Grand slam for Jeremy Peña is his 3rd home run of spring. His OPS is 1.250 pic.twitter.com/bDONlUVjTb
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Flew back to Houston this morning, unfortunately. Have fun out there! It was our first time at Spring Training and had a great time.
TexAg2001 said:
Flew back to Houston this morning, unfortunately. Have fun out there! It was our first time at Spring Training and had a great time.
I think I'm going to go maybe next year or 2027. Seems like a fun time
It's just hard because I can usually only talk the wife into one Astros road trip and one Aggie road trip per year and I'm trying to see a new MLB park every season.
TexAg2001 said:
Flew back to Houston this morning, unfortunately. Have fun out there! It was our first time at Spring Training and had a great time.
Ours too. Going back for Nats-Mets tonight. Fun times.
Man, if Pena can keep this up that's going be a huge boost to our lineup
Yup, we REALLY need for the Stros to be good. It's looking grim for the Ags but I keep telling myself once we get Sorrell back, oh who am I kidding, I'm sure he's done for the year too.AggiEE said:
Man, if Pena can keep this up that's going be a huge boost to our lineup
Look at you guys. Sucked into another Aggie sports team.
Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.
Old guys who make cool jersey designs know stuff.
Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.
Old guys who make cool jersey designs know stuff.
After the Jimbo debacle I decided I'd keep an eye and an ear on Aggie sports and watch as my time allowed rather than living and dying with them every weekend like I used to do.
It's been an overall positive.
Being an Aggie sports fan is just a constant kick in the nuts.
It's been an overall positive.
Being an Aggie sports fan is just a constant kick in the nuts.
Ag_07 said:
After the Jimbo debacle I decided I'd keep an eye and an ear on Aggie sports and watch as my time allowed rather than living and dying with them every weekend like I used to do.
It's been an overall positive.
Being an Aggie sports fan is just a constant kick in the nuts.
Wise man. I live in Aggieland and it's on every time I turn on the news. They always suck me in. Life was way less stressful when I lived in Kemah, except for hurricane season.
After the Ags gave up the grand slam, I turned it off. Told the wife we're not watching until they get better this year. Call me a 2%er or whatever.
Upside is that baseball tix will be easier to get.
We booked it last minute but were able to find a reasonably priced Airbnb on the water in WPB that was about a 15-minute drive to the ballpark. Access to the players is pretty unbelievable. Being able to see them practice up close is awesome and most of them are very personable with the fans. Dubon and Meyers, especially, really took their time with everyone...having conversations, taking pictures, etc.
We only went to 2 practices/games, but were able to get signatures from and photos with Atuve, Yordan, Dubon, Chas, Jake, Framber, Hader, Cam Smith, Christian Walker, Brendan Rogers, Big Jon, Ronel Blanco, Bryan Abreu, Joe Espada, Loperfido, Trammell, plus some others I can't remember.
It helped a lot that my wife speaks Spanish and that my daughter was there. Altuve and Alvarez were only signing for kids. My daughter was able to get both their signatures on her Altuve and Alvarez jerseys right at the end of practice on our last day. The day before, Altuve signed and gave his bat to the boy standing right next to her. It was awesome to see, but she was obviously a little bummed it wasn't her. However, she was ecstatic when she finally got him to sign her jersey.
We only went to 2 practices/games, but were able to get signatures from and photos with Atuve, Yordan, Dubon, Chas, Jake, Framber, Hader, Cam Smith, Christian Walker, Brendan Rogers, Big Jon, Ronel Blanco, Bryan Abreu, Joe Espada, Loperfido, Trammell, plus some others I can't remember.
It helped a lot that my wife speaks Spanish and that my daughter was there. Altuve and Alvarez were only signing for kids. My daughter was able to get both their signatures on her Altuve and Alvarez jerseys right at the end of practice on our last day. The day before, Altuve signed and gave his bat to the boy standing right next to her. It was awesome to see, but she was obviously a little bummed it wasn't her. However, she was ecstatic when she finally got him to sign her jersey.
Well after all my talk the other direction, I went ahead and used a waiver to claim Cam Smith in my new Yahoo baseball league last night.
The Astros in Port St. Lucie today: Altuve 7, Paredes 5, Alvarez DH, Diaz 2, Smith 9, Peña 6, Dezenzo 3, McCormick 8, Dubón 4
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 16, 2025
Okert LHP
Opening Day Lineup if Walker isn't back?
We'll be facing RHP Clay Holmes, so maybe Singleton 1B and Meyers CF.
We'll be facing RHP Clay Holmes, so maybe Singleton 1B and Meyers CF.
Swap Rodgers for Dubon and I'm all for ittylhair said:
Opening Day Lineup if Walker isn't back?
Meyers has clearly outperformed Chaz this spring. Pencil him in, with Rodgers at 2B, and let's roll.
Ag4life80 said:
Meyers has clearly outperformed Chaz this spring. Pencil him in, with Rodgers at 2B, and let's roll.
Year 4 of the Chas vs Jake debate begins
#TeamJake
Framber Valdez will start opening day for the Astros, Joe Espada said. No surprise.
— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) March 16, 2025
Christian Walker is tentatively scheduled to return to games next weekend. The Astros are optimistic he’ll be ready for opening day, Joe Espada said.
— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) March 16, 2025
To keep Spencer Arrighetti on schedule, he will piggyback Lance McCullers Jr. on Tuesday night against the Nationals, Joe Espada said.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 16, 2025
Big news: Spencer Strider is scheduled to start Monday’s spring game for the Braves.
— Justin Toscano (@JustinCToscano) March 16, 2025
He had Tommy John on April 12. He's gonna pitch middle of March. That's 11 months. Seems really rushed.
EastCoastAgNc said:Big news: Spencer Strider is scheduled to start Monday’s spring game for the Braves.
— Justin Toscano (@JustinCToscano) March 16, 2025
He had Tommy John on April 12. He's gonna pitch middle of March. That's 11 months. Seems really rushed.
Meh. It's not like he bruised his shin or anything serious.
Jose Altuve just made a nice running catch over his left shoulder on the warning track to take away extra bases from Francisco Lindor.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 16, 2025
Cam Smith hit an opposite-field, two-run homer off Tylor Megill. He's 10-for-23 this spring with three homers.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 16, 2025
EastCoastAgNc said:Cam Smith hit an opposite-field, two-run homer off Tylor Megill. He's 10-for-23 this spring with three homers.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 16, 2025
It this good??
BQRyno said:EastCoastAgNc said:Cam Smith hit an opposite-field, two-run homer off Tylor Megill. He's 10-for-23 this spring with three homers.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 16, 2025
It this good??
Not good enough according to some
Coming into today, Cam Smith had faced pitchers in Grapefruit League play that had a cumulative 6.7 opponent quality, according to Baseball-Reference. 10 is MLB, 8 is AAA, 7 is AA. That today's home run came against Tylor Megill, an established big league pitcher, is important
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 16, 2025
Steven Okert struck out four of the five batters he faced today, including Pete Alonso, Starling Marte and Mark Vientos. He generated eight whiffs on 14 swings, has struck out 14 across 8.2 hitless innings this spring and may be close to a lock for Houston's Opening Day bullpen
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 16, 2025
On April 1st, 1989, MLB played an April Fools joke that they legalized Aluminum bats by airing a segment on This Week In Baseball 🤣 pic.twitter.com/av1gRztwA7
— Baseball’s Greatest Moments (@BBGreatMoments) March 13, 2025
Just to be clear, I will be pitching.
— Joey Gallo (@JoeyGallo24) March 16, 2025
You got the grip to be an outstanding pitcher. pic.twitter.com/KKKPZ9bNCH
— TravisT (@LeftyTravis) March 16, 2025
Cam Smith just made a diving catch in the outfield
Astros opening day right fielder with the sliding catch 😩 pic.twitter.com/CkNJlomQsS
— Space City Sports (@LiveSCS) March 16, 2025
The announcer was less than impressed
EastCoastAgNc said:Coming into today, Cam Smith had faced pitchers in Grapefruit League play that had a cumulative 6.7 opponent quality, according to Baseball-Reference. 10 is MLB, 8 is AAA, 7 is AA. That today's home run came against Tylor Megill, an established big league pitcher, is important
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 16, 2025
This is important when discussing Smith and him on the opening day roster.
I've never seen these opponent quality metrics before, but it demonstrates the doubters points pretty succinctly
For me, it's the fact that he's still up in camp and starting this late in spring. They're grading him on different criteria than simply the results. This feels much different than the Dirden ST of a couple years ago. I'd be curious on Dirden's quality metric just for comparison's sake.
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