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Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Castor27, Jul 20, 2026 at 8:08 AM.

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  1. Castor27

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    Please limit talk in this thread to this series. Other topics should be discussed in the appropriate threads. Play-by-play is not allowed. If you need that, there are other places to find it. Political discussions belong in the D&D forum not in here. All games are broadcast on Space City Network unless otherwise noted.

    7-20 Janson Junk (R) vs. Ronel Blanco (R) 7:10

    7-21 Tyler Phillips (R) vs. Tatsuya Imai (R) 7:10

    7-22 Sandy Alcantara (R) vs. Peter Lambert (R) 7:10
     
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    Astros will probably win the series 2-1 because that’s the worst thing that can happen for the overall odds of the Astros winning another WS anytime soon.
     
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    Alcantara vs Lambert is a great NRFI game
     
    #3 Fulgore, Jul 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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    Another series ?!!!

    Death by a thousand cuts.

    Astros reaching the point where the primary objective is.... Yordan Stats.
     
    #4 Houstunna, Jul 20, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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    That’s what I’m watching for
     
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    I love ronel

    I wish he was coming back with a lot less pressure
     
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    First page losers!

    (trying reverse pschological)
     
    #7 pariah, Jul 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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    Faint silver-lining from O's series was holding Alonso to one RBI. He trails by 7 and ranks 3rd.

    Astros staff was fully capable of allowing Pete FIVE.
     
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    Might not be a popular opinion but Altuve has a .830 OPS in the leadoff spot and is terrible with RISP. Either move him there and bump everyone down a spot or leave Yordan in 2 and move Pena to 3rd.
     
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    I’d personally move Altuve to leadoff and then have Wade batting 2nd. They need a way to lengthen the lineup and neither Altuve or Wade are run producers. Wade’s best skill is getting on base, which is useless when he’s batting with a bunch of scrubs behind him. Unlike Pena, Wade is also slow as **** so you’re not taking away SB opportunities from him like you are Pena with Yordan behind him.

    Then, have Yordan, Pena, Paredes and Walker behind those two. I get generally you want your best hitters getting the most PAs, but given this offense is basically Yordan, I want as many chances to have runners on for him and the best chance to drive him in when they pitch around him.
     
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    What happens in baseball when your players get ejected and you are out of men on the bench ? Do you have to play a player down ? Or do you have to put in someone from the bullpen ?

    If we can figure out a way to play without an outfielder and 2b we can get yordan more than 20% more at bats !
     
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    Ideally Altuve would be 9th serving as a 2nd table setter.
     
    #13 Snake Diggit, Jul 20, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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    Don’t hate this option either. Regardless, there’s no world where he should be batting 4th.
     
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    You can tell Blanco hasn't been around the major league club all year because he's throwing strikes.
     
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    Obviously it’s just one inning, and he could struggle moving forward, but if you had to dream up the perfect first inning for blanco, that was it right there
     
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    This Marlins pitcher has to have a eephus in his repertoire right?
     
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    Blame that non challenge on altuve
     
    #18 HookemHorns1250, Jul 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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    Inning would be over if Altuve didn't waste a damn challenge. Diaz should've just challenged it.
     
    #19 tehG l i d e, Jul 20, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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    If only Diaz challenged an obvious strike....inning would've been over 5 minutes ago..now you're down 2 runs and Blanco has 15+ pitches added
     
    #20 tehG l i d e, Jul 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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