The Astros are off to their worst start in eight years. Deesha Thosar examines three key factors for that and whether they figure to change.
The Houston Astros are only a winter removed from their seventh consecutive American League Championship Series appearance. But less than two weeks into the 2024 regular season, they already look like a team that could struggle to even make the playoffs. While a slow start is nothing new for their veteran core , the Astros' current 4-8 mark is their worst to open a season since 2016, which is also when the club last failed to reach the postseason.
5 million pact with the Astros, the 37-year-old first baseman is once again flailing at the plate. His advanced metrics are especially alarming. Entering Tuesday, his expected slugging percentage and barrel rate were in the first percentile, while he sported a -33 OPS+ and -0.5 fWAR. FanGraphs' ZiPS figured Abreu would boost last year's 86 wRC+ to 103, but he looks far from an average big-league hitter through his first 37 plate appearances.
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