If Pena more than doubles his HR total from last season I'm all for it... that in itself is a huge boostn_touch said:Do I have to white knight for video game Pena too?The Porkchop Express said:****ing Pena, lay off the low stuff!tjack16 said:n_touch said:tjack16 said:
In case yall were curious. Just simmed the regular season on MLB the show 24 with live injuries and updated rosters
Astros: 95-67, division champs (rangers finished 90-72)
Mostly everybody performed just about how you'd expect given their production last year (except Meyers and Dubon were dreadful offensively) . Fully healthy Yordan and Altuve combined for 73 HR and 200 RBI.
Wildest thing was the Twins winning 101 games and being the #1 overall seed in the AL.
McCullers and Garcia both came back around the trade deadline.
Did Breggy make it through the year?
Solid contract year for him
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I'd take 2023 Pena over that. .300 on base if pretty terrible.
superaggie73 said:The Porkchop Express said:****ing Pena, lay off the low stuff!tjack16 said:n_touch said:tjack16 said:
In case yall were curious. Just simmed the regular season on MLB the show 24 with live injuries and updated rosters
Astros: 95-67, division champs (rangers finished 90-72)
Mostly everybody performed just about how you'd expect given their production last year (except Meyers and Dubon were dreadful offensively) . Fully healthy Yordan and Altuve combined for 73 HR and 200 RBI.
Wildest thing was the Twins winning 101 games and being the #1 overall seed in the AL.
McCullers and Garcia both came back around the trade deadline.
Did Breggy make it through the year?
Solid contract year for him
Chas with only 18 bombs. You must be platooning him and playing him less than Dusty did.
Chas got hurt and missed 30 days (15 day IL twice). He was our only big injury. Framber went on the 15 day IL as well at one point.
Waking up to regular season baseball is pretty cool. Opening the season with it is pretty dumb though
Since you asked I'll answer the question then leave it at that.
Yes that all got old but at least that was someone's opinion and whether we liked it or not Maldy's inability to play baseball and Dusty's incompetence were two of the biggest story lines of last season.
To me that's all relevant as opposed to some fake bit to fake defend an assigned player.
And for the record I'm not bltching trying to get folks to change what they post about. I'm just venting.
We just need some meaningful baseball ASAP.
Yes that all got old but at least that was someone's opinion and whether we liked it or not Maldy's inability to play baseball and Dusty's incompetence were two of the biggest story lines of last season.
To me that's all relevant as opposed to some fake bit to fake defend an assigned player.
And for the record I'm not bltching trying to get folks to change what they post about. I'm just venting.
We just need some meaningful baseball ASAP.
bearkatag15 said:
Waking up to regular season baseball is pretty cool. Opening the season with it is pretty dumb though
Not gonna lie I forgot that was today… I don't think it should be a week before opening day. I'd have this series next week on like Monday-Tuesday
Playing 2 regular season games and then they have another 2-3 exhibition games next week. Seems dumb
Are the Padres cursed or the Dodgers a team of Destiny?
Jake Cronenworth's glove breaks to give the Dodgers the lead. Thank you, baseball gods. pic.twitter.com/uLRFSXIcED
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) March 20, 2024
how many games were there last season that had zero extra base hits?
https://ts.la/eric59704
Farmer1906 said:
Are the Padres cursed or the Dodgers a team of Destiny?Jake Cronenworth's glove breaks to give the Dodgers the lead. Thank you, baseball gods. pic.twitter.com/uLRFSXIcED
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) March 20, 2024
Tough way to record an error.
Marvin said:Farmer1906 said:
Are the Padres cursed or the Dodgers a team of Destiny?Jake Cronenworth's glove breaks to give the Dodgers the lead. Thank you, baseball gods. pic.twitter.com/uLRFSXIcED
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) March 20, 2024
Tough way to record an error.
Never thought about that. Does it really go down as an error? Seems like you could argue it got smoked enough to break the glove and call it a hit. Tough to put that on the fielder.
They called it an error. Wilson isn't know for their laces or at least not as good as Rawlings.
Today's Sporcle quiz rapidly turned into name every Astro batter you can think of, but it was still a fun one. The top 5 RBI guys every year since 1970.
https://www.sporcle.com/games/skipster73/astros-yearly-top-5-rbis
I got 237/270, but I also gave up after 9 out of 20 minutes because my wife came in the room and wondered what I was "working" on. I don't think I would have gotten many more, though.
Some of these years are just horrifying to imagine our offense, no more so than 2012, when the leader had 55 RBI.
https://www.sporcle.com/games/skipster73/astros-yearly-top-5-rbis
I got 237/270, but I also gave up after 9 out of 20 minutes because my wife came in the room and wondered what I was "working" on. I don't think I would have gotten many more, though.
Some of these years are just horrifying to imagine our offense, no more so than 2012, when the leader had 55 RBI.
225/270
My worst was mid-80s and early 2010s. My single worst year was 1984 (3). 23 years was 100%.
My worst was mid-80s and early 2010s. My single worst year was 1984 (3). 23 years was 100%.
I completely missed this. I thought no way these games count but sure enough its right there in the regular season standings.tjack16 said:bearkatag15 said:
Waking up to regular season baseball is pretty cool. Opening the season with it is pretty dumb though
Not gonna lie I forgot that was today… I don't think it should be a week before opening day. I'd have this series next week on like Monday-Tuesday
Playing 2 regular season games and then they have another 2-3 exhibition games next week. Seems dumb
231/270*
However, it should be 232 as Mitch Meluskey was misspelled. I knew he belonged in my last square in 2000, but it would not take the name. When it filled in I saw it was misspelled.
I shockingly got a perfect score from 1990 to present. I would have made more hay in the 80s but ran out of time.
However, it should be 232 as Mitch Meluskey was misspelled. I knew he belonged in my last square in 2000, but it would not take the name. When it filled in I saw it was misspelled.
I shockingly got a perfect score from 1990 to present. I would have made more hay in the 80s but ran out of time.
And after playing two regular season games… they play these exhibition games that don't count
We talken about practice?!?tjack16 said:
And after playing two regular season games… they play these exhibition games that don't count
Still an "interesting" way to do things.
Super strange. I know they had notice, but its still dumb.
Yeah I'm not sure why they just didn't do the Korea games Sunday-Monday. Then you get a few days off for travel but no exhibition games in between.
Strange? Sure but it's practical. They want to do an international game, but don't want to put too much extra strain on the players & ruin their own opening day. How else could you do it?
Agreed. Or at least keep them as exhibition games that don't count with a gentlemans agreement that the "opening day lineups" play.tjack16 said:
Yeah I'm not sure why they just didn't do the Korea games Sunday-Monday. Then you get a few days off for travel but no exhibition games in between.
Farmer1906 said:
Strange? Sure but it's practical. They want to do an international game, but don't want to put too much extra strain on the players & ruin their own opening day. How else could you do it?
Just like you do every other team.
Do an Opening Day ceremony in SK then each team gets a home opener when they return.
Farmer1906 said:
Strange? Sure but it's practical. They want to do an international game, but don't want to put too much extra strain on the players & ruin their own opening day. How else could you do it?
I'd do it over the weekend. Saturday-Sunday or Sunday-Monday.
9 days before "opening day" for the rest of MLB is just odd. Plus nobody can watch it if it's a 5 AM on weekdays. You'd get a lot more viewers on Saturday-Sunday even if it's that early.
Saturday - game
Sunday - game
Monday - travel
Tuesday - off
Wednesday - off
Thursday - home opener
That seems practical
Make it a 4-team tournament, like a regional, for an entire week either before the all-star break or at any point during the season.Farmer1906 said:
Strange? Sure but it's practical. They want to do an international game, but don't want to put too much extra strain on the players & ruin their own opening day. How else could you do it?
2 days of doesn't seem ideal to recover from jet lag after a week in Korea. I think the teams would just say no at that point.
2008-2014 is a wasteland.
Yeah that is the dark times for me as an Astros fan. I kind of just checked out once I knew the run we were on up to 2005 was over.
But had spent a lot of money and time with a therapist trying to forget.Bregxit said:
Indeed. But there were a couple of names that I really should have gotten.
Once again anything before 1995 got me
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