Four quick points. They appear eerily similar to the Champion 2019 Nationals - who were 19-31 at the 50 game mark. Second, the exit of GM James Click after the 2022 season (and the subsequent baseball media pearl clutching) appears in retrospect to have been highly overrated in terms of impact...particularly, when you consider the downward trend of Toronto since his arrival. Next, a part of their turnaround is related to dropping Abreu and not wasting more time when it clearly wasn't working. Those sorts of quick decisive moves in recognizing mistakes and minimizing them are the hallmark of a winning organization. Finally, I view the Astros recent history as a distinct "era." Not just from the cheating scandal, but more their revolutionary analytical and organizational approach to the game.
Four quick points. They appear eerily similar to the Champion 2019 Nationals - who were 19-31 at the 50 game mark. Second, the exit of GM James Click after the 2022 season (and the subsequent baseball media pearl clutching) appears in retrospect to have been highly overrated in terms of impact...particularly, when you consider the downward trend of Toronto since his arrival. Next, a part of their turnaround is related to dropping Abreu and not wasting more time when it clearly wasn't working. Those sorts of quick decisive moves in recognizing mistakes and minimizing them are the hallmark of a winning organization. Finally, I view the Astros recent history as a distinct "era." Not just from the cheating scandal, but more their revolutionary analytical and organizational approach to the game.