The Astros need to get out of .500 ball and pick up those bats.
If there was ever a time to make a move for the Astros, this is it. Sitting just barely over .500, they face two utterly beatable teams in the Chicago Cubs and Oakland A's. By the time they get to the Brewers and Twins, they could have Jose Altuve back.
With fewer in-division games this year, and even those coming against seemingly better competition this year , there are no gimmies, but they need to get on a roll sometime.Are we the only one's absolutely sick of looking at the standings and seeing the Astros floating around the .500 mark? Despite the injuries, this is a team that should be better at this point in the season. By comparison, through 42 games in 2022, the Astros were 27-15 instead of this year's 23-19.
If they had those two guys hitting, they would be steamrolling teams offensively. Instead, they have the worst collective OPS since they were losing 100 games per season.If you do some comparison to last season, the Astros pitching are roughly the same in every major statistical category and starters have thrown more innings. That is considering they are missing Lance McCullers, Luis Garcia, Jose Urquidy and Justin Verlander. That is absolutely stunning.
Framber Valdez, setting aside his rough outing on Monday, has been the ace the Astros hoped he would be. Christian Javier and Hunter Brown have been outstanding at two and three in the rotation. And all Brandon Bielak and J.P. France have done is come in and protect the bullpen with quality starts. That is setting aside said bullpen, which is one of the best in baseball. This is a very, very good pitching staff.One non-Astro thing because it pokes fun at New York and that cannot be a bad thing.
Then, on Tuesday, pitcher Domino Germán was ejected from their game for an illegal substance. It hasn't been a banner year in the Bronx with injuries and underperforming in a division that includes the dominant Rays. Let's hope that continues., it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Houston, and we'd like to keep it that way. With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism.
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