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***** Official Houston Astros 2024-2025 Offseason Thread *****
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Walkoff HR this morning. Fairly easy one. Only 1/2 real questionable positions.
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TRADE 🚨🚨🚨: The Astros and Cardinals are in agreement on a deal sending 8-time All-Star Nolan Arenado to Houston, per @HollyBaylorMLB.
— FAX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFAX) February 24, 2025
Jon Singleton, Mauricio Dubon, Cash Considerations and Martin Maldonado are heading to St. Louis. pic.twitter.com/vb97loT56N
Astros updates from Espada:
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) February 24, 2025
-- Dubin (shoulder) is headed to Houston to get an MRI. He tried to play catch yesterday and didn't feel well.
- León (left knee) will undergo an MRI today in WPB, but Espada isn't concerned.
- Ort (left oblique) is throwing in the cage off a…
Also, Lance McCullers Jr. and Luis Garcia will throw bullpen side session today, probably in the batting cages becaus of rain. If all goes well for Lance, his next task would be live batting practice and facing hitters.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) February 24, 2025
Ronel Blanco, today’s scheduled starter, would pitch tomorrow if today’s game is canceled. For now, Hayden Wesneski is scheduled to make his first spring start tomorrow and Framber Valdez on Wednesday.
— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) February 24, 2025
Any clue what MLB video is?
Today’s Astros-Marlins game scheduled for 1:05 p.m. ET at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches has been cancelled due to rain. The game will not be made up.
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 24, 2025
1. That brisket already looks at least 6-8 hours into the cook
2. Why would you smoke it for 3 days?
3. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN BASIL?!
2. Why would you smoke it for 3 days?
3. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN BASIL?!
Low and slow until 2/27. pic.twitter.com/Y9dhpVM0lF
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 24, 2025
Killens is sponsoring our City Connects...... The Houston Dry Rubs......All I do is Nguyen said:
1. That brisket already looks at least 6-8 hours into the cook
2. Why would you smoke it for 3 days?
3. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN BASIL?!Low and slow until 2/27. pic.twitter.com/Y9dhpVM0lF
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 24, 2025
Im looking for Ray Finkle.... and a clean pair of shorts. Im just a very big Finkle fan. This is my Graceland, sir.
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Could rebrand to The Meat and wear them every night and finish 162-0 because nobody wants to be the team that beat the meat
This is interesting on the ABS zone
Understanding MLB’s new ABS strike zone pic.twitter.com/oXMrvQyfFN
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) February 24, 2025
Already taken
What i draw from this is..... we should readjust our approach to prospects and only sign guys under 5'7'' so were about to be Chinas biggest farm systemAll I do is Nguyen said:
This is interesting on the ABS zoneUnderstanding MLB’s new ABS strike zone pic.twitter.com/oXMrvQyfFN
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) February 24, 2025
Im looking for Ray Finkle.... and a clean pair of shorts. Im just a very big Finkle fan. This is my Graceland, sir.
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Team slogan is "Don't think! You can only hurt the ballclub."texasaggie2015 said:
Could rebrand to The Meat and wear them every night and finish 162-0 because nobody wants to be the team that beat the meat
All I do is Nguyen said:
This is interesting on the ABS zoneUnderstanding MLB’s new ABS strike zone pic.twitter.com/oXMrvQyfFN
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) February 24, 2025
I'm not sure that's completely accurate.
It would make a lot more sense that the height they use to establish your zone is not your listed height but the height measured when you're in your stance.
That strike zone seems WAY too small.
Right?
It's the listed height from what I've read too.
Interesting.
A strike zone from the knees to the belly button is gonna wreck havoc on pitchers.
A strike zone from the knees to the belly button is gonna wreck havoc on pitchers.
Houston Meat Sweats = problem solvedQuad Dog said:
Already taken
Make all the jerseys except the Tequila Sunrises look like Ronel's after 1 inning pitched. Talk about intimidation factor.
Bill Veeck was ahead of his time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_GaedelMr.Bond said:What i draw from this is..... we should readjust our approach to prospects and only sign guys under 5'7'' so were about to be Chinas biggest farm systemAll I do is Nguyen said:
This is interesting on the ABS zoneUnderstanding MLB’s new ABS strike zone pic.twitter.com/oXMrvQyfFN
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) February 24, 2025
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Ag_07 said:
Interesting.
A strike zone from the knees to the belly button is gonna wreck havoc on pitchers.
Here is the rule:
Quote:
The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap. In order to get a strike call, part of the ball must cross over part of home plate while in the aforementioned area.
That midpoint is generally the bottom of the letters. I don't think that pitch gets called.
Here is an example of what gets called vs the ABS. It is smaller, but not as much as you'd think.
More graphics on ABS vs what umps call.
Last one.
Remember it is a 2D zone in the middle of the plate. The 3d zones were enormous and some terrible pitches were called strikes due to pitches barely clipping a corner at the very front or back of the zone.
Remember it is a 2D zone in the middle of the plate. The 3d zones were enormous and some terrible pitches were called strikes due to pitches barely clipping a corner at the very front or back of the zone.
I know how frustrated some were last year when we didn't see very many pitchessomething to keep in mind for '25.
2024 Pitches Per At Bat:
1. Isaac Paredes - 4.43
10. Christian Walker - 4.19
--
92. Alex Bregman - 3.76
118. Jose Altuve - 3.59
123. Yordan Alvarez - 3.56
126. Jake Meyers - 3.54
130. Jeremy Pena - 3.50
131. Yainer Diaz - 3.42
131 players qualified.
Some unqualified #s
As a team, we were dead last with 3.65. League Avg was 3.88. Brewers led the league with 4.02.
2024 Pitches Per At Bat:
1. Isaac Paredes - 4.43
10. Christian Walker - 4.19
--
92. Alex Bregman - 3.76
118. Jose Altuve - 3.59
123. Yordan Alvarez - 3.56
126. Jake Meyers - 3.54
130. Jeremy Pena - 3.50
131. Yainer Diaz - 3.42
131 players qualified.
Some unqualified #s
- Grae Kessinger - 4.60
- Pedro Leon - 4.29
- Jose Abreu - 4.05
- Jon Singleton - 4.00
- Kyle Tucker - 3.96
- Shay Whitcomb - 3.93
- Chas McCormick - 3.78
- Zach Dezenzo - 3.77
- Victor Caratini - 3.76
- Trey Cabbage - 3.69
- Casar Salazaar - 3.47
- Mauricio Dubon - 3.39
- Cooper Hummel - 2.88
As a team, we were dead last with 3.65. League Avg was 3.88. Brewers led the league with 4.02.
How do the team rankings correlate with W-L record?Farmer1906 said:
I know how frustrated some were last year when we didn't see very many pitchessomething to keep in mind for '25.
2024 Pitches Per At Bat:
1. Isaac Paredes - 4.43
10. Christian Walker - 4.19
--
92. Alex Bregman - 3.76
118. Jose Altuve - 3.59
123. Yordan Alvarez - 3.56
126. Jake Meyers - 3.54
130. Jeremy Pena - 3.50
131. Yainer Diaz - 3.42
131 players qualified.
Some unqualified #s
- Grae Kessinger - 4.60
- Pedro Leon - 4.29
- Jose Abreu - 4.05
- Jon Singleton - 4.00
- Kyle Tucker - 3.96
- Shay Whitcomb - 3.93
- Chas McCormick - 3.78
- Zach Dezenzo - 3.77
- Victor Caratini - 3.76
- Trey Cabbage - 3.69
- Casar Salazaar - 3.47
- Mauricio Dubon - 3.39
- Cooper Hummel - 2.88
As a team, we were dead last with 3.65. League Avg was 3.88. Brewers led the league with 4.02.
Anthony Rendon's remote days are over pic.twitter.com/ofp0zuk8PL
— FAX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFAX) February 24, 2025
Great question. Let me nerd out. Some correlation, but plenty of exceptions to the rule (like us).txags92 said:How do the team rankings correlate with W-L record?Farmer1906 said:
I know how frustrated some were last year when we didn't see very many pitchessomething to keep in mind for '25.
2024 Pitches Per At Bat:
1. Isaac Paredes - 4.43
10. Christian Walker - 4.19
--
92. Alex Bregman - 3.76
118. Jose Altuve - 3.59
123. Yordan Alvarez - 3.56
126. Jake Meyers - 3.54
130. Jeremy Pena - 3.50
131. Yainer Diaz - 3.42
131 players qualified.
Some unqualified #s
- Grae Kessinger - 4.60
- Pedro Leon - 4.29
- Jose Abreu - 4.05
- Jon Singleton - 4.00
- Kyle Tucker - 3.96
- Shay Whitcomb - 3.93
- Chas McCormick - 3.78
- Zach Dezenzo - 3.77
- Victor Caratini - 3.76
- Trey Cabbage - 3.69
- Casar Salazaar - 3.47
- Mauricio Dubon - 3.39
- Cooper Hummel - 2.88
As a team, we were dead last with 3.65. League Avg was 3.88. Brewers led the league with 4.02.
Edit:
If you see a lot of pitches, you probably don't suck. But just because you don't see a bunch of pitches, doesn't mean you can't be good. Very few in an imaginary top left quadrant. Several in an imaginary bottom right quadrant.
Edit:
This exercise should have been done with Runs, not Win%.
That really makes it clear what an outlier we were relative to everybody else. Hopefully improving that is a big point of emphasis this spring.
If you feel like nerding out some more, how does the ranking of teams getting screwed by the umps correlate to pitches watched?
If you feel like nerding out some more, how does the ranking of teams getting screwed by the umps correlate to pitches watched?
Mr.Bond said:Killens is sponsoring our City Connects...... The Houston Dry Rubs......All I do is Nguyen said:
1. That brisket already looks at least 6-8 hours into the cook
2. Why would you smoke it for 3 days?
3. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN BASIL?!Low and slow until 2/27. pic.twitter.com/Y9dhpVM0lF
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 24, 2025
Sound painful
I think the win percentage is good because it isn't just a matter of how many runs you score, but how quickly you get to the other team's BP.Farmer1906 said:Great question. Let me nerd out. Some correlation, but plenty of exceptions to the rule (like us).txags92 said:How do the team rankings correlate with W-L record?Farmer1906 said:
I know how frustrated some were last year when we didn't see very many pitchessomething to keep in mind for '25.
2024 Pitches Per At Bat:
1. Isaac Paredes - 4.43
10. Christian Walker - 4.19
--
92. Alex Bregman - 3.76
118. Jose Altuve - 3.59
123. Yordan Alvarez - 3.56
126. Jake Meyers - 3.54
130. Jeremy Pena - 3.50
131. Yainer Diaz - 3.42
131 players qualified.
Some unqualified #s
- Grae Kessinger - 4.60
- Pedro Leon - 4.29
- Jose Abreu - 4.05
- Jon Singleton - 4.00
- Kyle Tucker - 3.96
- Shay Whitcomb - 3.93
- Chas McCormick - 3.78
- Zach Dezenzo - 3.77
- Victor Caratini - 3.76
- Trey Cabbage - 3.69
- Casar Salazaar - 3.47
- Mauricio Dubon - 3.39
- Cooper Hummel - 2.88
As a team, we were dead last with 3.65. League Avg was 3.88. Brewers led the league with 4.02.
Edit:
If you see a lot of pitches, you probably don't suck. But just because you don't see a bunch of pitches, doesn't mean you can't be good. Very few in an imaginary top left quadrant. Several in an imaginary bottom right quadrant.
Edit:
This exercise should have been done with Runs, not Win%.
Yup. Paredes and Walker help too. That was kind of my point in the first post.
We replace Caratini, Dezenzo, Singleton, & Abreu with Walker.
We replace Bregman or possibly Altuve with Paredes.
We might even replace Dubon with Rodgers (3.84)
We replace Caratini, Dezenzo, Singleton, & Abreu with Walker.
We replace Bregman or possibly Altuve with Paredes.
We might even replace Dubon with Rodgers (3.84)
Bring back the Oilers!n_touch said:Mr.Bond said:Killens is sponsoring our City Connects...... The Houston Dry Rubs......All I do is Nguyen said:
1. That brisket already looks at least 6-8 hours into the cook
2. Why would you smoke it for 3 days?
3. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN BASIL?!Low and slow until 2/27. pic.twitter.com/Y9dhpVM0lF
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 24, 2025
Sound painful
In getting to the bullpen early and often should translate to runs. If it doesn't, then what is the point?txags92 said:I think the win percentage is good because it isn't just a matter of how many runs you score, but how quickly you get to the other team's BP.Farmer1906 said:Great question. Let me nerd out. Some correlation, but plenty of exceptions to the rule (like us).txags92 said:How do the team rankings correlate with W-L record?Farmer1906 said:
I know how frustrated some were last year when we didn't see very many pitchessomething to keep in mind for '25.
2024 Pitches Per At Bat:
1. Isaac Paredes - 4.43
10. Christian Walker - 4.19
--
92. Alex Bregman - 3.76
118. Jose Altuve - 3.59
123. Yordan Alvarez - 3.56
126. Jake Meyers - 3.54
130. Jeremy Pena - 3.50
131. Yainer Diaz - 3.42
131 players qualified.
Some unqualified #s
- Grae Kessinger - 4.60
- Pedro Leon - 4.29
- Jose Abreu - 4.05
- Jon Singleton - 4.00
- Kyle Tucker - 3.96
- Shay Whitcomb - 3.93
- Chas McCormick - 3.78
- Zach Dezenzo - 3.77
- Victor Caratini - 3.76
- Trey Cabbage - 3.69
- Casar Salazaar - 3.47
- Mauricio Dubon - 3.39
- Cooper Hummel - 2.88
As a team, we were dead last with 3.65. League Avg was 3.88. Brewers led the league with 4.02.
Edit:
If you see a lot of pitches, you probably don't suck. But just because you don't see a bunch of pitches, doesn't mean you can't be good. Very few in an imaginary top left quadrant. Several in an imaginary bottom right quadrant.
Edit:
This exercise should have been done with Runs, not Win%.
Win% includes pitching and defense. Those don't matter for this specifically.
txags92 said:Bring back the Oilers!n_touch said:Mr.Bond said:Killens is sponsoring our City Connects...... The Houston Dry Rubs......All I do is Nguyen said:
1. That brisket already looks at least 6-8 hours into the cook
2. Why would you smoke it for 3 days?
3. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN BASIL?!Low and slow until 2/27. pic.twitter.com/Y9dhpVM0lF
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 24, 2025
Sound painful
Slow down Diddy…
Team spending in last 2 off-season's
Im looking for Ray Finkle.... and a clean pair of shorts. Im just a very big Finkle fan. This is my Graceland, sir.
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