term a lot.
I honestly don't give a single *****about prospect ratings given out by people who don't know anything or else they wouldn't constantly rate us so low.
Not saying your wrong in the statement just that you really seem to like to refer to him as the top prospect
I honestly don't give a single *****about prospect ratings given out by people who don't know anything or else they wouldn't constantly rate us so low.
Not saying your wrong in the statement just that you really seem to like to refer to him as the top prospect
Don't take their word for it. Look at how he flew thru the system. Look at his consistently good #s moving up levels. Look at his his exit velo in the minors and now. Look at his elite arm and poptime. The point in calling him a top prospect is that he's not just another guy in our system. It's someone with high potential. It's the future.
I get that's what he is. And I doubt doubt that he deserves the consideration.
More just personally interesting how much you use the term. But I will give you credit that your correct to remind his isn't just a guy…but I don't think anyone on this thread thinks that, maybe that's why it's weird to me.
More just personally interesting how much you use the term. But I will give you credit that your correct to remind his isn't just a guy…but I don't think anyone on this thread thinks that, maybe that's why it's weird to me.
Well, I doubt it would be the first time, but it would be hard for him to slump to Maldy's level. I was probably wrong to concede that spot to Maldy though, in years past we have had the luxury of wasting that spot, maybe not this year.
Today we start our first season series against the Angels so hopefully our bats can turn things around.
Diaz is very talented. I can promise you he's far from peaked.
The kid plays once, twice a week at most. Once he starts getting consistent ABs, he'll find a rhythm. Trust me on that one.
The kid plays once, twice a week at most. Once he starts getting consistent ABs, he'll find a rhythm. Trust me on that one.
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