There’s the old saying that no team is the exact same every year. While true, it does present certain problems in maintaining your status as a competitive team. And right now, the Houston Astros are feeling it with a slight shift in team chemistry.
These first seven games in the first full week of the regular season have proven difficult for the spacemen. They dropped three out of four games to the Tampa Bay Rays at the Trop, and are coming off a brutal two out of three series loss to the Texas Rangers in Arlington.