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

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Farmer1906
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8:36a, 7/3/24
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Yesterday I said to target the Rays because they have so much pitching coming back from injury.

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In reply to Farmer1906 • 8:36a, 7/3/24
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That makes a lot of sense for Milwaukee.

They gave up their 21st ranked prospect. The Astros should 100% go after Littell if the cost is anywhere near that.
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8:52a, 7/3/24
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Are the Braves covertly mid this year? That series in April was very annoying.
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 9:00a, 7/3/24
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ttha_aggie_09 said:
Some of us are still working



I am one of the poor souls that falls into that category today.
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9:01a, 7/3/24
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Always beware of trading for or signing pitchers who have played for Tampa. They use and abuse those guys and they usually get injured not long after leaving.
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9:02a, 7/3/24
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In reply to RO519 • 9:06a, 7/3/24
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Same. Off the rest of the week though and heading to the beach.
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9:06a, 7/3/24
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I work today and Friday.
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 9:08a, 7/3/24
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texasaggie2015 said:
I work today and Friday.
I "work" Friday also....
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9:09a, 7/3/24
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For advanced pitching stats like ERA- and FIP- is it better to be below 100 or above?
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In reply to redline248 • 9:14a, 7/3/24
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redline248 said:
For advanced pitching stats like ERA- and FIP- is it better to be below 100 or above?
If its "-" then below, if its "+" then above.

If your ERA- is 95 then you're 5% better than league avg.

If your ERA+ is 105 then you're also 5% better than league avg.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 9:20a, 7/3/24
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Why do some sites use the minus version?
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9:20a, 7/3/24
You should have seen the headaches we had with ERA when Schrodinger pitched.
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In reply to redline248 • 9:23a, 7/3/24
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redline248 said:
Why do some sites use the minus version?


Not 100% sure but probably to do with lower ERA = good.
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9:32a, 7/3/24
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Some random Spencer Arrighetti stats:

AVG .273 - xAVG .233 - babip .351
ERA 6.13 - xERA 4.23
FIP 4.59 - xFIP 4.41 - SIERA 4.32

BB% 12.3, which is 10th percentile (barf)

Maybe he's unlikely sometimes, but he definitely walks too many
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9:40a, 7/3/24
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Hunter was robbed.

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In reply to Farmer1906 • 9:47a, 7/3/24
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Brown in June: 31.0 IP, 36 K, 1.16 ERA

Guess he was dinged for fewer innings and K
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In reply to redline248 • 9:49a, 7/3/24
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redline248 said:
Brown in June: 31.0 IP, 36 K, 1.16 ERA

Guess he was dinged for fewer innings and K
Crochet had 1 more start.

GC - 13.38 K/9, 1.43 BB/9
HB - 10.45 K/9, 2.32 BB/9
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9:50a, 7/3/24
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56 Ks in 37 IP is pretty ridiculous
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 9:52a, 7/3/24
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texasaggie2015 said:
Sure is quiet around here this morning


I'm just waiting for Vladdy to switch dugouts.

Can't see Dana giving up Matthews unless Crane makes him. If he's their target it will go down to the wire to see who blinks first.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 9:55a, 7/3/24
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Farmer1906 said:
Hunter was robbed.

White Sox lobbied hard for this to drive up his price.

You know it. I know it.
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10:34a, 7/3/24
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This is wild. We really need to finish the job and take back the division lead this month. No team with an offense this bad deserves the win the division.
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In reply to bearkatag15 • 10:51a, 7/3/24
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I don't really disagree. But also it's all about run differential.

Who cares how many runs you score as long as it's more than the other guys. So if you're pitching is good enough to pick up the slack for your sheety offense then hey take it and run.

With that said SEA is a fraud and their offensive problems will catch up to them here pretty soon. Big question is what acquisitions are they gonna end up adding.

You know Dipoto is chomping at the bit to make some deals.
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In reply to Ag_07 • 10:52a, 7/3/24
Yeah there's no reason they shouldn't go over the top to get Vlad with their great farm.
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In reply to MaxPower • 11:00a, 7/3/24
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MaxPower said:
Yeah there's no reason they shouldn't go over the top to get Vlad with their great farm.


Sure there is. They're on a budget. Vlad puts them closer to 150 M this year. That's probably more than they're willing to do. Plus they only have 16 M coming off the books next year. Most (all? More than?) of that is going to be eaten up with arbitration raises. Vlad is probably going to get ~25 M next year.

The only way to can make room him would be to move someone like Castillo or Julio.
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In reply to htxag09 • 11:08a, 7/3/24
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htxag09 said:
texasaggie2015 said:
I work today and Friday.
I "work" Friday also....
#metoo
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 11:36a, 7/3/24
That would be a fail on their part because they could just trade Vlad in the offseason if it's a budget issue. Fine by me but I don't think they're that stupid.
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11:50a, 7/3/24
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I'm working today, tomorrow, and Friday, so stop feeling sorry for yourselves!


Crochet has 1/4th of the White Sox wins this year - 6 out of 24.

In 1972, the Phillies won 59 games and Steve Carlton was the winning pitcher in 27 of them (45.7%)
The Phillies other three starters combined to go 10-39 (2-15, 4-14, 4-10) No other pitcher on the team had a winning record.
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11:58a, 7/3/24
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Oof. Makes you want to avoid any long term pitcher contracts. Especially with the jump in pitcher injuries the last couple of years.
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In reply to 3B Paul 97 • 12:16p, 7/3/24
Good thing the Astros do a decent job developing homegrown pitching talent.
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 12:19p, 7/3/24
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I've been at the in-laws lake house since Sunday and haven't worked in over a month….same as TJack
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12:24p, 7/3/24
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I've graded my last paper and grades are all in. I'm done for the next 6 weeks.

In 3 weeks we head to Alaska.
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In reply to redline248 • 12:32p, 7/3/24
redline248 said:
Some random Spencer Arrighetti stats:

AVG .273 - xAVG .233 - babip .351
ERA 6.13 - xERA 4.23
FIP 4.59 - xFIP 4.41 - SIERA 4.32

BB% 12.3, which is 10th percentile (barf)

Maybe he's unlikely sometimes, but he definitely walks too many
His starts need to last longer for him to qualify for the leaderboard, but if he had a handful more innings pitched he'd qualify as having the worst ERA and WHIP in MLB for starting pitchers. The current worst has a 5.75 ERA and 1.54 WHIP with 83 innings pitched in 17 starts (compared to a 6.13 ERA, 1.65 WHIP, and 69 innings pitched in 15 starts for SA).

https://www.mlb.com/stats/pitching

https://www.mlb.com/player/spencer-arrighetti-681293

Pitching relief can't get here quickly enough.

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