***** Official Houston Astros 2024-2025 Offseason Thread *****

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In reply to Mr. Awesome Time • 3:07p, 2/19/25
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Mr. Awesome Time said:
Would love to see the NHLhere as well. If/when it ever happens hopefully they'll have done plenty work ahead of time to build interest and not rely too much on hockey fans from other states to comprise the fanbase.
That's a pretty good use of a wish, IMHO.
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3:22p, 2/19/25
This HAS to be photoshopped right???

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3:25p, 2/19/25
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Lol ESPN. Astros gonna be so good we're gonna go ahead and win 2 divisions (because **** the Yankees)

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Win average: 88.0 (Last: 90.6, 4th)
In the playoffs: 66.0% (Last: 76.5%)
Champions: 5.4% (Last: 9.3%)

Expectation: Stay in the mix. The Astros have been a yearly contender for a decade, and the numbers add up to another run at the AL East flag, though Houston will have plenty of company in that chase.

Reality: The Astros' over/under at ESPN BET sits at 86.5, so you could argue that this projection is a bit optimistic. Even so, Houston's baseline entering a season hasn't been this low in 10 years. You lose Alex Bregman, Kyle Tucker and Justin Verlander from a roster and the forecasting machinery isn't going to like it.

The Astros look like they've threaded the needle -- remaining viable while iterating their next version. We will see. Having the lowest-ranked farm system in the game isn't going to help.
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In reply to wangus12 • 3:39p, 2/19/25
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This isn't all that different from 2021. Vegas had us at 87.5 wins and Fangraphs at 88 wins. We went to the WS that year.
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In reply to All I do is Nguyen • 4:07p, 2/19/25
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All I do is Nguyen said:
This HAS to be photoshopped right???

He looks like mega mind to me
"It's just another corps trip boys, we'll march in behind the band"
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In reply to heavens11 • 4:17p, 2/19/25
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In reply to wangus12 • 4:34p, 2/19/25
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The Astros look like they've threaded the needle -- remaining viable while iterating their next version. We will see. Having the lowest-ranked farm system in the game isn't going to help.
So sick of this crap. How many guys do we need to bring up and perform above expectations before they re-evaluate their farm system rankings.
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5:18p, 2/19/25
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One thing texaggies2015 has said before is how great the Astros clubhouse has been over multiple years. Several new additions have commented on it. Not every club is like that - most aren't. Bregs obviously a reason for the positives so will he help the new club or will some keep acting like they are acting.
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In reply to Big Al 1992 • 5:38p, 2/19/25
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Big Al 1992 said:
One thing texaggies2015 has said before is how great the Astros clubhouse has been over multiple years. Several new additions have commented on it. Not every club is like that - most aren't. Bregs obviously a reason for the positives so will he help the new club or will some keep acting like they are acting.
Honestly, I think there is little Bregman can do in this situation. It is something Cora should have prepared Devers for and the club should have made clear to the other players before they even finalized things with Bregman. By leaving thing unclear, they are letting these little things turn into bigger things than they should be. Cora should be out there right now in front of anybody with a microphone or camera telling them what the club wants to try with those guys, but only after he has had talks with them individually and together as a group. It is a failing of his management that this issue is being argued out publicly like this.

And it is glorious...will be even more fun if it implodes and the fire gets turned up under Cora's ass.
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In reply to Big Al 1992 • 6:28p, 2/19/25
Big Al 1992 said:
One thing texaggies2015 has said before is how great the Astros clubhouse has been over multiple years. Several new additions have commented on it. Not every club is like that - most aren't. Bregs obviously a reason for the positives so will he help the new club or will some keep acting like they are acting.


Gonna be a bit difficult to speak with much authority when he, as usual, is hovering around Mendoza in June on a team with an established franchise player.
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6:39p, 2/19/25
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2020: knocked out by Charlie Morton in the ALCS
2021: would have knocked out Springer and the blue jays in the ALDS if they hadn't blown a massive lead to Seattle
2022: knocked out Gerrit Cole in the ALCS
2023: knocked out Correa in the ALDS
2024: knocked out by AJ Hinch

2025: knock out Bregman in the playoffs?
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In reply to heavens11 • 7:16p, 2/19/25
Don't let the way he looks fool you.
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In reply to heavens11 • 7:58p, 2/19/25
heavens11 said:
All I do is Nguyen said:
This HAS to be photoshopped right???

He looks like mega mind to me


Check the thread.

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8:17p, 2/19/25
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That is quite a cranial structure
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In reply to The Sun • 8:35p, 2/19/25
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The Sun said:
heavens11 said:
All I do is Nguyen said:
This HAS to be photoshopped right???

He looks like mega mind to me


Check the thread.


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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 10:52p, 2/19/25
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Who cares that there's only 5,000 capacity in the stadium the next two years?!?!
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6:36a, 2/20/25
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Walk off homerun today. Easiest one ever.
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In reply to superaggie73 • 6:44a, 2/20/25
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superaggie73 said:
Walk off homerun today. Easiest one ever.


Walk off double for me because I forgot to switch two guys. But yes, that was a very easy one.
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In reply to superaggie73 • 7:08a, 2/20/25
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superaggie73 said:
Walk off homerun today. Easiest one ever.


Ditto.
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In reply to Jackal99 • 7:11a, 2/20/25
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Same
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7:22a, 2/20/25
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Any time you have Rafael Ramirez as top 3-5 in hits you know your team was not great.

That team was sandwiched between the 86 group and the 91 group. You had Biggio and Cammy coming up and you had players like Puhl and Doran still playing.
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 7:53a, 2/20/25
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Don't want MLB and POS Manfred tinkering with the rules but I'm 100% in support of Verlander's take that analytics are ruining the game, arms, and swings.
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 8:15a, 2/20/25
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Any time you have Rafael Ramirez as top 3-5 in hits you know your team was not great.

That team was sandwiched between the 86 group and the 91 group. You had Biggio and Cammy coming up and you had players like Puhl and Doran still playing.
You know a team is terrible when Rafael Ramirez has the highest batting average. And that average is .276.
Those were your 1988 Houston Astros.
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8:29a, 2/20/25
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I need baseball back

I'm bored in the evenings
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 9:06a, 2/20/25
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EastCoastAgNc said:
I have avoided this topic bc I dislike any Altuve slander, but now I will offer my two cents.

There is no uncertainty at 2B (for 2025). Altuve will play 2B most of the time. Dubon's better defense is nowhere good enough to make up for his much worse bat, especially when we still have no idea if Jake and Chas will produce, and both of them will be in the lineup most days.
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9:38a, 2/20/25
That was a really easy walkoff. If they want to challenge me, just make everything 2011-2013
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In reply to The Original Houston 1836 • 9:45a, 2/20/25
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Right in the middle of purgatory for me, as I had 3 kids 7-10 running every which way. Walkoff double
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9:49a, 2/20/25
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Why would we consider moving Altuve to LF only to put Dubon at 2B? Ok, tradeoff with defense at 2B? What about the tradeoff in defense in LF? Wouldn't those kind of offset each other? Doobie is better defensively at both positions but his bat is WAY worse than Altuve. He should not be a "regular" in the lineup IMO.
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