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Bill Shatner
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Genghis Khan
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You aren't out of it yet. Doesn't seem like any team wants to run away with it at the moment.
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And yet the leader of the division is only 1 game over 500. I'm telling you that it's not over yet. Don't get me wrong. I want to see the Astros never win another game and eventually forced to dissolve their franchise but you aren't out of it yet.
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I know it's early, but we've been saying that for a month now. And what's worse, they're not getting any healthier any time soon.
My guess is that they continue to play .500 ball or worse for the next 2-4 weeks.
Maybe no one is running away with the AL West right now, but the Astros are going to be 10 games under .500, give or take, at this time next month.
That means that they're probably going to have to play what? .650? .700 ball from there on out?
On top of that, the AL East is stacked and the AL Central has some solid teams too so it's very unlikely that one of the wild cards is going to come out of the AL West which means they HAVE to win the division if they're going to make the playoffs.
Early-ish or not, I just don't see it man. I think they're in too deep a hole with too many flaws and the odds are against them doing what needs to be done to win this division.
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Still too early. Teams have turned it around before and as far as the other teams in the AL you just have to get hot at the right time. You just need to get in. I don't know how many times I thought the Rangers were out of it in the second half last season.
You may be correct but just give it another month or so.
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The Astros gave up 4 runs in the 1st inning yesterday in a 4-3 loss to the Cubs.
They are now 7-18.
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Ouch. That's rough, man. I thought my Twins got off to a rough start. That's brutal.The Astros gave up 4 runs in the 1st inning yesterday in a 4-3 loss to the Cubs.
They are now 7-18.
They've been decimated by injuries since spring training, tho. Hopefully they start getting some guys back in the next couple weeks.
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The Astros are dealing with injuries too, but it would be disingenuous to blame their struggles on just that.
And that's because both their starting and relief pitching has been awful, and it's been their key names that have struggled.
After the last 2 games, it's quite possible that they have the league's worst ERA for both the 1st inning and 9th inning.
It's uncanny.
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Well, you're gonna hear about it, buddy.
Royce Lewis (1 games played), Carlos Correa (10), Max Kepler (9), Alex Kiriloff (7) are all starters missing from the defense/offense. Johan Duran (0), Justin Topa (0), Zach Weiss (0), Daniel Duarte (1), Josh Winder (2) pitchers missing from the bullpen. DeSclafani (0) missing from the rotation. All these guys were supposed to break camp on the roster.
These guys are all on the DL right now. (except Kepler) Other games have been missed by starters Edouard Julien and Trevor Larnach.
Strangely enough our most injury prone player, Byron Buxton, hasn't missed time (yet) because of injury. ~knock on wood~
Being only 2 games under .500 with half a roster being minor leaguers is a minor miracle. Granted, we've won the last 4 against the Chicago White Sox. ~snicker~