I entered the 2015 Major League Baseball season thinking the Astros had one glaring weakness. They did not have a legit front line starter. Dallas Keuchel and Collin McHugh were magical in 2014, but they could not possibly replicate those results. Ultimately, the Astros could not contend with Keuchel pitching against aces and McHugh facing off with number 2’s.
As Chevy Chase famously said in Fletch Lives, “It takes a big man to admit when he’s wrong. I am NOT a big man.”
As the season crept nearer this spring, I took my shot at predicting the probable strengths and weaknesses of this Houston Astros club.