Considering how only one club has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series in MLB history, the Astros are looking at a near must-win for Game 3. I mean, it isn’t mathematically impossible to still win the ALCS down three games to zero, but the odds of it happening are extremely low. According to FanGraphs, the Astros now only have a 20.8% chance of winning the ALCS trailing 2-0.
So, Game 3 is a big deal to the Astros and the outcome perhaps largely hinges on which version of Cristian Javier is present. Following a breakout 2022 — 2.