Rjlebla
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Has a team ever fired its manager with a division lead this late in the season? If the other teams weren’t so incompetent it could be justified. Because we wouldn’t/shouldn’t be leading this division.
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Clean house Crane!!!!
re: DAT 8/20: Astros (Lamber) vs Angels (Rodriguez) 7:10pm
Posted by Rjlebla on 8/20/26 at 7:40 pm to Uncle Mike23
Whatever magic Lambert had going for him is gone. I think he started hitting a wall several weeks ago. He’s going through the same thing Arrighetti started going through where he’s hemorrhaging runs early and often.
re: DAT 8/19: Astros (Pecko) vs Angels (Urena) 7:10pm
Posted by Rjlebla on 8/19/26 at 7:34 pm to TigerFan91
The opposing pitching doesn’t excuse the fact that Espada keeps putting Pena in the leadoff spot game after game with the same results. If only the Astros had another guy in the lineup that has experience in the leadoff position and is actually getting on base once or twice a game lately in Altuve. When your offense struggles like these guys have over the last 10 games, you have to shake it up. At least a competent manager would.
re: DAT 8/18: Astros (Javier) vs Angels (Klassen) 7:10pm
Posted by Rjlebla on 8/18/26 at 10:10 pm to TigerFan91
The eternal fan in me hopes like hell this team can scrape enough wins together to win the division and make the playoffs, but there’s another part of me that knows the best thing long term for this franchise is to crash and burn so it forces the owner to make some much needed changes from top to bottom.
We are getting objectively worse each year that these clowns are in charge. And regardless of how this season ends up, Espada needs to be shown the door.
We are getting objectively worse each year that these clowns are in charge. And regardless of how this season ends up, Espada needs to be shown the door.
It’s no fun to root for this team at all. They don’t do anything well but do a lot of things wrong. It’s absolutely disgusting to play this poorly against so many bad teams. If Crane doesn’t clean house after the season from the GM to the manager to some of the dragasses on this team, than just sell it, because he completely got away from what was working.
I didn’t realize it was legal for a manager to switch pitchers when a guy is struggling. You can do that?
re: (a)DAT 8/16: Mariners (Woo) @ Astros (Brown) 6:20 PM NBC
Posted by Rjlebla on 8/16/26 at 6:27 pm to TigerFan91
Just the start we were looking for from our ace. This team needed pitching at the deadline and got NOTHING!
re: DAT 8/9 Astros (Javier) @ Padres (Vazquez) 7:20pm NBC
Posted by Rjlebla on 8/15/26 at 8:53 pm to Uncle Mike23
17 runs given up by our pitching staff in 19 innings.
In what world did this organization’s brain trust think that they didn’t need any pitching?
In what world did this organization’s brain trust think that they didn’t need any pitching?
It would be nice to stop letting Robles continue to do damage against us. Either figure out how to pitch him or pitch around him. It’s always one guy the whole series. Last time it was Straw. Just not enough attention to the guys that are killing us.
re: DAT 8/9 Astros (Javier) @ Padres (Vazquez) 7:20pm NBC
Posted by Rjlebla on 8/14/26 at 10:40 pm to TigerFan91
Holy shite what a comeback!
re: DAT 8/9 Astros (Javier) @ Padres (Vazquez) 7:20pm NBC
Posted by Rjlebla on 8/14/26 at 10:28 pm to TigerFan91
The only plus to them scoring that second run is do they pitch to Yordan now? Or risk walking him and bringing the winning run to the plate.
re: DAT 8/9 Astros (Javier) @ Padres (Vazquez) 7:20pm NBC
Posted by Rjlebla on 8/14/26 at 10:22 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Well that’s the ballgame. Espada played this like a game in May. I can’t wait till he’s gone.
12 straight outs.
A 28-pitch top of the 8th and a 6-pitch bottom of the 8th. That’s the ballgame in a nutshell in why it’s tied.
Why Espada chose to let Abreu pitch to the lefty with two outs and two on is beyond me. Bring Hader in and he’s most likely closing out the game right now.
Why Espada chose to let Abreu pitch to the lefty with two outs and two on is beyond me. Bring Hader in and he’s most likely closing out the game right now.
re: DAT 8/9 Astros (Javier) @ Padres (Vazquez) 7:20pm NBC
Posted by Rjlebla on 8/14/26 at 9:56 pm to Domeskeller
We scored 5 runs by being patient at the plate. And fricking Altuve, after a long inning in which you blow the lead, goes up there first pitch swinging. It’s like this team doesn’t understand the game.
re: DAT 8/4 Astros (Wesneski) vs Blue Jays (Yesavage) 7:10pm
Posted by Rjlebla on 8/4/26 at 8:29 pm to TigerFan91
Apparently we traded for the wrong Blue Jays centerfielder.
Outhit them in every game, 22-16 for the series, and lost all 3 games.
re: DAT 6/28: Astros (Brown) @ Tigers (Flaherty) 12:40 PM
Posted by Rjlebla on 6/28/26 at 4:11 pm to G The Tiger Fan
Put in any other pitcher Espada. Don’t trust this guy at all. He’s a mental midget like Framber
This should be the series that decides whether to rebuild or not. You lose a series to the last place team in your division you are not making a run. Time to dismantle and start over.
We were losing games with Evans and Moore pitching before they got hurt. We were losing games before Brown got hurt. We were scoring runs after Brown got hurt.
The most disappointing thing about this season was not the losing. It was the lack of development with guys who were on the team last year. No one pitching wise took a step forward. NO ONE!
The most disappointing thing about this season was not the losing. It was the lack of development with guys who were on the team last year. No one pitching wise took a step forward. NO ONE!
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