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Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Castor27, Aug 5, 2024.

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  1. Castor27

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    Please limit talk in this thread to this series. Other topics should be discussed in the appropriate threads. Play-by-play is not allowed. If you need that, there are other places to find it. Political discussions belong in the D&D forum not in here. All games are broadcast on Space City Network unless otherwise noted.

    8-5 Hunter Brown (R) vs. Andrew Heaney (L) 7:05

    8-6 Framber Valdez (L) vs. TBD 7:05

    8-7 Yusei Kikuchi (L) vs. TBD 1:35 MLBN (out-of-market only)


    These games will also be on Bally SW with poor announcing.
     
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  2. Snake Diggit

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    Huge series. A sweep would put the Rangers season to bed and reverse Houston’s recent negative momentum. Getting swept would breathe life into the Rangers and make the division a 3 team race again.
     
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    get your shiet together offense
     
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    Both teams have been struggling, so we'll see who struggles worse.

    Yordan needs some XBH --only one HR last 30 days.

    Altuve's OPS is ~735 since June.

    Season series is tied 5-5 and the more desperate team has faired better in each series.
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    Hopefully the Astros set the tone for the series today. They have, historically, been good vs LHSP.

    All 3 RH outfielders should start and Dubon at first just because it's a better choice than Singleton.

    Altuve 2b
    Bregman 3b
    Alvarez dh
    Diaz c
    McCormick lf
    Leon rf
    Meyers cf
    Dubon 1b
    Pena ss

    Still very weak bottom half of the order but the best options.
     
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    Joe doesn't seem to have the knack to make good lineup decisions like that
     
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    It looks like Tyler Mahle will be returning from injury to make his season debut (only 25.1 innings last year) in game 2.

    The Rangers have made it a habit of bringing pitchers back to face the Astros - let's wreck him.
     
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    And those pitchers coming back tend to do well against the Astros. Let's hope we can score a few runs.
     
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    Altuve hasn’t hit a road homer since June 28th. Hopefully that ends this series
     
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    Pena all the way down to the 9 hole!
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    This series needs to be a sweep. We've got the pitching to make this series a sweep, and hopefully everyone performs up to expectations. I have zero faith in this offense though.
     
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    You have just been named the manager for the day. Love that lineup
     
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    Well he learned the trade from . . . .

    Nevermind
     
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    WWW will win games despite Manager Jose Espada having the itch to pinch hit players who only gets 2 ABs in the game.
     
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    Sweep these b****es
     
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    Turning point? Up or down?
     
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    He’s been doing this against every lefty. What are you talking about?

    And who has been on the bench that doesn’t deserve to be on the bench over the past month? Y’all are acting like he’s been sitting some obvious solution when they all suck.
     
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    Altuve, Bregman and Yordan destroy Andrew Heaney, so we've gotta score some runs tonight, right?
     
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