Any Astros fans here? Let's talk expectations this season

[Juan]

We also had Harry Kalas for awhile.

He was good too. Should have kept him as well.

One of his catch phrases was calling HRs "Astro Orbits"

Here is some Kalas-Astros audio http://www.astrosdaily.com/audio/67WynnhrKalas.mp3

 

[bwub60]

http://www.astrosturf.com/2014/02/21/2014-in-a-glance/

My brother's article about his expectations for the season. writes alot about the minor league players and draft in other articles.

 

[Topstarr]

expectations are not high at all..........due to past history!, I wish they could play ball.

 

[Juan]

Someone created this, reminds me of the ou clock

http://www.hasgeorgespringerbeencalledupyet.com/

 

[Juan]

I think Grossman will still be in the OF picture, and may come out of Spring as a starter. He is probably the best OBP guy on the roster in a sea of high K%s. I doubt they break camp with Springer due to rights issues. At 1B, it is wait and see (they lost the big guy from Mexico already who I was looking forward to seeing). Villar's defense is a real concern esp. with them seeking out ground ball pitchers.

Update --

Grossman did make the starting lineup in the OF, batting 2nd, due to his relatively high OBP.

Springer will not break camp with the big league team (see post above)

At 1B, Guzman will be the opening day starter (but Krauss is the current fav to get the bulk of actual starts there).

Villar is starting and is still a poor fielder.

 

[H-town Horn]

Hard for me to say since I was only able to watch about 2 games on TV last year. But .500 is a probably a good goal for this team and anything less than 90 losses would indicate progress.

Sigh...

 

[Matt Cotcher]

I thought this was interesting. Since it paints a picture of the Astros as a highly regionalized team (and there aren't any other bsb threads), I'll post it here...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Which baseball teams are most popular in each U.S. county, according to Facebook: <a href="http://t.co/lHy5lcUT9w">http://t.co/lHy5lcUT9w</a> <a href="http://t.co/GpFK283Nvm">pic.twitter.com/GpFK283Nvm</a></p>— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) <a href="

https://twitter.com/WSJ/statuses/450634095916498944">March 31, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[NLeininger]

So here's the lineup most likely to be thrown out there tomorrow.

Fowler - cf

Grossman - lf

Castro - c

Altuve - 2b

Carter - dh

Guzman - 1b

Dominguez - 3b

Hoes - rf

Villar - ss

 

[BevoBlake]

I'm a Rangers fan. I've always been a Rangers fan. But I don't dislike the Astros. And even when they were in the NL, I didn't consider them a legitimate rival. I just don't think there is any bad blood there.

 

[Juan]

So here's the lineup most likely to be thrown out there tomorrow.
Fowler - cf

Grossman - lf

Castro - c

Altuve - 2b

Carter - dh

Guzman - 1b

Dominguez - 3b

Hoes - rf

Villar - ss

Altuve is batting 3rd (although your idea might be better)

And Guzman then Carter, at least for Game 1.

It is here if you wanna see it http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140330&content_id=70455194&notebook_id=70466980&vkey=notebook_hou&c_id=hou

Carter might also work in the 3 hole, since he does not have many GIDPs (Altuve has alot).

Carter is pretty much TTO batter - either strikes out or hits a HR (or slight chance of a walk).

Then Castro at clean-up and Altuve at 5).

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[Juan]

Hard for me to say since I was only able to watch about 2 games on TV last year. But .500 is a probably a good goal for this team and anything less than 90 losses would indicate progress.Sigh...

Agree.

.500 would be fabulous but hard to see it happening.

 

[SFlonghorngirl]

I thought this was interesting. Since it paints a picture of the Astros as a highly regionalized team (and there aren't any other bsb threads), I'll post it here...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Which baseball teams are most popular in each U.S. county, according to Facebook: <a onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Outgoing', 't.co', '/lHy5lcUT9w']);" href="http://t.co/lHy5lcUT9w">http://t.co/lHy5lcUT9w</a> <a onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Outgoing', 't.co', '/GpFK283Nvm']);" href="http://t.co/GpFK283Nvm">pic.twitter.com/GpFK283Nvm</a></p>— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) <a onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Outgoing', 'twitter.com', '/WSJ/statuses/450634095916498944']);" href="

https://twitter.com/WSJ/statuses/450634095916498944

I'm surprised there are not more Astros fans.

 

[JimR]

I'm surprised there are not more Astros fans.

you rang?

 

[SFlonghorngirl]

you rang?

Yes

 

[JimR]

Yes

I be one.

 

[NLeininger]

I'm surprised there are not more Astros fans.

10 years ago the map of Texas would have been completely different. Bunch of fans in Texas are band-wagoners.

 

[JimR]

10 years ago the map of Texas would have been completely different. Bunch of fans in Texas are band-wagoners.

indeed

 

[SFlonghorngirl]

I be one.

Mr. Baseball,

Who are your top 5 pitchers right now in MLB?

 

[JimR]

Mr. Baseball,
Who are your top 5 pitchers right now in MLB?

dunno at this stage. I like your Bumgarner a lot.

 

[BevoBlake]

Mr. Baseball,
Who are your top 5 pitchers right now in MLB?

Clayton Kershaw

Felix Hernandez

Yu Darvish

Chris Sale

Justin Verlander

Those are the Five I'm looking at if I'm tasked with finding a pitcher to build my team around.