Maybe when they win the World Series many years in a row, fans wont overreact to one month of a season. As it is, if they win at least 17 games every month...they’re going to have a very good year.
If the Astros get this pitching throughout the whole season and playoffs then they will win the World Series (again). Dominant starting pitching with outstanding bullpen depth is an extremely tough thing to beat.
Last year, Astros finished 40 games over .500. They were 36 games over .500 against teams with a winning percentage under 50%. There will be series this year where they get beat up on by bad teams. There will be series where they dominate good teams. That's baseball.
Ever read Yankees message boards? I've been a member of one for over a decade. Their season tirades even during the dynasty years make CF look like rookies.
Exactly. Just on memory alone, in 2017 they: Lost 5 out of 6 to Cleveland Got swept in one series by the White Sox Lost a series in Detroit Lost 3 out of 4 to the rays at MMP Lost a series to the Nationals Got swept by the A’s
Well, thanks for not lowering the standard as badly as you think it can be. See my post above. They’re going to lose series this year to both good and bad teams. They can still win 100+ games by replicating “dissapointing” months such as these.
There was a 74-game stretch in the middle of the season that the Astros...wait for it....played 0.500. The horror. Granted, I still hate losing a game with a good pitcher on the mound.
They finished as many games over .500 against teams with winning records in the post season (4) as they did in the regular season. All that matters is winning that last game in the playoffs.
Sometimes 0.500 isn't so bad. In the Astros final 12 postseason games played, they were 6-6 and won the World Series.
My biggest pet peeve, like Joe Joe, is losing the games when our SP throws a gem. But I’m also greedy and want to end the season with 4 20-game winners (it could totally happen this year!)
While it "could" happen, don't get your hopes up. There hasn't been 2 on the same team in over 15 years. Clayton Kershaw is on a HOF career path. He's had 7 seasons of 30+ starts and did it twice. Verlander has had 11 seasons of 30+ starts. He's done it once. Pedro Martinez did it once. It's hard to win 20 games, especially in this day and age when managers tend to be more careful with pitchers.
He sets up quietly without a bunch of extra movement left/right, he doesn't jab at the ball with his glove when he's catching it, he seems to put the center of his body in front of it. He's also good but not great at blocking stuff by putting his chest down in the dirt on the outsides. He has potential.
