When the Astros‘ season ended in mid-October, there was already plenty of chatter of how to improve the club. A lot of the popular opinion online automatically gravitated towards the pitching staff, especially the bullpen. To be fair, the Red Sox were a juggernaut at the plate in the postseason. There wasn’t a pitching staff left unscathed by the time Boston was finished. I’d imagine fans of other teams thought the same about the Astros one year ago.
One area, which is not the pitching staff, for Houston to consider for improvement is first base. Yes, I know Yuli Gurriel (.