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Five Takeaways at the Half-Way Point

The Crawfish Boxes | August 26, 2020

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The Astros have had a disappointing first half of this weird 2020 season compared to pre-season expectations. After 31 games the Stros are 17-14, a .548 winning percentage, four games behind the Oakland A’s in second place in the AL West, but five games ahead of third place Seattle.

Disappointing, yes. But remember it’s also good enough. Second place gets a team into the playoffs. There, anything can happen. Maybe by then the Astros’ luck will turn. And they have been very unlucky so far.

Five Key Takeaways

  1. 2020 is not about the decline of the Astros

Astros haters everywhere are applauding today’s story in Bleacher Report entitled: The Astros’ Slow Descent into MLB Mediocrity Well, a .

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