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If West Brook handles business this week, it's possible they could land in the rankings. Kind of hoping they get there before Oct. 17 to give us a state ranked match up in PA. I am definitely making that game either way.

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[Hidden Content] Coverage area teams in this week's rankings: 6A #3 Summer Creek #15 North Shore #22 CE King 5A DI #5 Angleton #6 Port Arthur Memorial #8 La Porte 5A DII #3 Port Neches-Groves 3A DI #4 Palestine Westwood #9 Fairfield 3A DII #5 Newton #8 Woodville 2A DI #10 Garrison 1A DI #8 Chester

Starting to get into the district races. What game or games will you be attending this week? Here is where I'll be this week: Thursday Hardin at East Chambers (pre game meal at Tia Juanita's) Friday Huffman at Lumberton - I'll be doing the color commentary for the SETXsports/Texan Live broadcast (pre game meal at Hamburger Depot) Saturday Mississippi State at Texas A&M (pre game meal at the tailgate)

I got Brook, 28-14

Of course they all have injuries just not on this scale. That's why it set an all time MLB record. Keep up or is that too complicated for your intellect? They missed the playoffs due to a tiebreaker with all those injuries. A simpleton could see that had an effect on their season. Nobody here thinks they made the playoffs. But only a "less than average" intellect thinks the injuries didn't have an impact on their season.

Setting the all time MLB record for IL transactions in a season is as "real" as it gets. Anyone dismissing that FACT as to why the season didn't go as well has a "less than average" intellect. Even the "average" fan can see the "realism" in that.

I'll be on the sidelines for this one. Will hold my thoughts.

Cleveland and Detroit finished at 87-75 just like Houston. Only Toronto (East Div. champ) Seattle (West Div. champ), Yankees and Red Sox had better records. Cleveland and Detroit had the tiebreakers over Houston. But finished with the same record. You know, all about wins/losses.

I got it this way: 1. WO-S 2. Silsbee 3. HF 4. Jasper/Shepherd (leaning towards Shepherd)

Houston finishes the season with a win and an 87-75 record. That's 12 games above .500 which by my calculations is "above average". In the American League (15 teams), only 4 teams finished with a better overall win/loss record. That puts the Astros in the top 1/3 of the league, not "middle of the pack". In the MLB (30 teams), 9 teams had better overall win/loss records. Houston is in top 1/3 of all of baseball in win/loss record for the season. Not "middle of the pack". All this while having the worst season for injuries of any baseball team in MLB history, Pretty proud of that effort considering those circumstances. Proud to be an Astro Fan!!! (and not a pessimistic sports fan).

I highly doubt the Angels are throwing any quality pitchers the last couple of games.

I'm still sticking with my preseason pick of WO-S.

What other guy?

Alvarez, Meyers, Parades and Pena were all out at the same time during a portion of the season. Sousa and Garcia were most definitely above average at the time of their injuries. No debating that fact. Numbers don't lie. But in your mind, all 28 active players on an MLB roster should be way above average. Let me know when you see a team of that caliber. smh

It is. Give me LP over KP, 35-24.

Of the pitchers that you say were "average at best": Sousa had one of the best ERA's in baseball at 2.84 when he got hurt. Only Brown, Hader and Abreu had lower ERA's on the team with that many innings pitched. Garcia at 3.52 and Walter at 3.32 were "above average" when they got hurt. MLB average ERA for the season was 4.10. As for the position players: Dezenzo was hitting above average (.255, MLB average is .240). The fact that so many outfielder's (6) were put on IL during the season put Houston in a bad way with having to pull minor leaguers up sooner than they wanted to. BTW, you listed 4 of the 8 everyday position players. Half of the everyday starters. But you can't see the issue with that. smh Fact is, this team was decimated with injuries. It was simply amazing that they were in the playoff race till the last two games. You can never convince me otherwise.

PN-G, 31-17

Thursday, Oct. 2 Barbers Hill at Baytown Sterling [Hidden Content] Hardin at East Chambers [Hidden Content] Splendora at West Fork [Hidden Content] La Porte at Kingwood Park [Hidden Content] Friday, Oct. 3 Kingwood at North Shore [Hidden Content] Crosby at Friendswood [Hidden Content] Humble at Channelview [Hidden Content] Huffman at Lumberton [Hidden Content] Dayton at Nederland [Hidden Content] Fort Bend Kempner at Porter [Hidden Content] Atascocita at Summer Creek [Hidden Content]

He had a very good game. Should have got more touches.

List of 2025 Astros Injuries: SP Spencer Arrighetti - Missed all but 7 starts SP Ronel Blanco - Tommy John after 9 starts SP Luis Garcia - Elbow injury after 2 starts (after missing most of season returning from TJ) CL Josh Hader - Missed final 2 months SP Lance McCullers Jr. - On and off IL after return from missing two seasons RP Kaleb Ort - Missed final month, also some other time RP John Rooney - Elbow surgery after 1 appearance RP Bennett Sousa - Missed final 6 weeks SP Brandon Walter - Tommy John after 9 starts SP Hayden Wesneski - Tommy John after 6 starts That’s just the pitchers… IF Isaac Paredes - Missed 2 months with hamstring strain SS Jeremy Peña - Missed ~35 games with broken rib+sore oblique 2B Brendan Rodgers - Missed final 3.5 months (various) LF/DH Yordan Alvarez - Limited to 48 games (Hand, then ankle) OF Zach Dezenzo - Missed final 4 months with hand injury OF Chas McCormick - Missed 6 weeks with oblique strain OF Jacob Melton - Missed 6 weeks with ankle sprain, had some back stuff early in season OF Jake Meyers - Missed 2 months with calf injury OF Taylor Trammell - Missed 4 months with calf injury, then missed some time after running into wall in August. That should cover it.

I agree.

After finding out that they have been eliminated, Houston is already subbing out some starters with bench players. Smith has come in to hit for Altuve and Caratini is in to hit for Parades.

What a truly remarkable run by the Astros from 2017-2024: - 8 consecutive trips to the postseason - 2 World Series championships - 4 American League pennants - 7 straight trips to the ALCS - 7 AL West titles - 99 playoff games - Countless champagne celebrations

I hope I am on this Earth this time next year. Always his call.