who will have a better record in 2013: astros vs. marlins

Houston

they're both 2 games worse than Toronto

Astros

i stand by my assertion that Houston will be historically bad.

depends on stanton

Yeah the Marlins offense isn't really as bad as it's been, but the Astros are playing closer to their true talent level.

they're both 2 games worse than Toronto

truth bomb, unfortunately :(

Astros will get to beat up on Toronto more often, so them.

Rassros

http://mydogshouldbefamousbecause.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/astro_jetson.jpg

marlins will get to beat up on roy halladay more often, so

BP now projects Astros to lose 100, Marlins 95

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seven people are very wrong.

astros are better at hitting than the marlins are at pitching and so far the NL East seems more challenging than the AL West

without stanton the m's are one of the worst offensive teams ever, and their pitchers aren't even as good as they've performed

Thermo voting all-Marlin All-Star team

if it was a league of just the Astros and Marlins: yes.

Stanton isn't going to be out too long (at least it doesn't look that way).

both divisions are pretty closely matched, but personally, i'd rather be playing in the NL east. i think hitting-wise the mediocrity featured in the 'Stros lined up is about on par with the filler on the Marlins; sans Stanton. and pitching-wise the Astros are abysmal. compared to them, the Marlins are the 1995 fucking Braves. and i realize the Marlins are very terrible.

c'mon TT, you wouldn't take Jose Altuve over, uh, whoever the Marlins' 2b is?

Third series win of the season for Houston! Only 1.5 games behind the mighty Angels.

it'll be interesting to see what impact guys like ozuna, dietrich and yelich might have.

FG's nu projected standings thingy has them finishing the same

oh nvm could've sworn they were the same earlier 0_o

omg that has the pirates finishing two games over .500

c'mon TT, you wouldn't take Jose Altuve over, uh, whoever the Marlins' 2b is?

yes. AND THAT IS THE LONE POSITION WHERE THE MARLINS HAVE A CLEAR ADVANTAGE!

wait what? the marlins have a clear advantage with "donovan" "solano" and "chris" "valaika" (possibly not real people)??

altuve has been worth 2.0 more WAR than those two

TT just wrote the opp of what he meant, in his Canadian lather.

donovan solano leads all qualifying marlins with a .278 average and .333 obp

ya meant astros. they're both teams devoid of anything really, outside from one position player of note on each team.

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/5/22/4355522/marlins-astros-worst-mlb-team

37% Marlins (15 votes)

62% Astros (25 votes)

This is like a Sophie's choice, but if both of Sophie's kids wouldn't stop learning how to play banjo in the middle of the night.

I don't think I ever read something by Brisbee that doesn't include a comparison of the sort.

wish I'd had that one for Romney-Obama tho

Astros 3 games ahead, baby!

mets telecast pts out the 2013 marlins are outpacing the 1962 mets

mets telecast shoulda kept quiet

marlins up 2½ games (and 54 runs) at the break

as a team, the astros position players are at -0.6 fwar and strike out 25.3% of the time

Houston 6, Toronto 4

Bottom 7th: Toronto
- J. Maxwell in right field
- E. Encarnacion homered to deep left
- A. Lind homered to deep right center
- C. Rasmus doubled to right, C. Rasmus to third on right fielder J. Maxwell's fielding error
- M. Izturis doubled to right, C. Rasmus scored
- B. Lawrie walked
- J. Thole hit by pitch, M. Izturis to third, B. Lawrie to second
- W. Wright relieved P. Clemens
- J. Reyes walked, M. Izturis scored, B. Lawrie to third, J. Thole to second
- M. Cabrera fouled out to first
- H. Ambriz relieved W. Wright
- J. Bautista popped out to shallow right
- E. Encarnacion homered to deep left, B. Lawrie, J. Thole and J. Reyes scored
- A. Lind struck out swinging

8 runs, 5 hits, 2 errors
Houston 6, Toronto 12

also: they are beck to being the worst team in baseball.

marlins are half a game up on the white sox!

Man, was just gonna...

Anyway:

		 PCT 	DIFF
Miami		.387	-95
Chicago Sox	.377	-82
Houston		.340	-155

houston helped their run differential slightly due to the 11-0 ass whipping they handed out last night

i honestly thought that Houston was only gonna win 40 games this year

with norris gone, their highest-paid remaining player is . . . erik bedard at $1.2m

marlins are up 6 1/2 games with seven to play, despite being last in the majors in scoring/batting/on-base/slugging

good thing they didn't keep Miggy

What a lousy return they got:

Maybin: 144 games across three seasons w/ Marlins (.257/.323/.391)

Miller: Three seasons w/ Marlins (5.89 ERA).

Badenhop: Four years of relieving w/ Marlins (mostly mop-up, right?) (4.34 ERA).

Funeral on a Ship: Appeared in six '08 games w/ an 18.00 ERA.

Mike Rabelo: Played in 34 '08 games (.202/.256/.294).

Dallas Trahern: Didn't make it past AAA.

can't wait to see what the return on giancarlo looks like

i'm going to go ahead and start gloating now. they're already at 108 loses - even if the sweep the yankees in their final series - which is laughably unlikely - there will only be one team in the last 50 years that had a worse record (2003 Tigers).

i stand by my assertion that Houston will be historically bad.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, May 4, 2013 12:02 AM (4 months ago)

:D

congratulations on betting against houston, your winnings are negative a hundred dollars

Option Votes
astros 7
marlins 4

if there's winnings, seven people owe me money!

It's a full life, isn't it? Especially when it was all downhill after that Opening Day "we're winning the pennant" Jays ceremony.

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Juan Uribe is tied in WAR with the Astros