After 18 games, the Astros have not once won two games in a row. They have remained one or two games below .500 almost all year.
Today, they failed yet again to create a two-game winning streak or reach .500.
We keep saying, “the season’s young,” or “look how much worse they were last year at this time.” Of course, that team had Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker. But with each daily display of offensive impotence, these excuses are getting ever more difficult to believe.
Yes, there’s a lot of season left, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that what we’ve seen so far is what we’re going to get.