Fresno manager Rodney Linares, Fresno hitting coach Darryl Robinson, Buies Creek manager Morgan Ensberg and Corpus Christi developmental coach Mycal Jones aren't being retained by the Astros for 2019.— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) September 18, 2018
these teams all did very well this year and linares in particular seems to be a rising managerial star?
for an organization that's been so successful over the last few years, luhnow seems to can a lot of people -- think he's fired a bunch of scouts as well
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
your cheatin' Stros
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-astros-were-caught-doing-something/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
How Many Kemps
― Andy K, Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
Reddick with the #astros catch of the year pic.twitter.com/fAxRevByLI— Houston Sports Talk Podcast (@HSTPodcast) May 10, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
It's early and this won't last and all of the qualifiers you choose to apply here, however, were one so inclined you could look at the best-ever wRC+ leaderboards and.. 129 -- @astros, 2019126 -- NYY, 1927124 -- NYY, 1930 & 31122 -- @astros, 2017120 -- CIN, 1976 (+3 others)— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) May 10, 2019
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 May 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
How stacked is this Astros team? If the top six Astros weren’t allowed to bat and instead of replacing them with minor leaguers, the team filled in the missing plate appearances with the remaining players’ 2019 lines, the team would project to score roughly 4.5 runs a game after accounting for park factors. With the team’s great pitching (3.53 runs per game allowed), their Pythagorean winning percentage would be .611. The hobbled Astros would have the fifth-best Pythagorean winning percentage in baseball. Want it in BaseRuns? That still works out to a .610 expected winning percentage, fourth-best in baseball.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-astros-are-ludicrous/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
it's Yordan Alvarez
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26934612/astros-call-minor-league-hr-leader-alvarez
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 9 June 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
Houston's offense:
https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-have-historically-good-offense-in-2019
Most hitters with at least a 130 OPS+ in 250+ PA1) 2019 Astros: 72-T) 1993 Tigers: 62-T) 1987 Tigers: 616 teams tied with 5, including 2019 Yankees
(The seven: Altuve, Brantley, Bregman, Gurriel, Springer, Correa, and Alvarez.)
― clemenza, Monday, 9 September 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
team wRC+ is now 124, tied for second-best ever behind the '27 yankees
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 September 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link
(Had no recollection of that '93 Tigers team as being especially noteworthy, and when you look at them, it's somewhat misleading in that they had a bunch of guys just clear the 130+ mark--two guys were at exactly 130+, and their leader was at 138+. The Astros, by contrast, have four guys in the 130-139 range, Springer at 148+, Bregman at 159+, and Alvarez at 174+ in half-a-season.)
― clemenza, Monday, 9 September 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
Winning 11-0 after three tonight; they've outscored the Mariners and A's 32-1 over 12 innings.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 01:23 (four years ago) link
two home runs for this year's AL rookie of the year!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 01:25 (four years ago) link
alvarez the second player ever to reach houston’s top deck in right
i’ll buy you a beer if you can guess the first
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 02:11 (four years ago) link
Albert Pujols off Brad Lidge. I'll take a pilsner please.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 05:22 (four years ago) link
that was in left
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 08:39 (four years ago) link
The only other player to do so prior to Alvarez was former Met Jeromy Burnitz back in 2000.
(yes i cheated)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 14:54 (four years ago) link
dang Jeromy Burnitz hit 315 home runs.
― omar little, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link
i'm trying to imagine where that puts him on the alltime list. In the 60s or 70s?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
lol, i should've known: 130th
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
No guarantee at all that they'll win everything--the best team on paper rarely does--but with that offense + Verlander/Cole/Greinke (Miley would be the #1 starter for more than a few teams), and Osuna (good enough), they look '70 Orioles/'75 Reds/'98 Yankees good right now.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
Run diff:
The #Astros have had quite the spike in recent days 👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/CCL1gD3IAk— Daren Willman (@darenw) September 10, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
howbout the '54 Indians?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
'84 Tigers and '86 Mets, for sure. I don't know...I'm probably contradicting myself, but to be included in this group, winning the Series seems important.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:21 (four years ago) link