***Official Houston Astros 2023-24 Offseason Thread*** [Staff Warning - OP]

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In reply to Farmer1906 • 4:13p, 11/19/23
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Farmer1906 said:
linkdude said:
Farmer1906 said:
JDUB08AG said:
linkdude said:
is this coincidence or is Philly the anti-Houston in this regard?


Altuve, Bregman and Yordan…


Javier too. All accepted extensions for short years during their prime.
extensions are one thing, but these are FAs taking less.


Sure but I bet the Phillies would love to have Nola 2/55 M and not be paying him until he's 39.

Keep in mind Phillies are paying 95 cents on the dollar. We're not exactly in the same ballpark with our few FA offers to big names.

Remember that Dombrowski is in their front office. His process at every job has been to give out ridiculous contracts to try and win in the short term, and fire sell the crap out of the team after a few years.
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6:07p, 11/19/23
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Comparing the top 5 US starting pitchers FA over the last 3 seasons.

Nola is a horse and has good stuff.

Snell is nasty, but walks too many & isn't a horse.

E-Rod might be sneaky good value.

Monty is deserving to be in this group. He's been so under the radar before this year.

If Gray was younger, he might get 100-150 M too.


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8:29p, 11/19/23
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speaking of Trea Turner and the Phillies...

year 1 of his mega-contract -- his age 30 season -- is in the books

only 10 more years to go

he was awful April thru July

but great in August & September to salvage his season stats
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8:30p, 11/19/23
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the tough thing for the Phillies...

have to think at some point the Braves and Dodgers will stop choking in the postseason

but maybe not
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In reply to W • 8:38p, 11/19/23
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Braves, Dodgers and Astros all had big question marks in the rotation and RISP issues on offense, the worst combo for postseason ball.
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In reply to linkdude • 8:46p, 11/19/23
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Until they buy their way out of it this offseason.
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11:07p, 11/19/23
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I wouldn't hate this dart throw.
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5:39a, 11/20/23
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Can some one share the overseas Astros jersey site again?
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In reply to KTAG05 • 6:43a, 11/20/23
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BCSGrubber said:
Can some one share the overseas Astros jersey site again?

Just say no….
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In reply to KTAG05 • 6:45a, 11/20/23
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BCSGrubber said:
Can some one share the overseas Astros jersey site again?


https://www.dhgate.com/search.do?key=Astros&cid=&tag=&scht=&dspm=wapen.hp.searchinner.1.undefined

It's a risk. You could also see good Black Friday deals at fanatics and academy this week
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8:37a, 11/20/23
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In reply to htxag09 • 9:51a, 11/20/23
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htxag09 said:
BCSGrubber said:
Can some one share the overseas Astros jersey site again?

Just say no….





I'm sure it'll be fine and this ChatGPT creation doesn't represent reality
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In reply to Philip J Fry • 10:37a, 11/20/23
Philip J Fry said:
htxag09 said:
BCSGrubber said:
Can some one share the overseas Astros jersey site again?

Just say no….





I'm sure it'll be fine and this ChatGPT creation doesn't represent reality
Its just a misprint and it worth more money if you find it
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10:57a, 11/20/23
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Day 1 Disney count:
7 astro shirts or hats
2 CJ Stroud jerseys
0 Rangers representation
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In reply to Philip J Fry • 11:06a, 11/20/23
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Philip J Fry said:
htxag09 said:
BCSGrubber said:
Can some one share the overseas Astros jersey site again?

Just say no….




I'm sure it'll be fine and this ChatGPT creation doesn't represent reality

I kinda dig this color scheme and font. Besides the red nd white stripes on the sleeves it's actually pretty sick
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11:33a, 11/20/23
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Braves bullpen is going to be unreal.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 11:34a, 11/20/23
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And he's getting less than what we're paying Montero.
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11:47a, 11/20/23
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Kind of expensive for a garbage starter.

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12:25p, 11/20/23
Should we make a move for Yamamoto tomorrow? We need to hit the Japan pipeline sooner rather than later.
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In reply to All I do is Nguyen • 1:01p, 11/20/23
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I don't we're in on any of the Asian market. Yariel is probably are only shot at a "big" signing.
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1:14p, 11/20/23
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1:19p, 11/20/23
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They going to go for the Seattle record next year, aren't they?

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In reply to Farmer1906 • 2:01p, 11/20/23
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Farmer1906 said:
They going to go for the Seattle record next year, aren't they?

How did that work out for Seattle? Or LAD the last several years.
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 2:03p, 11/20/23
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Mathguy64 said:
Farmer1906 said:
They going to go for the Seattle record next year, aren't they?

How did that work out for Seattle? Or LAD the last several years.

Or the Braves this season
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In reply to Ag_07 • 2:08p, 11/20/23
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Ag_07 said:
Mathguy64 said:
Farmer1906 said:
They going to go for the Seattle record next year, aren't they?

How did that work out for Seattle? Or LAD the last several years.

Or the Braves this season


Or the Astros in 22. Wait…

My point is that they were ridiculously good last year and are adding some key pieces.
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2:10p, 11/20/23
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I think the recipe for success is set now.

1. Make the playoffs and it doesn't matter what seed
2. Have good pitching



That's pretty much it. Just get in and pitch well.
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2:14p, 11/20/23
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100 win World Series champs since 2000

2009 Yankees
2016 Cubs
2017 Astros
2018 Red Sox
2022 Astros

So 5 times in 24 seasons has a team with 100 wins also won the WS. That's crazy.

In fact there have been more Wild Card teams win the World Series in that time span (8 WS winners from the wild card spot since 2000)
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In reply to tjack16 • 2:16p, 11/20/23
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tjack16 said:
I think the recipe for success is set now.

1. Make the playoffs and it doesn't matter what seed
2. Have good pitching


That's pretty much it.

Since 2010 that's been the recipe for success. Minus Boston 2018, and Astros 2022 best regular season record hasn't come into play and the teams with the best record hasn't won.
ITs mostly:

1. Make the playoffs
2. Have players who were bad all season get insanely hot.
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 2:25p, 11/20/23
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Mathguy64 said:
tjack16 said:
I think the recipe for success is set now.

1. Make the playoffs and it doesn't matter what seed
2. Have good pitching


That's pretty much it.

Since 2010 that's been the recipe for success. Minus Boston 2018, and Astros 2022 best regular season record hasn't come into play and the teams with the best record hasn't won.
ITs mostly:

1. Make the playoffs
2. Have players who were bad all season get insanely hot.


And not have your all stars suck. But yeah the dodgers 2021-2023 way of win 105+ and spend all the money ain't working
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 5:28p, 11/20/23
Just have guys get hot period, whether they were regular season studs or duds is irrelevant.
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In reply to tjack16 • 6:04p, 11/20/23
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this is also a consequence of expanded playoffs

the decade of the 70's had five 100-win champions
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6:52p, 11/20/23
That too. They really need to do something about that first round. It should start the day after the season ends and no off day between that series and the next. Test teams depth, especially their rotation and bullpen.
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7:23p, 11/20/23
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Fun parody account to watch.

Yes, I know this is fake.

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In reply to MaxPower • 8:08p, 11/20/23
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That too. They really need to do something about that first round. It should start the day after the season ends and no off day between that series and the next. Test teams depth, especially their rotation and bullpen.


If they insist on 40% of the league making the post season. Then first round should be a game, followed the next day with a double header with then Divisional Series starting the day after that
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8:43p, 11/20/23
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Man a best of 3 with the first 2 being a doubleheader would be wild.

That would introduce all kinds of strategies and scenarios.
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