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

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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 11:51a, 6/13/23
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texasaggie2015 said:
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Poor Pittsburgh fans. That's a good sports city. They love their teams and deserve better. PNC Park is fantastic.
Remember when they called it the City of Champions? The Steelers and Pirates of the 70s? They've had more than their time in the sun
That was like... half a century ago lol
How long did it take the Astros to win a World Series? One day you'll be thinking, 50 years isn't that long.
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In reply to McInnis • 11:55a, 6/13/23
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McInnis said:
texasaggie2015 said:
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Poor Pittsburgh fans. That's a good sports city. They love their teams and deserve better. PNC Park is fantastic.
Remember when they called it the City of Champions? The Steelers and Pirates of the 70s? They've had more than their time in the sun
That was like... half a century ago lol
How long did it take the Astros to win a World Series? One day you'll be thinking, 50 years isn't that long.
Rockets titles are coming up on 30 years and those things feel like forever ago.
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11:58a, 6/13/23
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A sweep would be nice. We have our pitching lined up and playing back at the juice box. Lefty on the bump so it's time to let Chas, Meyers, & Pena eat.
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12:00p, 6/13/23
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If the Astros last championship was in the 1970s, I don't think anyone in here would be saying "that doesn't feel like very long ago!"
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 12:01p, 6/13/23
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Farmer1906 said:


A sweep would be nice. We have our pitching lined up and playing back at the juice box. Lefty on the bump so it's time to let Chas, Meyers, & Pena eat.


Dusty already wrote Chas into just Wednesday's lineup only
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 12:02p, 6/13/23
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texasaggie2015 said:
If the Astros last championship was in the 1970s, I don't think anyone in here would be saying "that doesn't feel like very long ago!"


If it were in the 70's how many on this board would have been alive to see it?
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 12:04p, 6/13/23
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I wish I could post a Venn Diagram where people who were alive to see it and people who point to batting average as their go-to indicator of success at the plate align perfectly
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 12:14p, 6/13/23
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I wish I could post a Venn Diagram where people who were alive to see it and people who point to batting average as their go-to indicator of success at the plate align perfectly
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 12:14p, 6/13/23
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I wish I could post a Venn Diagram where people who were alive to see it and people who point to batting average as their go-to indicator of success at the plate align perfectly


I was alive them but I don't think that. However I suspect the current manager does.
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12:17p, 6/13/23
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My first time seeing Hunter Brown in person tonight!
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 12:22p, 6/13/23
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This made me laugh
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If you want to have a good time, start dropping "we're posting a 140 wRC+" into business meetings and watch how people react.

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In reply to Farmer1906 • 12:43p, 6/13/23
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Batting Average is for Suckers

Fangraphs taking a shot directly at some of the olds on here.

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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 12:49p, 6/13/23
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texasaggie2015 said:
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texasaggie2015 said:
Poor Pittsburgh fans. That's a good sports city. They love their teams and deserve better. PNC Park is fantastic.
Remember when they called it the City of Champions? The Steelers and Pirates of the 70s? They've had more than their time in the sun
That was like... half a century ago lol


That's OK. Some day you'll understand.

If you're lucky.
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In reply to McInnis • 12:55p, 6/13/23
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No need for that. I'm a grown up. I just think 50 years between championships is a very long time.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 12:57p, 6/13/23
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Farmer1906 said:
Batting Average is for Suckers

Fangraphs taking a shot directly at some of the olds on here.

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At the tail end of the last century, serious people would put on tube socks and polo shirts, sit down in a home office festooned with old Bill James Annuals, and log into the internet on a dial-up modem that screamed like a motorcycle engine being skinned alive, just to type "Rob Deer" or "Steve Balboni" into message boards.
You don't know me... (haha)

Seriously, I am a much bigger fan of OPS than AVG although I will always have a heart for pure hitters like Ichiro, Gwynn, and Boggs. It's also the reason I've liked watching Uncle Mike for a couple of years.

I will say that I think the writer's analysis may be off just a bit because of the DH expansion... or maybe it's just coincidence that the three players listed this year are from the NL. Not having to account for a pitcher in the lineup can certainly allow more leeway for the big whiffers. Just a thought.

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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 1:04p, 6/13/23
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texasaggie2015 said:
No need for that. I'm a grown up. I just think 50 years between championships is a very long time.



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2:00p, 6/13/23
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 2:04p, 6/13/23
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Here's how the AL candidates rank in terms of fWAR:

12. McClanahan
14. Cole
5. Framber
27. Ohtani
1. Gausman

Some other notables:

2. Nathan Eovaldi
3. Sonny Gray
6. Luis Castillo
8. Hunter Brown
10. Eduardo Rodriguez
13. Cristian Javier
15. Shane Bieber
23. Lucas Giolito
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2:46p, 6/13/23
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2:48p, 6/13/23
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Heart jumped when I thought Alvarez was back
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2:50p, 6/13/23
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Another off day for Peña
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2:51p, 6/13/23
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Guessing we'll get LMJ and Uncle Mike updates today...
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In reply to carpediem13 • 2:52p, 6/13/23
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Another off day for Peña

He probably still has an ostrich egg sized knot on his thigh.
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2:54p, 6/13/23
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Think it was reported that he was out of the game sick on Sunday so might not have recovered yet.
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3:09p, 6/13/23
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batting average is not an important stat...until it is.

the Rangers lead MLB in runs scored. The Rangers also have the highest team batting average in MLB.

the Tigers have the fewest runs scored. The Tigers rank 29th in team batting avearge

the Astros rank 15th in runs scored. The Astros rank 17th in team batting average
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In reply to carpediem13 • 3:09p, 6/13/23
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Dubon is better vs lefties too. Yainer is there. No random bottom-of-the-lineup guy in the 2 hole. One of Dusty's better lineups all things considered.
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3:16p, 6/13/23
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Chas and Jake together.
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In reply to W • 3:18p, 6/13/23
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W said:
batting average is not an important stat...until it is.

the Rangers lead MLB in runs scored. The Rangers also have the highest team batting average in MLB.

the Tigers have the fewest runs scored. The Tigers rank 29th in team batting avearge

the Astros rank 15th in runs scored. The Astros rank 17th in team batting average
Getting hits matters, of course. Hits alone do not tell the whole story.

WSH is 6th in BA & 24th in Runs.
PHI is 8th in BA & 19th in Runs.
MIA is 9th in BA & 25th in Runs
LAD is 19th in BA & 3rd in Runs

Something like wOBA (factors in walks, HBP, extra bases) is a much better single stat indicator of offense. The standard deviation of the team ranking of Runs-AVG vs Runs-wOBA is 6.9 vs 4.4.


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3:24p, 6/13/23
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Looking at the key upcoming series later in the month, if no one gets skipped & no more 6-man then we have Bielak-Brown-Valdez for LA & Brown-Valdez-Javier-France for Arlington. That sets up nicely.
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3:37p, 6/13/23
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In reply to CFTXAG10 • 3:40p, 6/13/23
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That screams post All Star break return.... roughly 1 month from today (regarding Urquidy)
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In reply to bearkatag15 • 3:54p, 6/13/23
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That's kind of been the timetable, right? It'll be nice to replace Bielak with Urquidy. Maybe even Blanco before then.
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