Yall probably need to pump the brakes on the end of a dynasty.

But for some mounting injuries (I know, that's the way baseball go), Astros would have been right in the mix this year. Just look at June.

Anyway, lets see if they can put it back together.

(No one stays on top(ish) forever. No one).

Bats getting older. Rotation thinned out and will be further thinned out when Framber leaves. Bullpen hot/cold/hot/cold. Weird line-up decisions from Espada. Medical/training staff possibly the worst in MLB.

Mariners are up. Rangers are frauds. Totally winnable division at least for the next two years, but that Golden Years run is now in the rearview. Sucks to say and it bums me out, but we got two parades out of it. What a time.

The optimistic view is that the AL is pretty average at the top. The Mariners are a good team but they aren't a 105 or even 95 win juggernaut.

Even with all the injuries for the Astros they went 87-75 and lost tiebreaker for wildcard slot. And that record would've made playoffs in NL.

I think the Athletic had a piece that said without the injuries we'd have been 12 games better, so 99-63. That's good for best record in baseball.

More realistically if we'd have just had half the injuries we'd be 93-69, good for a division championship and first round bye (which was goal at beginning of year).

Crane is in his 70s. Maybe this will anger him enough to go out and sign Tucker.

Yes aging is happening and you can't expect prime Correa, Altuve, and Walker anymore. But guys like Yordan, Pena, Paredes, Meyers, and Yainer should be in their prime years so the key will be health. Then hopefully Cam Smith can improve and maybe you get a guy like Zach Cole who can step up.

You'll have that entire group in 2026 and 2027 and that lineup looks really good with the addition of Tucker. Unlikely but crazier things have happened.

****sigh*****

Guess he kept up his lollygagging for the Cubs. Good to see he's consistent.

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He hasn't been good at all since the beginning of the season. Cubs regretting it big time.

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maybe visually, but his stats seem pretty much on par for what he did for us between 2020-2024

When that boy goes cold, he goes freezing. And he usually picks a bad time to do it.

The trainer was definitely on the chopping block with how many injuries there were.