***** 2024 Houston Astros Season Thread ***** [Staff Warning]

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In reply to bullard21k • 8:36p, 10/6/24
16 hits for Tucker over 28 games.
5 over 10 games so far for Judge. The Damn Yankees did not make the postseason last year so if you want to count the number of hits over the last three Yankee postseason appearance then it would be six.
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In reply to jkag89 • 8:41p, 10/6/24
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jkag89 said:
16 hits for Tucker over 28 games.
5 over 10 games so far for Judge. The Damn Yankees did not make the postseason last year so if you want to count the number of hits over the last three Yankee postseason appearance then it would be six.

That's not what I said. When is tuckers last hit in the playoffs is the question
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9:50p, 10/6/24
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Padres should save some of these home runs
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9:51p, 10/6/24
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Man I'd kill to have Tatis on our team
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 10:02p, 10/6/24
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Mathguy64 said:
Judge has 6 hits in the playoffs the last 3 years.
With our season unfortunately over, it feels like a nice time to re-tell my Aaron Judge story.

So my dad is an odd sports fan. He doesn't follow much outside of A&M football week to week, but he'll watch pretty much anything that's on TV. I've watched a lot of great sports moments with him over the years.

During my late childhood, his favorite Astro was Rafael Ramirez. Why? Because my dad used to smoke like a chimney, and at some point they made it illegal to smoke in the Dome. One night he was jonsing for a cigarette but didn't want to miss anything. Ramirez hit a walk-off single in the 11th to get the Astros a win and get my dad out into nicotine heaven. He began to refer to Ramirez as "Babe" - as in "Ruth" from then on out.

However, when the player strike happened in 1994, it just pissed my dad the hell off. We used to go to 10-12 games a year easy at home, and he got divorced from baseball when he found out the players were striking. He and my mom went to ZERO games from 1994 until 2007, when my brother and I convinced them to come with us to see BIggio's last home game.

Like a lot of people, he really lost interest in the early 2010s with the Astros terrible and rarely on TV if you didn't have the right system. But one fine day in the fall of 2017, my mom was having a mini-reunion with some old work friends, so I invited my dad to come hang out and watch the game at a sports bar with my brother and I to watch a baseball game.

The game in question was Game 2 of the ALCS between the Astros and Yankees. In case you don't remember, Justin Verlander threw a complete game with 13 strikeouts and the real MVP of the Astros - Gary Sanchez - won it for the good guys by dropping a ball at the plate in the bottom of the 9th.

But the real story was my dad's reaction to Aaron Judge, who went 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts on the day. My dad came into that game knowing absolutely zero players on either team except for Altuve. The fact that Aaron Judge had just finished the best rookie season in the history of baseball meant absolutely nothing to my dad, all he saw was this giant idiot who couldn't even touch Verlander's fastball.

My dad is not known for his couth or tact. Once, when I was a sportswriter and covering the high school football playoffs, my parents came to watch the game. It was 49-0 at halftime. My dad walked down to the field to talk to me at halftime, and in doing so, he walked right through the stands of where the losing team's parents were sitting. As he got close, he yelled loudly at me, "Hey does this team just suck or what?"

As fate would have it, there was a table of salty Yankee fans sitting next to us. You can imagine their response when my dad started mocking Aaron Judge halfway through his first at-bat, asking loudly "Who is this idiot?" and calling out "Tell Lurch to swing harder next time!"

At some point one of the Yankee fans said something to the effect of "Shut up, grandpa (my dad was in his late 60s at the time), and my dad pulled his favorite bizarre card in moments of confrontation, gesturing to my brother (6 foot 2) and myself (6 foot 7) and declaring, "These are my sons. You don't want to mess with them."

That was a little more intimidating when we were in our 20s and marginally athletic. Not as intimidating when we were in our 40s, fat, and slow. Nothing else happened with the Yankee fans, except them being convinced my dad was being a total D*bag acting like he didn't know who Judge was, and my dad wildly carrying on as if "Lurch" acted like he'd never played baseball a day in his life.

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In reply to tjack16 • 10:04p, 10/6/24
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Man I'd kill to have Tatis on our team


He's one ringworm case away from a season long suspension.
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10:35p, 10/6/24
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In reply to bullard21k • 6:48a, 10/7/24
Oops, I misread your post.

Tuckers last hit in the postseason was an infield single in the 8th inning of Game 7 of last year's ALCS.
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8:12a, 10/7/24
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What do y'all think about trying to get Brett Baty from the Mets? Seems like they've found their third baseman in Vientos. Baty is young and under control for a while.

Someone needs to start the offseason thread......
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In reply to Wabs • 8:58a, 10/7/24
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Wabs said:
What do y'all think about trying to get Brett Baty from the Mets? Seems like they've found their third baseman in Vientos. Baty is young and under control for a while.

Someone needs to start the offseason thread......

Good prospect that has been highly regarded, but obviously not a sure fire solution. He's played the equivalent of one full MLB season over a couple of years and struggled quite a bit. If you're going to spend money on the outfield and first base, then it might be an option. I like your thinking!

BTW, my first google search returned with a video titled, "Will Brett Baty ever translate Triple-A success to the majors." Seems like we already have a few of these AAAA players, haha.
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In reply to Wabs • 9:00a, 10/7/24
He is solid defensively and gives you a lefty IF option so I like it. Maybe you can turn him into a solid platoon bat.
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9:12a, 10/7/24
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I kind of like the idea of Baty.

2024 AAA Stats


Very solid, but nothing jumps off the page. However, he was better in 23 and 22 (in AAA).

Across 3 seasons he's played about a full season. He's hasn't been great. He has a bit of a platoon split, but even vs RHP he's average at best.

Because of that he should be getting cheap. I wouldn't put on my eggs in a Baty basket, but I wouldn't hate if he's apart of a plan to try.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 9:16a, 10/7/24
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That's my thinking with Baty. Probably could get him fairly cheap. He was a high draft pick and may have some real upside either as an eventual everyday starter or a platoon guy at 3B and/or 1B. As a general strategy, I'd rather try with guys like this than overpaying for veteran FAs to plug holes.
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In reply to Wabs • 9:21a, 10/7/24
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Wabs said:
That's my thinking with Baty. Probably could get him fairly cheap. He was a high draft pick and may have some real upside either as an eventual everyday starter or a platoon guy at 3B and/or 1B. As a general strategy, I'd rather try with guys like this than overpaying for veteran FAs to plug holes.
If we believe in Matthews and he is not ready to take over in 2025 AND we spend elsewhere to improve, I wouldn't hate the idea of Baty, Dezenzo, & Dubon sharing the load.
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In reply to jkag89 • 2:08p, 10/7/24
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He got trolled hard by impending free agent Jurickson Profar on one of those at-bats

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In reply to jkag89 • 2:11p, 10/7/24
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In reply to Johnsy3 • 2:26p, 10/7/24
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If that's in Houston the fans would have 100% grabbed the ball and probably been called for fan interference. Suprised a fan didn't try harder to grab it
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3:25p, 10/7/24
I haven't been able to post on this thread until today, but I want the Yankees to lose so bad.
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3:54p, 10/7/24
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MMP Store still had a lot of inventory on space city jerseys as of this afternoon (marked down to $50). Just FYI. Mostly blank, but also some JP3, Bregman, Valdez, Javier, etc.
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4:16p, 10/7/24
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Skubal no-hitting the Guardians through 4 with 7 K's on 51 pitches.

Its not just us.
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4:34p, 10/7/24
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Astro starting pitching depth makes them a tough out in a longer series

However as we saw, totally getable in a 3 game series

I don't know what caused the early season garbage, but better figure it out for next season



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4:47p, 10/7/24
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Skubal with a massive Framber Special to get out of his first trouble.
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5:19p, 10/7/24
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Kwan with an insane catch to save the day.
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In reply to OKCAg2002 • 5:22p, 10/7/24
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Not sure I've ever seen a ball bounce off the OFer's glove on the turf into his glove while diving. Wow.
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5:44p, 10/7/24
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Tigers get to clase
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5:48p, 10/7/24
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First HR given up by clase on a slider since 2022
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5:50p, 10/7/24
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Tigers the team of destiny this year?
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In reply to Ag_07 • 5:51p, 10/7/24
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Ag_07 said:
Tigers the team of destiny this year?


I think that'll be the Padres
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In reply to tjack16 • 6:02p, 10/7/24
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tjack16 said:
Ag_07 said:
Tigers the team of destiny this year?


I think that'll be the Padres


Either one is fine with me over the alternatives
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7:00p, 10/7/24
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Bob Costas asks a question no one was really wondering about "one has to wonder why Yuli Gurriel is so rudely greeted by the Yankee crowd" .... then answers himself just so he can bring up his completely biased BS.

Man eff that guy and I will not be sad when he is gone from broadcasting
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7:37p, 10/7/24
One thing that's painfully obvious these first few games is how much the Astros lacked in situational/clutch hitting. Wonder if it was as obvious to other teams as it was to our fans that we completely changed our approach at the plate with runners on
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7:53p, 10/7/24
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When your 7/8/9 hitters are contributing it's a lot easier to win games /captainobvious

Pham and Hampson with RBI singles after the Salvy homer to tie the game.
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8:34p, 10/7/24
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In reply to spadilly • 9:23p, 10/7/24
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Astros pitchers contributed to both Judge's and Bellinger's K numbers.
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