***** 2024 Houston Astros Season Thread ***** [Staff Warning] - Page 1399

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3:29p, 8/16/24

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Justin Verlander said his rehab start yesterday went well. He is unsure if his next start will be for the Astros.
— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) August 16, 2024

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In reply to SpaceCityAg05 • 3:30p, 8/16/24

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I know the pain of sleeping awkwardly and feeling it in a body part for a few days, but how does that cause swelling?

Is there any activity for Astros players more dangerous than sleeping? An object more dangerous than pillows?

A massage?

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In reply to cc10106 • 3:32p, 8/16/24

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cc10106 said:
An update for the new realtime pitch indicator system that is only viewable by Astros players via their special new contact lenses:

There is no other reasonable explanation for hitting better at home this year.

Yordan when he gets to Fenway

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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 3:32p, 8/16/24

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EastCoastAgNc said:
The Astros against Garrett Crochet: Altuve 4, Alvarez 7, Diaz DH, Peña 6, Caratini 2, Meyers 8, Dezenzo 3, Dubón 5, McCormick 9

Arrighetti RHP
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 16, 2024

Woof

double woof

what a dreadful outfield

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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 3:34p, 8/16/24

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EastCoastAgNc said:
Luis Garcia is still not throwing.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 16, 2024

need to cram whatever works out of Garcia, LMJ, and Tucker and make some sort of Robocop situation happen.

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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 3:36p, 8/16/24

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EastCoastAgNc said:
Luis Garcia is still not throwing.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 16, 2024

need to cram whatever works out of Garcia, LMJ, and Tucker and make some sort of Robocop situation happen.

With a little corporate backing shoplifting from HEB stores will plummet.

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3:49p, 8/16/24

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Blue Jays with the bases juiced.

Neris on the mound. Loperfido and Wagner at 1st and 3rd. Springer on deck.

Very Astros moment.

Fightin' Texas Aggie and Sam Houston State Bearkat

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3:54p, 8/16/24

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Springer hits a triple!

Neris implodes after the baulk on strike 3 to the batter before

Fightin' Texas Aggie and Sam Houston State Bearkat

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4:01p, 8/16/24

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Wagner has 3 multi-hit games already

by the way...he's only played in 3 major league games

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4:03p, 8/16/24

Why not Shay Whitcomb at third base while Bregman is out?

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In reply to W • 4:06p, 8/16/24

W said:
Wagner has 3 multi-hit games already

by the way...he's only played in 3 major league games

Probably should close it down from here for double entendre and high water mark purposes.

Toronto has been a pretty fun place for scions to make the big leagues.

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4:09p, 8/16/24

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The Astros released Aledmys Díaz, Joe Espada said.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 16, 2024

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In reply to linkdude • 4:09p, 8/16/24

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Astros third baseman Alex Bregman said he slept with his arm wrong a few days ago and doesn’t want to play through it anymore. He expects to miss the weekend but said it’s not a long term injury.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 16, 2024

There it is. Stand down. https://t.co/SmOilucf0w
— Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) August 16, 2024

Didn't Verlander sustain his injury sleeping wrong too?

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In reply to OKCAg2002 • 4:10p, 8/16/24

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Astros front office needs to partner with the My Pillow guy. What is with these "sleep injuries"?!

"Sleep injuries" aka sex injuries

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4:11p, 8/16/24

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Joe Espada says they have released Aledmys Diaz.
— Julia Morales (@JuliaMorales) August 16, 2024

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4:20p, 8/16/24

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Astros need to purchase hyperbaric sleeping facilities or something, wtf.

If you're sleeping on your arm wrong and hurt to the point you can't throw then you might be too old to play.

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4:24p, 8/16/24

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Jacob Melton mentioned last week he’s still ironing out mechanics in his swing, contributing to down numbers in his transition to Triple-A. The organization believes Melton is “tooled up” and that he’ll eventually be able to put it all together. https://t.co/CMF2e852yO
— Kenny Van Doren (@thevandalorian) August 16, 2024

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4:25p, 8/16/24

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Aledmys Diaz -- another guy -- completely washed by age 32

he had a couple of really good seasons in 2018 and 2019 at ages 27 and 28

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In reply to AggiEE • 4:32p, 8/16/24

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AggiEE said:
Why not Shay Whitcomb at third base while Bregman is out?

Because bringing up guys who are tearing it up at the minor league level and playing them at the position they project to in MLB is just not what we do here...

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In reply to Booma94 • 4:41p, 8/16/24

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Booma94 said:
linkdude said:
Astros third baseman Alex Bregman said he slept with his arm wrong a few days ago and doesn’t want to play through it anymore. He expects to miss the weekend but said it’s not a long term injury.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 16, 2024

There it is. Stand down. https://t.co/SmOilucf0w
— Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) August 16, 2024

Didn't Verlander sustain his injury sleeping wrong too?

And Yuli, and Javier, and Lance at one point did the same thing

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In reply to tjack16 • 4:41p, 8/16/24

tjack16 said:
Booma94 said:
linkdude said:
Astros third baseman Alex Bregman said he slept with his arm wrong a few days ago and doesn’t want to play through it anymore. He expects to miss the weekend but said it’s not a long term injury.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 16, 2024

There it is. Stand down. https://t.co/SmOilucf0w
— Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) August 16, 2024

Didn't Verlander sustain his injury sleeping wrong too?

And Yuli, and Javier, and Lance at one point did the same thing

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5:14p, 8/16/24

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For The Boys.

⚾️: 7:10pm
🏟️: Closed
📺: @SpaceCityHN
🎙️: @SportsTalk790 | Spanish: 93.3 FM#PlayersWeekend x @reliantenergy pic.twitter.com/e4E5yrgOng
— Houston Astros (@astros) August 16, 2024

Players weekend

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5:18p, 8/16/24

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Oh that's the names on the unis tonight? Sweet

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In reply to txags92 • 5:20p, 8/16/24

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Or because Crochet is a brutal matchup and they would rather get him acclimated today and start him tomorrow

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In reply to linkdude • 5:21p, 8/16/24

linkdude said:
Astros third baseman Alex Bregman said he slept with his arm wrong a few days ago and doesn’t want to play through it anymore. He expects to miss the weekend but said it’s not a long term injury.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 16, 2024

There it is. Stand down. https://t.co/SmOilucf0w
— Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) August 16, 2024

Found the reason for Bregman’s elbow discomfort pic.twitter.com/1oztN55bm7
— Kinneyster (@kinneyster) August 16, 2024

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In reply to BayAg_14 • 5:26p, 8/16/24

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Kind of hard to tell in those pics, but doesn't look like his wife.

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5:41p, 8/16/24

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The Astros had been planning to replace the old batter's eye for a while. Joe Espada said no players or staff made any complaints. Here's a story from last season, after which the Astros extended the batter's eye based on "player feedback" - https://t.co/lJ9MgxuDaz
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 16, 2024

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In reply to BayAg_14 • 5:46p, 8/16/24

Pre-game TOFA

We're gonna need it against these guys without Alex.

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6:00p, 8/16/24

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This is how Dusty Baker and Maldy had the Astros coaching staff training Yainer Diaz last season pic.twitter.com/1jZstZ8Xxu
— Noah (@YordanForHOF44) August 16, 2024

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6:04p, 8/16/24

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Espada continuing to run Chas out there every night is as bad as Baker and Maldy last year. Ridiculous.

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In reply to Big Bucks • 6:07p, 8/16/24

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Tucker being legally dead and Leon being a worse, right-handed Loperfido limits the options

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In reply to Big Bucks • 6:09p, 8/16/24

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Espada continuing to run Chas out there every night is as bad as Baker and Maldy last year. Ridiculous.

At least Espada has pretty much no other option. Dusty had Diaz

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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 6:14p, 8/16/24

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Or because Crochet is a brutal matchup and they would rather get him acclimated today and start him tomorrow

I do get this. But I'll say, Jace Jung just stood in against Cole in his MLB debut and had a solid seven-pitch AB ending in a walk.

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In reply to Big Bucks • 6:15p, 8/16/24

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Espada continuing to run Chas out there every night is as bad as Baker and Maldy last year. Ridiculous.

Not even close. Beside the fact we don't have anyone that is really any better on the bench, Dusty would be batting him 2nd to let him see some pitches and would have Abreu dh'ing instead of Diaz.

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In reply to Beau Holder • 6:22p, 8/16/24

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Beau Holder said:
texasaggie2015 said:
Or because Crochet is a brutal matchup and they would rather get him acclimated today and start him tomorrow

I do get this. But I'll say, Jace Jung just stood in against Cole in his MLB debut and had a solid seven-pitch AB ending in a walk.

Cole has been garbage this season.

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