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Astros 2017: The ChipalattAwards for April
Baseball’s regular seasons fit nicely into a window made up of six months of the calendar. That first month is over with the Houston Astros putting up one of their best opening months in their history at 16-9, which is percentage points behind the 15-8 Yankees and Orioles for best in the AL and second…
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Astros’ offense: Finally, what the front office had in mind
Looking at certain numbers, the Houston Astros offense may not seem that improved over 2016. In 2016 the Astros had two players with more than 100 runs scored (George Springer and Jose Altuve). So far they have no players on track for 100 Runs scored. In 2016 the Astros had four players with 20 or…
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Should Chris Devenski be a starter for Astros?
There are two indisputable facts as the Astros wind down the first month of the season. First, Chris Devenski is one heck of a relief pitcher. Second, if there is a gaping hole in the Astros’ plans for world domination, it is a starting rotation that beyond Dallas Keuchel is shaky. The Astros strong 14-7…
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Astros’ strong start is just plain fun
After Friday night’s game the Astros had earned a very strong 12-5 record, only a few percentage behind the 11-4 Baltimore Orioles for the best record in the major leagues. Considering the Astros were an ugly 5-12 in 2016 after 17 games and did not win their 12th game until May 8th in their 32nd…
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The Astros win and lead the AL West in spite of themselves
After 13 games the Astros sport a 9-4 record, which is tied for their best start in history. They have a comfortable 3-1/2 game lead over the Angels and M’s and a 4 game lead over the A’s and the Rangers in their division. With all that positivity, this is all occurring while some folks…
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Thus far, as the Astros’ bullpen goes, so goes the Astros
Good friend of this blog and commenter deluxe, Mr. Bill, recently said “…as goes Jose Altuve, so goes the Astros”. This is often the case over the last few years, but frankly through the first 10 games of the season, perhaps he should have said “…as goes the bullpen, so goes the Astros”. Through those…
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After the first week, all we know is that baseball is goofy
The first week of the season is as usual, so full of red herrings they should set up a canning operation down at Minute Maid Park. Fans think they know something about the trends, who is good, who is bad and what trades need to be made seven games into the season. In truth we…
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The Astros’ marathon begins, but what does it mean?
If a baseball season was a marathon, which it is, one game would be like running 850 feet. That is not nothing, and in fact for most of the seasoned folks on this blog that would be a nice little 280+ yard dash. But compared to the 6 month death march of a season the first…
