2021 roster

[juliogotay (joe roddy)]

I thought Alvarez had already had COVID.

[MusicMan (Michael Shopoff)]

De Goti isn’t even on the 40 man

[Alkie]

I know this should be in the game thread, but it hadn’t been started yet, so, enjoy…

Straw CF
Diaz 2B
Brantley LF
Gurriel 1B
Tucker RF
Correa SS
Toro 3B
Dawson DH (MLB debut)
Castro C

RHP McCullers

[Bench]

@MusicMan

I thought they got vaccinated?

@juliogotay

I thought Alvarez had already had COVID.

Yeah. What the fuck?

[MusicMan (Michael Shopoff)]

I saw the lineup before the IL moves and thought Dusty had lost his damn mind

[JimR (Coach)]

@MusicMan

I saw the lineup before the IL moves and thought Dusty had lost his damn mind

That will occur soon.

[Bench]

@MusicMan

I thought they got vaccinated?

https://twitter.com/Chandler_Rome/status/1382437423943077889

[DVauthrin (David Vauthrin)]

Unfortunately, the timeline doesn’t make it seem like it’s vaccine related. The Astros were vaccinated on March 29 by Houston Methodist. Three weeks would be next Monday, April 19.

[Bench]

@DVauthrin

Unfortunately, the timeline doesn’t make it seem like it’s vaccine related. The Astros were vaccinated on March 29 by Houston Methodist. Three weeks would be next Monday, April 19.

Seems like they still need their second shots for “fully vaccinated” won’t be until May 4 (Pfizer) or May 11 (Moderna) at the earliest.

[Walt_Bond]

@MusicMan

De Goti isn’t even on the 40 man

Neither was Ronnie Dawson.

[MusicMan (Michael Shopoff)]

Julia Morales

God help us.

[NeilT (Neil Thomas)]

Oh boy! A brand new team to watch tonight~

[AstrosFanInBigD]

They’ve all been vaccinated.

[NeilT (Neil Thomas)]

Looking out my window, if they could figure out how to block the roof open they could get a rain-out.

[Ty_in_Tampa (Michael Tyson)]

Definitely tuning in for this one.

[Waldo]

@NeilT

Looking out my window, if they could figure out how to block the roof open they could get a rain-out.

Maybe ERCOT can come through in the clutch.

[SoonerJim]

When I first read this I thought there was a car wreck or something, then I saw it “might” be Covid, and I LOL’ed.

[MusicMan (Michael Shopoff)]

@Waldo

Maybe ERCOT can come through in the clutch.

No one else has the past few games

[MikeS (Mike Schieffer)]

Ronnie Dawson facing MLB pitching could be very ugly.

[HudsonHawk]

This may be old news to some, but…in response to the question about why the game yesterday wasn’t postponed…I saw something that said it was because none of they players involved tested positive. They are in the protocol for contract tracing purposes. It implied that had one or more player tested positive, MLB would entertain the idea of postponing games. Also, players in the contract tracing program must isolate for a minimum of 7 days, and if they do not test positive, they may come off the IL. If they test positive, they must isolate for a minimum of 10 days and produce two negative tests before coming off.

Also, teams can relax their protocol once 85% of players and coaches have been fully vaccinated for 10 days. Don’t know if any teams meet that threshold, but obviously the Astros do not.