Did a trip to Mexico City turn the season around? Houston thinks so.
ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016., their menacing slugger, found it almost immediately -- on a white piece of paper taped to a wall inside their temporary clubhouse.
but the Astros -- still a whopping 10 games below .500 -- came away from that series believing they had turned a corner.The Astros lost 18 of their first 25 games, tied for the second-worst mark in their franchise's history. Only two teams -- the 1981Entering the Mexico City series, six of their starting pitchers had already spent time on the injured list. Their vaunted bullpen trio ofhad combined to allow 24 earned runs in 32 innings.
But it's also easy to see why the Astros are vulnerable -- why we might actually be witnessing the end of one of the most dominant runs in recent baseball history. Most of the Astros' best players are in the back half of their careers, some nearing the ends of them. The organizational depth that prolonged their window has dried up, making injuries potentially more devastating than ever before.
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