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

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Off days…

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tjack16 said:

Beat40 said:

117 with wood bats, man.

It would legit be awesome to see some of these guys swing some of these college bats in the HR derby.


It will never happen, but I've always wanted to see an aluminum bat MLB Homerun derby at Coors field


With the old nuclear bats too
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tjack16 said:

Beat40 said:

117 with wood bats, man.

It would legit be awesome to see some of these guys swing some of these college bats in the HR derby.


It will never happen, but I've always wanted to see an aluminum bat MLB Homerun derby at Coors field
I'd rather go the other way. Why can't MLB sponsor wood bats for college and get them to use the same ball? Would seem to provide better intel on players to draft.
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MaxPower said:

tjack16 said:

Beat40 said:

117 with wood bats, man.

It would legit be awesome to see some of these guys swing some of these college bats in the HR derby.


It will never happen, but I've always wanted to see an aluminum bat MLB Homerun derby at Coors field
I'd rather go the other way. Why can't MLB sponsor wood bats for college and get them to use the same ball? Would seem to provide better intel on players to draft.


That would make college baseball an awful product to watch.
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This doesn't seem fair.

https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/seattle-mariners-reportedly-make-major-revelation-on-plans-for-julio-rodriguez-by-saying-they-want-to-play-him-at-designated-hitter-when-he-returns-from-injury

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The Seattle Mariners are reportedly looking to use superstar Julio Rodriguez as a designated hitter as a way to get him back faster from a high-ankle sprain that has kept him out since just past the All-Star break.

Rodriguez has been testing his ankle in the cage and reportedly feels no pain there, but he's only just recently started to do running exercises and doesn't appear to be that comfortable yet.
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While it seems obvious that Rodriguez still isn't ready to return to center field, sources indicate the Mariners are hoping to activate Rodriguez from the injured list in the coming days and use him as the designated hitter to add some more punch to their lineup.
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I strenuously object, although he wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire this season.
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MaxPower said:

tjack16 said:

Beat40 said:

117 with wood bats, man.

It would legit be awesome to see some of these guys swing some of these college bats in the HR derby.


It will never happen, but I've always wanted to see an aluminum bat MLB Homerun derby at Coors field
I'd rather go the other way. Why can't MLB sponsor wood bats for college and get them to use the same ball? Would seem to provide better intel on players to draft.


Because half of them won't be drafted anyways. So it would really water down the game
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Why is that not fair?
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And what good would strenuously objecting do?
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Faustus said:

And what good would strenuously objecting do?
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Faustus said:

This doesn't seem fair.

https://www.si.com/mlb/mariners/news/seattle-mariners-reportedly-make-major-revelation-on-plans-for-julio-rodriguez-by-saying-they-want-to-play-him-at-designated-hitter-when-he-returns-from-injury

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The Seattle Mariners are reportedly looking to use superstar Julio Rodriguez as a designated hitter as a way to get him back faster from a high-ankle sprain that has kept him out since just past the All-Star break.

Rodriguez has been testing his ankle in the cage and reportedly feels no pain there, but he's only just recently started to do running exercises and doesn't appear to be that comfortable yet.
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While it seems obvious that Rodriguez still isn't ready to return to center field, sources indicate the Mariners are hoping to activate Rodriguez from the injured list in the coming days and use him as the designated hitter to add some more punch to their lineup.
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I strenuously object, although he wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire this season.


So a guy who doesn't hit a ton of home runs but instead relies on speed and athleticism to contribute comes back with no speed or athleticism trying to hit bombs

Perfect 3 k a night black hole
Bring him back asap
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And when he tweaks it he will be out longer
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Ranger fans are now saying the team may be underperforming partly because they are "worn out" from last year.

They jumped all over me for claiming that was an issue with the Astros in the ALCS last year. I think it is different when you go to 7 straight ALCS, 4 WS and win 2 championships.

But one year of playoff ball after spending years on the beach -- that'll wear you out.

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Stupid fartlington dildos
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agproducer said:

Ranger fans are now saying the team may be underperforming partly because they are "worn out" from last year.

They jumped all over me for claiming that was an issue with the Astros in the ALCS last year. I think it is different when you go to 7 straight ALCS, 4 WS and win 2 championships.

But one year of playoff ball after spending years on the beach -- that'll wear you out.



I heard tremendous amounts of HGH can take a lot outta you. It was to be expected.
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Any word on what day JV will be in Sugar Land? I've seen both Friday and Saturday mentioned, but haven't seen a specific day yet.
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spadilly said:

Any word on what day JV will be in Sugar Land? I've seen both Friday and Saturday mentioned, but haven't seen a specific day yet.
There's a JV promo Saturday, so I would put my money on Saturday.
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Yeah, I saw that JV bobblehead day has been scheduled for a while, so I assume that would be the day.
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spadilly said:

Yeah, I saw that JV bobblehead day has been scheduled for a while, so I assume that would be the day.

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agproducer said:

Ranger fans are now saying the team may be underperforming partly because they are "worn out" from last year.

They jumped all over me for claiming that was an issue with the Astros in the ALCS last year. I think it is different when you go to 7 straight ALCS, 4 WS and win 2 championships.

But one year of playoff ball after spending years on the beach -- that'll wear you out.




Just shows how out of shape they are and how little stamina they have. Reminds me of a good joke.
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agproducer said:

Ranger fans are now saying the team may be underperforming partly because they are "worn out" from last year.

They jumped all over me for claiming that was an issue with the Astros in the ALCS last year. I think it is different when you go to 7 straight ALCS, 4 WS and win 2 championships.

But one year of playoff ball after spending years on the beach -- that'll wear you out.




Lol, yeah, now imagine a team making the LCS for 7 straight seasons, 4 WS, and a few players also playing in the WBC last year. Must be superhuman.
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What do you guys think the odds are that McCullers pitches another 50 innings in the pros in his career
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John 6 22:59 The Bread of Life Discourse
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Another one of our talentless arms that we somehow turn into an MLB SP.
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Look at the Rangers offense numbers vs last yr. The league figured them out.
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Honolulu Blue said:

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Yep
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Honolulu Blue said:

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Sad to say it, but you're right. Curveball specialist, and his arm couldn't hold up.
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halfastros81 said:

Look at the Rangers offense numbers vs last yr. The league figured them out.


Or changed the pitch com frequencies randomly at their home field.
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That could be filed in the category of figuring them out.
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Honolulu Blue said:

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That's what I was thinking
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Let's go Tigers BTFO Seamen





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the Mariners did not give the Tigers a getaway day start today

granted the flight to San Fran is only 2 hours, but the Tigers won't get to their hotel until 3am or so.

interesting...that next Thursday when Seattle plays at Detroit...the Mariners will get an afternoon start from the Tigers

(before the M's very short flight to Pittsburgh for their Friday game)
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Farmer1906 said:


Yea, ok. The manager is the problem here. Not the wretched roster construction, bare farm system, horrible front office, and fossil of an owner.
Signs Maldy to start at catcher after a historically awful year and blames the manager for not winning. We sure the White Sox are not a Cleveland based team? At the same time, dude is not a good manager.


Perfect opportunity to bring back the Player/Manger with Maldy
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Pretty sure the league has some kind of rules in place that determine game times based on travel. The Rangers used to have a lot of Sunday evening starts because of playing outdoors in the 100 weather, but other teams complained about short turnaround times from a Sunday night game to a game somewhere else the following day. The league stopped allowing them to do that, and for the last several years at their old ballpark, day baseball was played in Arlington on getaway days.

All that being said, why the game next Thursday is a day game when both teams stay in the Eastern time zone the following day is intriguing.
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