The Astros are projected to win over 100 games, according to FanGraphs. Also per FG, their World Series odds are far and away the best in the American League.
Coming into the 2022 season, expectations were high for the Astros. They were projected to win the AL West again and challenge for another pennant. But it wasn’t easy to have an outlook that was wholly optimistic.
Carlos Correa no longer called Houston home, and it seemed overall that the roster was less talented than the 2021 troop. The biggest “acquisition” of the winter was the re-signing of Justin Verlander, who would be entering his age-39 season after having effectively missed the last two seasons due to an arm injury that eventually resulted in Tommy John surgery.