George Springer's Comeback Can Turn Astros' Lineup into Playoff-Ready Force

George Springer has yet to gain full membership into the group of Major League Baseball’s superstars, but he is a game-changing talent regardless of his standing among the game’s elite.

The Houston Astros are about to haul in the benefits of that talent down the final stretch of the regular season and into the playoffs after missing it since early in the summer.

Springer returned to the team on Friday after he missed more than two months with a fractured right wrist, and the boost at the top of Houston’s sagging lineup is something it desperately needs as they try to hold off the chasing Texas Rangers, now two games back in the American League West.

Before the injury, Springer was hitting…