You know that whole "darkest night, brightest day" thing. It's starting to look pretty bright in Houston.
Many of you slogged through the wasteland with us on TCB. You saw Jeff Keppinger. You will never forget Kaz Matsui's injury history. You followed farm system savior Jay Austin right along with us.
When the Astros hired new GM Jeff Luhnow, things were supposed to be different. Rebuilding came on in a hurry. The whole point of Luhnow was that he builds farm systems. And that's what he set about to do in Houston.
He traded away everything not bolted down in 2012 and did pretty well.