The Astros have not scored more than two earned runs in a game this year. Absolutley abysmal. I wanted to think that the dastardly coaching staff was screwing with the hitters’ heads during Spring Training (during which they were also bad), and, after all, didn’t the team have a terrible start last year?
It turns out that pitching was the culprit last year. In the first six games last year, the bats were scorching at a 127 wRC+ rate. So, if you believe it is a coaching problem, the same coaches who prepared the hitters so well last year have apparently failed this year.