Your math is..... a little suspect I was expecting close to 100 wins. The slow start lowers that prediction, but we've also played a very difficult portion of our schedule. I'll still say 94 wins.
As he was thinking the Astros were close to a 100-win team prior to the start of the season, a 0.583 winning percentage the rest of the season doesn't seem steep considering that and what has happened. I'm a little less optimistic mostly due to near future, but I do like the team that I expect to see near the end of the season.
If they can get some starting pitchers back they'll be fine. Without Verlander, Valdez, Urquidy, McCullers, Garcia..the pitching is hurting.
IMO, it all comes down to health. If we get it, then 90-92 wins I could see. What seems a steep ask is 2-3 key guys coming back healthy and staying that way the rest of the season. Could happen, but I am not terribly optimistic about it.
I bet over 92.5 prior to the season and still think it’s a winning bet We don’t even need JV to be an ace, just him being competent would be a nice boost Framber is a huge key though, without him coming back and giving us innings it’s gonna be tough
As shitty as they've played at times so far... 2.5 games back in the ALW. I'll take however many wins it takes to do that.
95-67 6-11 currently = 89-56 rest of the way ---- very doable 90-72 last year despite many injuries and plenty foolishness. Stros are better this season. The abundance of starters + Hader will surplus what was lost in the bullpen. Offense will be better via Diaz (and Maldy's addition by subtraction) and Abreu's RBI-Run total (90+62) at 1B will, at minimum, be matched with whatever combination of players play there.
