****2012 Houston Astros Unfathomable, Improbable,Sensational World Series Run****

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Port_Cow Ag 08
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Can't believe about a week ago this team was 1 game under .500

So f*****g frustrating.
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returning to the norm. Suddenly with the 3rd worst record in the national league at 22-31
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I suppose Jason Castro is still trying to fully recover from his injury, but when you draft a college player in the 1st round (2008), you're looking for more in year 4 than what the astros are getting.
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Castro is a fail. I tried to force myself to accept that pick but my god we screwed up.
Basketball and Chain
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Time to start blowing it up. We dont have many guys that should be untouchable either.
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Draft Zunino. Even if Castro turns it up we will at least need a DH and Castro could turn into good trade bait.
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No to zunino.. he will be castro wroth another hr or two. Out should be correa or buxton with 5 pitchers taken next.
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We need to throw all the money at 20 year old Cuban defector Jorge Soler. It would be like drafting 2 number one overall picks in the same week. And it would get the media to talk about us for once.
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We need to throw all the money at 20 year old Cuban defector Jorge Soler. It would be like drafting 2 number one overall picks in the same week. And it would get the media to talk about us for once.

I agree. Unfortunately I just don't think it will happen. He will probably cost a good amount of money, and with Crane trying to cut the payroll down, I just don't see it happening. But that would definitely be awesome
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Like the lineup today. Oldest player in the lineup is CJ at 27. Everyone else is 25 or younger.
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Wallace 2-2 today. Maybe he's fixed some errors in his swing while at OKC
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Maxwell with a BOMB
He reminds me of a more athletic Chris Davis. Hits for power but has crap OBP

[This message has been edited by Mr.bond (edited 6/3/2012 3:14p).]
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Come on, Brett.
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I'm 8-0 in my last 8 games I've gone to this year. Sorry boys, been out of town before today but I figured I go ahead and stop the bleeding. It worked! Going back on Tuesday too.
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quote:
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We need to throw all the money at 20 year old Cuban defector Jorge Soler. It would be like drafting 2 number one overall picks in the same week. And it would get the media to talk about us for once.

I agree. Unfortunately I just don't think it will happen. He will probably cost a good amount of money, and with Crane trying to cut the payroll down, I just don't see it happening. But that would definitely be awesome



Jim Crane has said numerous times that he is ready to spend money on the future. When he means trimming payroll, he means getting rid of bad contracts for veterans. Jorge Soler is exactly the type of investment that Crane has said he will be ready to make.


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Maxwell with a BOMB
He reminds me of a more athletic Chris Davis. Hits for power but has crap OBP




Maxwell walks at an 11% rate while Chris Davis only walks at a 4.3% rate. Maxwell would have a very solid OBP if he can just get his average up over .260. His OPB is .317 with only a .225 batting average.
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Sounds like there are quite a few teams in on Soler. We'll see how much the FO is willing to spend, but IMO they need to snag him before the new rules start in July. The payroll is so low after this year that there's really no excuse for us to not submit one of the highest contracts, especially if its around 5 yrs/20 million.
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Taking it to the defending champs
tylhair
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We get younger, we start winning again
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Is something delaying the game? The gamecast hasn't updated in 20 mins.
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Damn near blew that one
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Carpenter is God awful...
tylhair
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Altuve 4-5, dude has been on a tear again.
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irish pete ag06
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I'd like to highlight a guy...


In the last 28 days, Jason Castro has gone .268/.392/.488 with 9 BBs to 8 Ks. He's hit 4 2Bs, 1 3B, and 1 HR.

I think his defense will continue to get better. Keep in mind that this is a guy trying to be a full time catcher in the MLB after returning from torn ACL surgery.

Astros fans are not used to production out of a catcher like we've gotten this year. We are still in the bottom 1/3 of the league according to WAR on fangraphs, but that should trend upward if Castro keeps producing and Snyder keeps coming along also.
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Although he has been swinging the bat a little better I'm not a fan of Castro. His defense is close to pitiful. I've seen too many "wild pitches" and base runners run at will on him.

I think Synder is by far the better defensive catcher but is too busy swinging out his arse everytime he sees a fastball to be considered a decent hitter. If he happens to hit it the results are good but why anyone would throw him anything other than a curveball is beyond me.

Neither one of these guys is the answer behind the plate.
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If Castro hasn't shown improvement to where he can be a consistent .250 hitter with a little power by June of next year, then I hope next years draft gets us about 7 catchers.
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Don't you hate it when you wait all day for the game to start and the other team hangs a crooked number in the top of the first?

What has happened to Bud these last few starts?
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Bud is the definition of two faced.
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Why, why, why, why do you send Castro there?? Could have been second and third with no outs to take the lead!!!!
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Oh well, probably the only one watching right now, this team is so frustrating, should be a tie ballgame after Altuve's would-be sac fly...
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I'm watching the spurs choke sorry
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Yeah, I changed the channel off the spurs game, but to be fair, I have been drinking since happy hour at 5, cut me some slack...
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Well ***
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Mills loses another game with his terrible shuffling of the lineup
 
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