Joe has shown he has no balls with this sort of stuff. That needs to change asap starting tomorrow

He's likely gone after this season, he's rather publicly crapped on his teammates twice in the last month, and he's pitching poorly. Kind of an opportunity here for Joe to deal with that and rally the team. Make it a suspension or just bench him and skip a start. Can be a strong message that it isn't tolerated no matter who you are.

Watch the batter too. You can see him processing and figuring it out in real time.

Iambob said:

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Joe has shown he has no balls with this sort of stuff. That needs to change asap starting tomorrow

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Yeah I don't know if Joe will do anything. May end up being the front office.

How pissed off did this make me? I'd choose Cintron over Framber.

Which pisses me off even more!

The batter is standing there like...WTF did that just happen?

Salazar pretty much saying...Yeah it sure did. Sure fcking did.

Framber losing his shtt and making bad pitches in a meltdown has happened before. Only new thing here is blaming teammates for his screwup.

Joe needs to get a handle on this, no matter if public discipline or not.

Him not getting starts down the stretch in a close playoff race, in a contract year, will say plenty.

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Dana has to go on the radio tomorrow morning for his weekly appearance after that. I'm sure he's thrilled

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So whatever is going to happen will be announced soon. If nothing happens then pretty much it's 'let's flush this year and it's on to 2026.'

But Crane didn't make that type of move at the deadline - meaning, if Joe doesn't act maybe Dana will.

This is all over social media which probably means regular media will pick it up tomorrow.

I mean is it surprising that Framber wouldn't end his Astro career without some kind of meltdown?

BadAggie said:

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This is all over social media which probably means regular media will pick it up tomorrow.

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Sportscenter just highlighted it in their replay. Froze it to highlight Salazar's reaction and commented that Volpe looked like he was thinking "Aren't you guys teammates". Sportscenter made it out to be more of a "weird" thing that happened versus something serious at this point. But its getting out there mainstream

Legitimate question … does anyone recall a teammate seemingly as ****ty as Framber? Three starts within the last month come to mind where he's blamed teammates for his poor performance, and now gone rogue in the middle of a game.

More importantly … Does Espada have the balls to sit his ass? I'll take a double shot of that vintage Correa leadership any day now.

Drilling your teammate after you effed up is good for a full media cycle, especially while in a series with the Yankees.

Pretty sure a number of Astros employees are texting/talking about next steps right now.

Astros 76-63
1st in AL Western division (+3.0 Seamen)
3rd AL seed (-4.0 Toronto, -3.5 Detroit)
9th best record in baseball
23 games remaining (8 home, 15 away)
Next: Wednesday v Yankees 7:10pm CDT; Alexander vs. Warren

I'm going to the game in Arlington on Sunday for my daughter's birthday. I sure as hell hope this head case doesn't start that game.

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...we scored only 1 run in a game in which Dubon got a hit AND drew a walk

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Ought to be a bingo square next year.

esd19 said:

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Legitimate question … does anyone recall a teammate seemingly as ****ty as Framber? Three starts within the last month come to mind where he's blamed teammates for his poor performance, and now gone rogue in the middle of a game.

More importantly … Does Espada have the balls to sit his ass? I'll take a double shot of that vintage Correa leadership any day now.

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Carlos Gomez and Rat Fiers come to mind. Reddick has told the story multiple times if how he threw a pity party hissy fit on the team group text when JV was acquired because it was going to take innings away from him.

And no, not doesn't have the balls nor authority, that would have to come from Dana.

If you read the story on front page of ESPN it's pretty clear nothing is going to come of this. They've decided that Salazar pushing the wrong button is the official story. You'll never convince me that is the truth.

Framber out here getting fans seriously maimed...what a cluster **** of a season it has become

The Jazz Chisholm Jr. homer hit a fan in the face. It was serious. Orbital rim fracture at least — he is going to the hospital.

If anyone knows the fan, please let me know so I can give him a free pair of tickets to another game.

— julia morales stan account 👑 (@astrosbatgirl) September 3, 2025

Mfer made a dumb decision to throw a dumb pitch costing his team a chance at a win in a tight playoff race then added to it by then trying to punish and blame his teammate in real time.

I mean cue the 'there's no I in team' speech.

Yes Framber can be really good.

The last month has shown the other side of Framber we all know. Tonight was a new level and perhaps shows that him blaming the defense five weeks ago should've been more harshly dealt with.

if you think about it...

the way to hit the catcher intentionally would be to call for a curve ball but then throw the fastball instead -- which is what happened

calling for a fastball but then throwing a curve...would likely result with a ball in the dirt and not directly hit the catcher

hmmn

The lame response here is to pretend nothing happened, that it was just Salazar pushing the wrong Pitchcom button and hey, Caratini will be back tomorrow, and Salazar will be sent down to Sugar Land. Can't afford to be without an elite starter like Framber in the middle of a pennant race, y'know?