If there was a lone blight upon the Astros’ otherwise glorious October, it was undoubtedly the meltdown of closer Ken Giles. How bad was Giles? Consider that from June through the end of the Astros regular season – a stretch of four full months – Giles gave up nine earned runs. In just 7.2 postseason innings, he gave up 10.
10!
Yeah, Giles was (really x 10) bad.
Can the Astros, who will be playing under the burden of heightened expectations in 2018, trust Giles to anchor the back of their bullpen?
Probably?