2024 Astros

[rupert3]

Alvarez 2 HR game 5-4 win.  Arrighetti 13K gem.

 

[baddog]

Series win against the Red Sox. Alvarez almost got his 4th 3-HR game by inches. 

[baddog]

18 hours ago, rupert3 said:

Alvarez 2 HR game 5-4 win.  Arrighetti 13K gem.

 

I would have left Arrighetti in to complete the game. Pitch count was 90 but you ask him how how feels, he will say ok, and you rest your BP. His 2 hits were HRs but I consider them 2 mistake pitches. Decisions like this are probably why I’m not a manager.

[rupert3]

Nice 10-2 6 hit Sweep.  3 Dingers. Hunter Brown 9 Ks in 6 innings.  Always nice to beat Red Sox.

Ninth innig looked like a slow pitch  softball game but we couldn't hit 45-52 mph pitch lol.  Pena did hit a double off of an Efuss pitch.

 

[A BUC 77]

They are rolling now.  Can't wait to get Verlander and Tucker back.

[rupert3]

Looks like we gonna have to take care of the Mariners at the close of the season.  Hopefully they will start losing soon.

[baddog]

Bregman and Alvarez….co-players of the week. 

[rupert3]

Great 4 hit Valdez 6-1 win 9Ks Now 6 straight and 1/2 up.  Nice little win

[rupert3]

Nice 3-2 win for 7 straight.  Hader 26 saves.

Mariners lose to igers 15-1.

Back to full game up

[AggiesAreWe]

4 minutes ago, rupert3 said:

Nice 3-2 win for 7 straight.  Hader 26 saves.

Mariners lose to igers 15-1.

Back to full game up

1 1/2 games up.

[rupert3]

That's right went to todat at 1/2.  Nice

[baddog]

Pressley always seems to make it interesting. Bregman with 4 HRs in 4 straight games

[1989NDN]

56 minutes ago, baddog said:

Pressley always seems to make it interesting. Bregman with 4 HRs in 4 straight games

I miss Hector Neris.  Pressley worries me.  Abreu and Hader not so much.  Thank the Lord for Alex Bregman.  He on fire at the plate and remains rock solid at 3B.  I hope its not too premature to get excited about Bregman and Alvarez both staying red hot and mashing BOMBS!

[baddog]

1 hour ago, 1989NDN said:

I miss Hector Neris.  Pressley worries me.  Abreu and Hader not so much.  Thank the Lord for Alex Bregman.  He on fire at the plate and remains rock solid at 3B.  I hope its not too premature to get excited about Bregman and Alvarez both staying red hot and mashing BOMBS!

Agree. Neris got fired up doing his job. I liked that. Pressley seems to always load the bases when he should be mowing them down. Well, we still won the game, but it could have been easily lost on Pressley, but I guess that’s baseball. Look for Alvarez to have a good game today.

[BEARCPA]

I've never felt comfortable with Pressley outside of his insane hot streak in the 2022 postseason.

[AggiesAreWe]

Astros with a 2-1 extra inning win to get to 10 games over .500 (65-55).

Houston with just 2 hits in those 10 innings.

Pitching is definitely carrying this team the last month

[baddog]

My boy Duboń comes through with the game winning hit.  🧹 of the Rays is complete.

Leon needs to attend sliding practice.

[rupert3]

What a weird game 2 hits each 8th straight win.  Mariners lose in 10 so 2 1/2 up on them.

Pena Dinger was the only lead and hit for almost the whole game.

Nice win  I'll take it.

[rupert3]

Mariners lose today we now 3 games up.  Who would have thought 2 months ago.

 

[AggiesAreWe]

Just now, rupert3 said:

Mariners lose today we now 3 games up.  Who would have thought 2 months ago.

 

From 10 games down to 3 games up.

Since starting the season 12-24, Astros have gone an MLB best 53-31. A .631 win percentage. 

[rupert3]

Nearly all of these games had replacment player. especially pitchers.

[baddog]

35 minutes ago, rupert3 said:

Nearly all of these games had replacment player. especially pitchers.

Exactly why I didn’t like the Kikuchi trade, but he has done well. I guess I like winning with what I’ve got and develop my future players. I must be losing my mind. There is no way of knowing if the Kikuchi wins could have been won without him. I’m happy where we are in the rankings.

[myrecordwashorrible]

Bregman out today (elbow swelling) and Astros announce he's available to the media.  Not a called press conference, just available to media.  Weird communication.  ?????

Astros and communication, oxymoron?

[myrecordwashorrible]

Claim is he needs a few days off. He spoke to media.  Just strange after a call up early in the day with no corresponding roster move yet announced.  Houston sports radio had all kinds of speculation and still some skepticism. Who knows?

[baddog]

They let Bregman go, I may stop being a fan.