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

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Yanier slugging an even .500 for the season
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Hey, but at least he will call a better game behind the plate than the one yesterday where Bielak could only muster 7 shutout innings with that hack Yainer.
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Dana just needs to put him on the IL
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tremble said:

Dana just needs to put him on the IL DFA him
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Nice dig by Madris
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Holy cow..after my comment about Diaz being first Catcher with 20 homers since..I don't think a single Astros catcher has ever had 20, unless you count Gattis, but he wasn't the everyday catcher
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Speaking of catchers calling games...Anyone see this about Wilson Contreras?

Apparently he was benched earlier this year and this is why.


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I found out something, I was talking to a lot of the Cardinal people. The reason that they took Contreras out from behind the plate, he was calling pitches that the pitcher on the mound didn't haveā€¦ He would be calling for a cutter, for a pitcher that didn't throw a cutter. The pitchers were going crazy.

Yikes
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txags11 said:

YAINERRRRRR..is he gonna hit 20 this year??? When was the last Astro catcher to hit 20?
Great question.

2016 Gattis hit 32, but he only played 445.1 innings at C (55 games, 52 starts)
1975 Cliff Johnson hit 20, but again he only played 333.2 at C (41 games, 37 starts)

But that is it. The closest full time catcher was Castro.

2013 Castro hit 18 and played 827.1 at C (98 games, 95 starts)


But then again Yainer isn't close to full time.
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It is National Bikini day after all. Get France some support.

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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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Testing Jake's arm again.


His arm is stronger than Chas and about the same as Julks. He's been better than Dubon too but I'm not sure that counts since he's played INF all season.

I believe Julks has the weakest and least accurate of all of our OF options
I can't tell you about accuracy but baseball savant shows arm strength metrics.
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Robinson Chirinos was close in 2019 as well, 17, and had 22 doubles
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Contreras was a guy I desperately wanted to trade for last year. Boy do I look like a moron.
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Ag_07 said:

Speaking of catchers calling games...Anyone see this about Wilson Contreras?

Apparently he was benched earlier this year and this is why.


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I found out something, I was talking to a lot of the Cardinal people. The reason that they took Contreras out from behind the plate, he was calling pitches that the pitcher on the mound didn't haveā€¦ He would be calling for a cutter, for a pitcher that didn't throw a cutter. The pitchers were going crazy.

Yikes
Wow. Please dont be doing that Yainer... please!
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txags11 said:

Robinson Chirinos was close in 2019 as well, 17, and had 22 doubles
Here is everyone with double digits.

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No clue how to look that's data up and don't really care to. But Julks is noticeably our weakest defensive OF option in every category by the eye test
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Breggy has like 447 fly outs to CF in the last few weeks.
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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

No clue how to look that's data up and don't really care to. But Julks is noticeably our weakest defensive OF option in every category by the eye test
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Ag_07 said:

Speaking of catchers calling games...Anyone see this about Wilson Contreras?

Apparently he was benched earlier this year and this is why.


Quote:

I found out something, I was talking to a lot of the Cardinal people. The reason that they took Contreras out from behind the plate, he was calling pitches that the pitcher on the mound didn't haveā€¦ He would be calling for a cutter, for a pitcher that didn't throw a cutter. The pitchers were going crazy.

Yikes
Maybe it was more an issue with him using the pitch com than calling pitches that players don't have. If this is what it looks like, it seems there could have been a much better way to set it up.

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welcome back Pena
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GG JP3!
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blue star for Pena right there
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n_touch said:

Ag_07 said:

Speaking of catchers calling games...Anyone see this about Wilson Contreras?

Apparently he was benched earlier this year and this is why.


Quote:

I found out something, I was talking to a lot of the Cardinal people. The reason that they took Contreras out from behind the plate, he was calling pitches that the pitcher on the mound didn't haveā€¦ He would be calling for a cutter, for a pitcher that didn't throw a cutter. The pitchers were going crazy.

Yikes
Maybe it was more an issue with him using the pitch com than calling pitches that players don't have. If this is what it looks like, it seems there could have been a much better way to set it up.


that list of pitches you can call is just plain weird. Or maybe I don't' know how to use that machine.

Where the curve low and away? Fastball inside? Fastball outside, etc etc etc.
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Bikini day and Post Independence Day hangover

Moar runs

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France cruising thru 4
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France on cruise control
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More runs today please.

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I'm glad the France over here is doing a lot better than the France over there
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JP France's ERA has dropped below 3 to 2.94.
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MAROON said:

n_touch said:

Ag_07 said:

Speaking of catchers calling games...Anyone see this about Wilson Contreras?

Apparently he was benched earlier this year and this is why.


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I found out something, I was talking to a lot of the Cardinal people. The reason that they took Contreras out from behind the plate, he was calling pitches that the pitcher on the mound didn't haveā€¦ He would be calling for a cutter, for a pitcher that didn't throw a cutter. The pitchers were going crazy.

Yikes
Maybe it was more an issue with him using the pitch com than calling pitches that players don't have. If this is what it looks like, it seems there could have been a much better way to set it up.


that list of pitches you can call is just plain weird. Or maybe I don't' know how to use that machine.

Where the curve low and away? Fastball inside? Fastball outside, etc etc etc.
I have never used one but I assume you call pitch and then location.
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oppo infield single for Tucker
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Tucker gunned down at second
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