A sluggish start but the Astros are OK and showing some surprising strengths.
Over the past two seasons, the Astros were 11-11 in their first 22 games. Remind us if we are wrong, but they did pretty well in both of those seasons. This year, the Astros have begun 3-4 after splitting a four-game series with the White Sox and losing two of three to the Tigers. Now, as they head out on their first road trip of the season, some fans are worried.
It's true that the offense has struggled a bit and the first pass through the five man starting pitching rotation wasn't perfect. But, they have gotten quality starts in the last two games from Framber Valdez and Christian Javier, and there are players who are hitting the ball well to start this year.
In short, this team will be fine, especially when they start getting some of their players back from injury. Oh, and the new rules are pretty great . Let's take a look at how it's going.Despite the early hiccups, when this team gets the rotation stretched to six or seven innings and the bullpen settles down after early taxing, this pitching staff will be as good as advertised.
And at the plate, guys like Kyle Tucker, Yordan Alvarez and Jose Abreu are in midseason form. Tucker is hitting .333 with three homers. Alvarez is at .348 with two homers and 11 RBIs. Abreu is hitting .345. Imagine how good this team will be when they get back Michael Brantley and Jose Altuve.Chas McCormick had his first homer of the season on Wednesday and is hitting a very respectable .286. He is clearly the best center fielder on the roster.
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