Astros 2015

Keith · #1 07-24-2015, 12:26 AM

This has been an entertaining season of Astros baseball, the best in a decade. Because of the influx of youth and a unique offensive combo of power and speed, this is quite a compelling team that is easy to root for in spite of its flaws.

The season hit the accelerator on Thursday as the team dealt for hometown lefty Scott Kazmir and saw its all star Jose Altuve hit a walkoff home run to sweep the series against the Red Sox. It's coming on the heels of a hotly contested, well attended series against their burgeoning divisional rivals, the Texas Rangers, too. Astros baseball is fun once again.

Could be quite a chase to the playoffs...

Arky · #2 07-24-2015, 09:43 AM

Yep. They've been playing .500 ball for about 2 1/2 months but thanks to the fast start, they're still in it. 5-1 since the All-star break helps.

Big 3-game series against the Angels coming up next week and the middle game (Wed, July 29) will be televised on ESPN (for those of us that don't get ROOT).

Correa could be really something - comparisons to a young A-Rod. Carter needs to get going - it's his time of year... Singleton continues to struggle at the big league level. Springer should be coming back in a few weeks....