Astros 2026: Multiple choice

After the insane comeback the Astros made Monday night (which was a total dumpster fire meltdown by the Angels), where they flipped the game in the ninth inning, scoring four runs on one hit, it feels like time for a multiple-choice post. Why? Because I just feel like it.

  1. What is making the Astros season so unique is…
    • Their ability to win games where their starting pitcher can’t get past the first inning (they did this Friday and Monday).
    • Their ability to be within 2 games of the lead in a season where Hunter Brown has 2 wins.
    • Their ability to score a decent amount of runs even with putting out a lineup that barely gets beyond the first three players in competency.
  2. If you had only one choice, you would like to see….
  3. The biggest surprise for the Astros this season has been….
    • Peter Lambert’s performance in the rotation
    • AJ Blubaugh’s big boost to the bullpen
    • The overwhelming year of Yordan Alvarez (leading the AL in runs, hits, home runs, RBIs, BA, OBP, OPS, total bases and the MLB in many of those).
  4. The biggest disappointment for the Astros this season has been….
  5. In 2027, Cam Smith will…
    • Begin the season in the minors
    • Finally break out for the Astros
    • Be playing elsewhere
  6. The position player who struggled so far this season, who you think will play well down the stretch…
  7. The pitcher who struggled so far this season, who you think will pitch well down the stretch….
  8. The team you hate to see succeed the most is….
    • New York Yankees
    • Texas Rangers
    • Seattle Mariners
    • Other
  9. Of the players who have missed most of 2026, the one I have the most hope for is….
  10. Of the players hitting around Yordan, the most critical one is….

Hope you enjoy…..

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2 responses to “Astros 2026: Multiple choice”

  1. Oh fun –

    1. Lets say Brown at 2 wins and lest we forget a starting staff ERA over 5. It feels like bubble gum and tape.
    2. If Yordan wins the triple crown he wins the MVP. But I would rather see the playoffs. Watching extra baseball with something on the line beats stat lines anyday.
    3. Lambert – because we have said here forever that Yordan is a top 5 hitter he just needs to be healthy. But Lambert, that is straight out of nowhere.
    4. Imai because of the money involved.
    5. Could be any of them. I could see him being one of the main pieces of a deadline trade. I’ll take breakout next season as my choice because we need Cam Smith to get good fast.
    6. Yainer, because he isn’t 35+ and has the tools.
    7. I don’t have any expectations on any of them, but heck, 5 shutout yesterday, even if it was the Angels, makes me say OK I have to take one I’ll take CJ.
    8. Its the Yankees, and always will be.
    9. Blanco – because even in these first two starts, results bad, but stuff looks there.
    10. Both. Pena makes it hard to pitch around if he is on, Paredes makes it hard to pitch around if he is a threat. They are equally important. I’m so glad Chandler Rome traded Isaac Paredes half a dozen times on his pod before the season.

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    • Glad you found it fun Steven.

      • That 5+ ERA for the starters is usually what you see for a team that is on the way to a 100 losses. Crazy stat
      • If you make the playoffs you have a shot
      • Yainer is a puzzlement (until you watch him lunge at the bad pitches and never take a walk)
      • The Yankees are the ultimate hate, but some of those Bannister-led Ranger teams really got stuck in my craw and theirs is a hate that really runs deep too.
      • In the off-season I would wonder about Paredes getting traded off – but I really did not want him to get traded off because of the way he battles every at bat. I think he is just such a critical hitter in this lineup. I do wish he could run faster than a 40 year old backup catcher, but you can’t have everything.

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