The Official Houston Astros Thread

#151
#151
TOP said:
See, I don't know about any of this. The Bagwell and Biggio era is far removed for me. I'm an Astros fan through and through but I know nothing about the future. Appel was the pick last year, that's easy enough to follow. But without looking, didn't the Astros draft a 17 year old short stop the year before? These are hard years to follow lol. We're talking about down the road. A road that's hard to follow but easy to ignore.
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Yeah, Carlos Correa though I have seen some stuff on him questioning whether or not he will be able to remain at shortstop. He is ranked as the 3rd best SS prospect by MLB right now though which is impressive with all the SS talent in the minors with Lindor, Bogaerts, Baez, Hanson, and Mondesi
 
#154
#154
What? Scott Feldman does not invoke confidence? Chad Qualls as a closer doesn't make you all giddy inside? 30 million for Dexter Fowler doesn't seem logical???

All kidding aside, I like the way they're doing things. Get the kids experience and build for the future. This will pay off in a few years. It just sucks right now.
 
#155
#155
#2 Yankees $203,812,506
#30 Astros $44,544,174

I know the Astros will finish probably close to last if not last. And Yankees will finish near the top or maybe closer to the middle. Point is, they're not playing on an even playing field. My biggest pet peeve about baseball.

I'm just gonna laugh that the Astros are 2-0 and the Yankees are 0-2. Head to head... :)

Good thing there is 162 games for the high spenders to rise to the top and the smallest playoff field of any league as to prevent major upsets in a shortened series. I still believe that MLB has the worst set up of all. I'm surprised so many people go along with it. I only do purely as an Astros fan(I'd stop being a fan of MLB if they ceased to exist). It's easier to accept for me because as the Astros young players start coming into their prime, a market like Houston can spend money through free agency to put together a nice team. Baseball is the one sport where I'm fortunate enough to not pull for a small market team. Houston isn't the largest market by any means but it's not small either. They already know there is no point in spending money because even if you buy three expensive free agents, they're still surrounded by crap. Once they improve and there is a foundation, quality players will come. But for now, baseball sucks when teams like the Yankees can just buy whoever. I want a salary cap, shorter season and larger playoff field. At the very least, salary cap. I'd accept a shorter season or larger playoff field to go long with it. One or the other at least. 162 games for 4 teams to make the postseason is so freaking stupid. And even more stupid is playing 162 games to have a 1 game playoff for the wild card. I'm convinced the people running the league have no idea. I'd kill myself if I were a player/fan who just spent 162 days of my life playing/watching and then it was all over after a 1 game playoff. What a waste of freaking time. Yuck. Worst set up in all of sports. Truly stupid.

Anyways... bring out the brooms :machgun:

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#160
#160
Burger said:
Texas might be in the cellar this year. They're very bad.
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What happened to the Rangers anyways? They were really good not that long ago. I haven't really been following too much because the Astros continually stink and 162 games is far too many to follow when 70% of their games are going to be losses.
 
#161
#161
Currently the Astros are third to last.

Standings:
59-66 White Sox
58-65 Padres
59-67 Mets
56-68 Red Sox
55-68 Twins
55-70 Phillies
54-70 Cubs
53-72 Diamondbacks
52-73 Astros
49-75 Rockies
48-76 Rangers

My goal for the Astros, finish ahead of Red Sox and everyone else below the Red Sox as the standings currently sit. They're only 4.5 behind the Red Sox. That's attainable with 37 games remaining. Maybe not for the Astros, but in general. haha
 
#163
#163
Yankee_Vol said:
The Stros ain't passing the Red Sox lol
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Why'd you post that yesterday? I originally posted that the Astros were 4.5 behind the BoCox Suckers.

As it stands...

56-74 Red Sux
55-76 Astroids

You're laughing that the Astros have closed the gap by 3 games? Me thinks you're a little late to the party.

I'll be nice and I won't poke fun at the Yankees being behind the Angels, Mariners and Tigers by more than that for the final seed in the playoffs. With the Jays, Rays and Indians right on their ass.

I know the Astros suck. But your comment doesn't really make much sense to me seeing as the Astros went from 4.5 behind the Sux to 1.5 behind them.The Astros were supposed to suck anyways. Pretty sad they're competing record wise against teams who have like 3-4 times their payroll and championship aspirations while the Astros have a roster that's meant to tank. The Red Sox went into the season competing for a championship, the Astros went into the season preparing to lose(so they could build their farm system). You can laugh at the Astros but I'm laughing at the Red Sox and Yankees for buying everyone in sight to win a title but they won't even make the playoffs.

Anyways, I hope Theisman is wrong and RG3 starts. I don't like the Skankees or Kyle Wuss, I have nothing against the Skins though. Or at least RG3. I've always liked RG3.
 
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#164
#164
Sorry I don't follow the Astros thread religiously. I'd still be surprised if they finish ahead of the Sox. Regardless, the Sox will be good again long before the Stros.

Yankees may be having a bad year but still have a winnig record. Astros haven't had one since 2008. Yanks have won 4 WS in my life time. You'll be lucky to see Houston play in a WS again in yours.

I don't see what NASCAR or the NFL have to do with MLB but ok.
 
#165
#165
Yankee_Vol said:
Sorry I don't follow the Astros thread religiously. I'd still be surprised if they finish ahead of the Sox. Regardless, the Sox will be good again long before the Stros.

Yankees may be having a bad year but still have a winnig record. Astros haven't had one since 2008. Yanks have won 4 WS in my life time. You'll be lucky to see Houston play in a WS again in yours.

I don't see what NASCAR or the NFL have to do with MLB but ok.
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You meant the Red Sox will buy enough players to outlast the Astros in a league with no salary cap? I believe it. Or at the very least, when the Astros become the next Rays, everyone will just buy their players.

And I'm glad for you. I'm glad you picked a team that buys championships. I can't root for teams that win like that. I don't want George Steinbrenner or Daniel Snyder as my owners. They know nothing about sports other than opening a checkbook. If spending more than opponents to win satisfies you, I'm happy for you. Red Sox should feel really good about beating the Rockies in the World Series when they had like 5x the payroll. I myself, I prefer the Marlins winning with a small payroll, only to lose their players to the Yankees and Red Sox. The only reason the Yankees have the championships they do is because they spend more. Why is that brag worthy? The Yankees can win spending 200 million while the next closest opponent spends 150 million(Red Sox) and everyone else is below 100 million. Amazing system, right?

As far as the NFL and Nascar go, we've talked about the Redskins... and I've been on the Nascar forum. Just a little friendly banter. Not to mention, the Snyder and Steinbrenner comparison between the Yanks and Redskins isn't far fetched. What's with the "we have to keep one thing in one forum and another thing in another forum"? I'd rather not go on the nascar forum and I was actually nice about the Redskins in the Redskins thread. I try not to troll other teams threads. In that case though, it would leave me with no one to talk to me in this thread :)

I guess I don't get why you're surprised I poke fun at your team(s) when you come here and poke fun at my team, while using the Yankee's biggest rival to do so. I'd never go to a Steelers thread/forum and laugh at them because the Ravens are better. Are you sure you're a Yankees fan? When you laugh at the Astros while defending and or pulling for the Red Sox, hard to believe you're a true fan. I'm pretty sure that Yankees and Red Sox fans would rather punch each other than laugh about the other winning.



Odd thought... have the Yankees ever won a championship without having the highest payroll? If not, they've never really been a champion.
 
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#166
#166
Odd thought, Free Agency didn't exist until 1975. The Yankees won plenty of Championships (20) before Free Agency came about.

Saying the Red Sox will be better than the Astros is in no way "pulling for them."

And you brought up the Yankees in the thread first high speed.
 
#170
#170
Sorry for arguing with you, Yank. You're the man.

The Astros might be able to surpass the BoSox tonight though :)

If the Stros could pass the two Chicago teams along the way, I'd call it a good season for the Stros. I've never liked the Red Sox, hate the Cubs as a (former?) rival, and the White Sox for beating the Stros in the World Series.

The Astros are pathetic but I'll continue rooting for them anyways(to not be the absolute worst).
 
#172
#172
Yankee_Vol said:
It's all good man. It's fun to ain't it?

I understand your pain. I'm a Redskins fan.
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Yes, it's horrible. All of my teams, they suck. Guess it's up to our Vols to turn it around for us this year. Give us a team that doesn't suck for once.
 
#174
#174
Yankee_Vol said:
Pacers don't suck.
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They do sometimes. Back in the Troy Murphy and Mike Dunleavy era lol. But yeah, I don't know about this season. I still believe they make the playoffs even without PG and Stephenson. In general, I'd say they don't suck. No PG or Stephenson this season though??? Probably similar to Bulls with no Rose. Vogel, like Thibs, is a defensive guy. We'll see...
 
#175
#175
TOP said:
Currently the Astros are third to last.

Standings:
59-66 White Sox
58-65 Padres
59-67 Mets
56-68 Red Sox
55-68 Twins
55-70 Phillies
54-70 Cubs
53-72 Diamondbacks
52-73 Astros
49-75 Rockies
48-76 Rangers

My goal for the Astros, finish ahead of Red Sox and everyone else below the Red Sox as the standings currently sit. They're only 4.5 behind the Red Sox. That's attainable with 37 games remaining. Maybe not for the Astros, but in general. haha
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Standings:
67-78 Phillies
67-78 Padres
66-80 White Sox
65-81 Astros
64-82 Cubs
63-83 Red Sox
62-84 Twins
59-86 Diamondbacks
59-87 Rockies
54-91 Rangers


In my original post I wanted the Astros to pass 5 teams and wanted them to pass BoSox, ChiSox and Cubs. They've currently passed 4 teams and have passed BoSox and Cubs. Just need to pass ChiSox to pass 5 teams.

Odds are, the Astros will tumble back down the board. They're in position to pass 3 more teams though. The Astros are only 2.5 games behind the Phillies and Padres. Hope the Astros keep it rolling.
 
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