Back-to-backs aren’t common in Major League Baseball. In fact, the only franchise to repeat and defend as World Champions in recent memory are the New York Yankees from 1998 through 2000. And that was a three-peat! The Toronto Blue Jays in the early 1990’s were last before the Bronx Bombers. The Astros have to defy the odds once again.
When starting ace Dallas Keuchel was asked about a potential hangover season by Dave Sheinin of The Washington Post. This was in reference to the Chicago Cubs returning almost the same team from their 2016 championship and winning 11 fewer games, he responded with the following: