2K24: Houston Astros

[Don Quixote]

Any time your 5'4 second baseman can hit cleanup, you've gotta do that, right?

I remember the time Bip Roberts saw the Royals' lineup card had him hitting 4th. He begged his manager to let him have the card so no one would call him a liar years later.

[revo]

The organization looks a lot deeper at all minor league levels but the big league team on opening day won't be a big improvement over last year's club. I guess Fowler is a step up and maybe Feldman is better than Bud Norris but avoiding another 100 loss season is going to take some work.

I agree. Obviously KS knows more than we do, but this staff looks disastrous with prospects still 2 seasons away from helping. Houston is this country's 4th largest city, I have to imagine patience is wearing thin, like with the Mets here. But at least the Mets have a seemingly great staff on the horizon.

[cavebird]

I agree. Obviously KS knows more than we do, but this staff looks disastrous with prospects still 2 seasons away from helping. Houston is this country's 4th largest city, I have to imagine patience is wearing thin, like with the Mets here. But at least the Mets have a seemingly great staff on the horizon.

Appel is probably just one year away from helping. That being said, nobody will notice what happens, since you can't actually see any of their games if you are in a 500 mile radius of Houston given the TV debacle.

[Sour Masher]

Appel is probably just one year away from helping. That being said, nobody will notice what happens, since you can't actually see any of their games if you are in a 500 mile radius of Houston given the TV debacle.

Wow. I didn't know that. That seems like a bad deal for all involved. How long will that go on?

On the baseball side of things, George Springer should be up in June. That at least should be exciting for fans.

[cavebird]

Wow. I didn't know that. That seems like a bad deal for all involved. How long will that go on?

On the baseball side of things, George Springer should be up in June. That at least should be exciting for fans.

It was a joint venture between the Astros, Comcast, and someone else, I think the Rockets. They have been in bankruptcy court for a while. It started with the old Astros ownership, and I think the new ownership has either sued or is about to sue the old ownership over the issue on a fraud thing for not telling them what a flaming mess it is. A few households in Houston can get it. Several games at the end of last year got ratings of 0.0, literally nobody.

[Kevin Seitzer]

It was a joint venture between the Astros, Comcast, and someone else, I think the Rockets. They have been in bankruptcy court for a while. It started with the old Astros ownership, and I think the new ownership has either sued or is about to sue the old ownership over the issue on a fraud thing for not telling them what a flaming mess it is. A few households in Houston can get it. Several games at the end of last year got ratings of 0.0, literally nobody.

Yep, the network quit paying rights fees to the Astros middle of last summer and has not paid the Rockets rights fees this season. Comcast took the network into involuntary bankruptcy in September 2013 to prevent the Astros from leaving the venture and taking their media rights elsewhere. So now the future of the Astros TV contract is playing out in bankruptcy court.

How it got into that situation in the beginning is the subject of the civil lawsuit between the new owner of the Astros on one side and Comcast and the old owner of the Astros on the other side.

[cavebird]

Yep, the network quit paying rights fees to the Astros middle of last summer and has not paid the Rockets rights fees this season. Comcast took the network into involuntary bankruptcy in September 2013 to prevent the Astros from leaving the venture and taking their media rights elsewhere. So now the future of the Astros TV contract is playing out in bankruptcy court.

How it got into that situation in the beginning is the subject of the civil lawsuit between the new owner of the Astros on one side and Comcast and the old owner of the Astros on the other side.

Okay, I figured they would have filed suit by now, somehow I missed that they had. It is sort of beyond ridiculous at this point.

[revo]

9 of the 13 position players on the active roster, including 7 of 9 regulars, are hitting under the Mendoza Line.

[cardboardbox]

in two months the wave of prospects will start and will continue for 2-3 years. Its going to get better.

[RSF]

Okay, I figured they would have filed suit by now, somehow I missed that they had. It is sort of beyond ridiculous at this point.

As alluded to in the discussion of the team valuation/cash flow stuff this situation is a mess.

[chancellor]

So...does Houston have any viable alternatives to Villar at SS? Or should I try and buy low on him?

[SlideRule]

CBS and others are reporting that Singleton is close to a call-up. I'd assume Houston would hold out until after the super-2 date (do we know when that is this year? June or July?) but maybe not if they've gone and brought Springer up as well. When do you think we'll see him, and does he displace Carter, Krauss, or someone else when he gets the call?

[Gregg]

CBS and others are reporting that Singleton is close to a call-up. I'd assume Houston would hold out until after the super-2 date (do we know when that is this year? June or July?) but maybe not if they've gone and brought Springer up as well. When do you think we'll see him, and does he displace Carter, Krauss, or someone else when he gets the call?

It is June this year, but I do not know the date.

Through a rule in our NL only, I got to keep my Houston rookie status guys through this year. It would be nice to get Singleton into my lineup. As of right now he would be replacing the injured Belt.

I also have him in my AL only along with Springer. I am pretty stoked about this.

[cardboardbox]

It is June this year, but I do not know the date.

the super-2 date (do we know when that is this year? June or July?

We dont know the exact date until three years later. Or at least thats what Keith Law said. He also said its never been later than June 10. Teams that are really concerned about Super 2 will probably wait until after June 10 but by how much we dont know.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Best records since May 10:
21-10 Toronto
20-10 San Francisco
20-11 Houston
18-11 Oakland
18-12 LA Angels
17-13 Milwaukee

Best run differential since May 10:
+77 Oakland
+39 Washington
+36 San Francisco
+27 Houston
+23 Seattle
+16 Toronto

Whee!