Official 2023 Houston Astros season thread

[Calrob]

Brantley starts a rehab assignment in Sugarland tonight

Brantley better bat 1000 for all the talk about him. Dude hasnt played in 2 years and didnt hustle when he was playing. Time to move on.

[El General]

The lineup for tonight doesn't suck, though I would have McCormick higher.

[Twist]

Gotta hope Javier gets into a groove and through the 1st inning. Obviously that’s a recipe for success for a lot of pitchers, but he hasn’t seemed to adjust well if something goes wrong early.

[zztex]

My boy Diaz!

[Twist]

My boy Diaz!

Forget everything else, that guy needs to be in the lineup somewhere and somehow pretty much every friggin day.

He tends to be productive when he is. Find a spot for him, doesn’t matter where it’s at but stop making excuses.

That last part was directed at Dusty.

[zztex]

Ma! The meatloaf!

[Twist]

And it’s starting to look like Chas and Yainer might have a final HR tally bet going.

Keep hitting em guys, works out for us!

[zztex]

My boy Tucker!

[zztex]

2 run bomb Brantley

[rtp]

Amazing how many runs this team scores when Dusty runs out an offensive lineup. Ignore the error made by the defensive specialist. Good win.

[merlin]

I think Chas needs to be in the 2 or 3 spot. He has been over achieving for quite some time..................but Dusty???? If Bregman can't hit, move him down in the lineup. Maybe he'll come to.

[mr. buck]

Doing projections for Diaz, if Dusty were to start him and play him for 150 games, he'd be on pace for 36 hr's and 95 rbi's. and those projections arent based on a small sample, he's had over 250 ab's this year. He's going to stubborn himself into the WC round. I literally think Bochy is worth 5 to 6 wins a year over Dusty, takes a lot of fun out of it for me.

[BRust]

I have been saying if the Astros do not go deep into the playoffs, it is because of Dusty and his FINE management skills!!!

[El General]

Doing projections for Diaz, if Dusty were to start him and play him for 150 games, he'd be on pace for 50 hr's and 150+ rbis. and those projections arent based on a small sample, he's had over 250 ab's this year. He's going to stubborn himself into the WC round. I literally think Bochy is worth 5 to 6 wins a year over Dusty, takes a lot of fun out of it for me.

Diaz should definitely be catching 3-4 days per week at this point, but catchers don't catch 150 ball games in a season.

[zztex]

Doing projections for Diaz, if Dusty were to start him and play him for 150 games, he'd be on pace for 50 hr's and 150+ rbis. and those projections arent based on a small sample, he's had over 250 ab's this year. He's going to stubborn himself into the WC round. I literally think Bochy is worth 5 to 6 wins a year over Dusty, takes a lot of fun out of it for me.

We would definitely be leading the division if we had Bochy and they had Dusty