Houston Astros Use 'MLB 15: The Show' Data to Augment Their Scouting Reports

The Houston Astros are 13-7 and have a four-game lead in the American League West. What has stoked the team to such an impressive start? Sony San Diego Studios might tell you it's all in the scouting.

The developers behind the MLB: The Show video game series, which is exclusive to the Sony PlayStation family of consoles, has been offering the Astros the images generated from the data they compile when rating players for the game. I'm kidding when I directly tied in Houston's success to the images from Sony, but the blurred lines between reality and game are legit.

How realistic is it?

Here's what Astros Coordinator of Advance Information Tom Koch-Weser had to say per a statement provided to…