Just bringing over the necessary GIF database

wangus12 said:

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This will always be one of my favorites

Speaks to how fluking 2023 was.

YOU CAN WIN MONEY PLAYING ASTROS BINGO 2025!!!!!

Last year's winner was KAF, who got 7 points out of 10 possible guesses.

This year there are more squares and YOU CAN WIN MONEY

ASTROS BINGO 2025 RULES

1. You can pick up to 14 squares (you get 1 for free)
2. You DM or direct reply me your picks. You can copy/paste them
3. I load the Google spreadsheet
4. We keep track all year
5. The winner gets $50 from me via Venmo at the end of the year (for real). If more than one person is tied for the overall lead, I'll split the $50 however many ways it goes.
6. One entry per person. No Ranger fans allowed. If you don't post regularly on this and past Astro threads, you are disqualified.
7. You have to have you entry DMed or direct responded to me by first pitch of Astros-Mets on Thursday, March 27th. No exceptions!

Here's the big list. The first one is a freebie for everyone. You need to pick FOURTEEN MORE

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Ranger fans continue to be insufferable and have no sense of humor while also being terrified of girls.(FREE SPACE)

Astros win Opening Day

Astros lose Opening Day

100+ win total

95-99 win total

90-94 win total

85-89 win total

80-84 win total

75-79 win total

< 75 win total

Astros have winning streak of 8+ (in season)

Astros have losing streak of 6+ (in season)

Astros end April in 1st place

Astros end May in 1st place

Astros end June in 1st place

Astros end July in 1st place

Astros end August in 1st place

Astros win AL West

Astros make the playoffs as a wild card

Astros miss the playoffs

Yordan 35+ HR

Yordan hits .300 or better

Yordan 90+ RBI

Yordan makes the All-Star team

Yordan finishes top 3 for AL MVP

Yordan team lead OPS

Altuve team lead OPS

Altuve scores 90+ runs

Altuve .300+ AVG

Altuve makes the All-Star team

Pena 17+ HR

Pena 20+ SB

Pena makes the All-Star team

Diaz 25+ HR

Diaz 90+ RBI

Diaz team lead OPS

Diaz makes the All-Star team

Diaz grounds into 20+ double plays

Diaz grounds into 19 or fewer double plays

Cam Smith 15+ HR (in the majors)

Paredes 25+ HR

Paredes team lead OPS

Paredes make the All-Star team

Walker 25+ HR

Walker team lead OPS

Walker 90+ RBI

Walker makes the All-Star team

Anybody on the team besides Altuve has a 20 HR/20 SB or better season

Brendan Rodgers starts 100+ games

Jon Singleton gets resigned by the Astros

Jon Singleton's wife gets her own show on E!

Jon Singleton does a bat flip on a ball that gets caught by the other team

Jake Meyers goes crazy and hits .230 or better (min 250 AB)

Cooper Hummel, using brutal but non-lethal force, under the guise of a security exercise walks off with 15 VX poison gas rockets

Chas McCormick gets traded

Framber Valdez gets traded

Victor Caratini gets traded

Framber 15+ wins

Framber makes the All-Star team

Hader 35+ saves

Hader makes the All-Star team

Hader strikes out 100+ batters

Hunter 14+ wins

Hunter makes the All-Star team

Araghetti 12+ wins

Araghetti strikes out 185+ batters

Lance McCullers starts an MLB game in 2025

Lance McCullers gets an MLB win in 2025

Cristian Javier makes 5+ starts in 2025

Bryan Abreu 30+ Holds

Bryan Abreu 100+ strikeouts

Bryan Abreu makes the All-Star team

Rafael Montero's ERA is higher than 4.50

Rafael Montero's ERA is lower than 4.50

Kyle Tucker 25+ HR

Alex Bregman 25+ HR

Carlos Correa 20+ HR

George Springer 20+ HR

Justin Verlander wins 10+ games

Ryan Pressley 25+ saves

Ryan Pressley loses job as Cubs' closer not due to injury

Rangers miss the playoffs (again)

Rangers make the playoffs

Bruce Bochy gets fired

Bruce Bochy starts any press conference by saying "I'm getting too old for this *****"

Josh Jung misses 80+ games injured because he was auto-drafted onto my fantasy team

Angels lose 100 games

Sacramento A's (stadium capacity 14,014) outdraw 2024 Oakland A's at home (11,386 average)

A's win 75+ games

White Sox lose 115+ games

Dodgers win 108+ games

Dodgers win twice as many games as White Sox

Mike Trout plays 100 games or more

Mike Trout plays 99 games or fewer

Shohei goes 50-50 or more again

Aaron Judge hits 55+ HR

Aggie baseball team wins series at Disch-Falk in late April

Aggie baseball team loses series at Disch-Falk in late April

Aggie baseball team turns season around and makes at least the Super Regionals

Aggie baseball team does nothing of the sort

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Let's go!

DoitBest said:

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I'm wearing this shirt at work today!

Cam Smith made the Astros' Opening Day roster, sources tell @TheAthletic. The 22-year-old phenom and centerpiece of the Kyle Tucker trade played just 32 minor-league games prior to his promotion - https://t.co/GxRkNVvBT1

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 25, 2025

CAM SMITH SZN

Who finishes 2025 with more fWAR?

— Kick Dirt Baseball (@KickDirtBB) March 25, 2025

Source: OF Chas McCormick is on the #Astros Opening Day roster.

McCormick is a plus outfield defender at multiple positions on a team that has two outfielders brand new to the position.

— Ari Alexander (@AriA1exander) March 25, 2025

I hope he has a short leash

Hummel is out. Should he room for both, I think.

Marvin said:

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So who is out… Rogers or Dezenzo? I've lost track of spots.

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Have they officially given a spot to Dubon yet? I would rather see Rogers and Dezenzo make it and Dubon be the odd man out, but I'm unclear on the details as well

Agproducer picks:

Ranger fans continue to be insufferable and have no sense of humor while also being terrified of girls.(FREE SPACE)

90-94 win total

Astros have losing streak of 6+ (in season)

Astros end May in 1st place

Astros win AL West

Yordan 35+ HR

Yordan 90+ RBI

Pena 17+ HR

Pena 20+ SB

Cam Smith 15+ HR (in the majors)

Paredes 25+ HR

Hader 35+ saves

Hunter 14+ wins

Rangers miss the playoffs (again)

Sacramento A's (stadium capacity 14,014) outdraw 2024 Oakland A's at home (11,386 average)

tjack16 said:

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I think Chas has a bounce back year

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Trying to figure out where Chas is getting the ABs.

Jake had an OPS+ of 113 against LHP last year. Not exactly a platoon option for Jake and Chas.

I'm rooting for Cam, but I personally would have given the first month of ABs to Chas in RF as a last chance to see if the "good ABs" he's taken during ST translates to results and started Cam in AAA.

AGAIN, rooting for Cam.

Agreed. Rooting hard for Cam obviously but man I hope we aren't rushing him

I'd much rather deal with the rookie ups and downs with Cam than run Chas out there

Zach Dezenzo has made the opening day roster, per Joe Espada pic.twitter.com/x77MnofaeL

— Ari Alexander (@AriA1exander) March 25, 2025

Christian Walker took seven at-bats in a minor-league game today and will travel back to Houston tonight. He is expected to be in the Opening Day lineup on Thursday, Joe Espada said.

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 25, 2025

If Smith and Dezenzo are both in and Hummel is out, Rodgers would have to get the last spot, as I'm not sure Short provides much value. I'd take a guy with a chance to be the everyday second baseman over a guy that's at best your backup SS and late inning pinch runner.