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2026 Astros Spring Training Thread

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Rockets34Legend, Nov 5, 2025.

  1. Buck Turgidson

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    Lance with a fu-man-chu and the flowing locks would look awesome.
     
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  2. desihooper

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    #FloridaMan
     
  3. Buck Turgidson

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    I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand

    Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain

    He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's

    Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein



    You heard him howling around the kitchen door, right?

    ...
    ...
    ...and his hair was perfect
     
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  4. Buck Turgidson

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    Florida Man, Florida Man, doing things only Florida can...

     
  5. tehG l i d e

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    The young outfielders haven't shown anything so far this Spring. One hit total between Dezenzo, Cole, Loperfido, Cam Smith...
     
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  6. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    Cole has an RBI and 4 stolen bases.
     
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  8. Nook

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    Not happening- Astros would have moved him for a really good reliever. They hoped the market would be good, and it was still lukewarm.
     
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    That's too bad .

    I still think we need pitching
     
  10. rockbox

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    Cole in 15 PAs

    0 hits
    4 walks
    4 Ks
    4 stolen bases
    2 RBIs
    1 run

    Imagine if he actually got some hits. LOL
     
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    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    JP throwing 92 mph is a good sign. That's how hard he threw before he got injured. We need pitchers that eat up innings.
     
  12. Htown Stros

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    Let's hope we don't see JP France this season...
     
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  13. Castian Crew

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    Prefer Jason London or even Jim Rome
     
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    .587 team ops so far

    nice!
     
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    Left the bases loaded like 3 times today. Getting started early this season
     
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    Javier put on a few lbs. yeesh
     
  17. Nook

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    Meh his lower body looks really good. He wasn’t looking to strike people out or nibble. He threw the ball close enough to the zone to get swings but not many were great.

    Cole looks lost at the plate.

    Cam can handle elite velocity.

    Astros coaching looks like regular season ready - as there was poor base running and bad fundamentals.

    Typical recent Astros - pitching was excellent. Weiss showed some movement and good velocity. His pitch placement was excellent.

    Hitting struggled but whatever…

    Wish Click hadn’t dealt Abreu…. The Astros line up would be nasty, and Abreu could be an MVP candidate.
     
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  18. Castian Crew

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    There's a world where the Astros didn't trade Abreu for Vasquez and we didn't win the World Series.
     
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  19. Nook

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    Vasquez didn’t win us a WS - but he did piss Maldonado off enough for him to play through injuries very few other players would play through.
     
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  20. Buck Turgidson

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    This happened in the WS

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    So there's that. Zoom way in to the scoreboard if you can't see those zeros.
     

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