Today’s column will talk about the current status of Yordan Alvarez and Hunter Brown. I could have selected any number of Astros to discuss right now. But there is a reason I selected the elite hitter and the young starting pitcher: the future performance of both players will have a lot to say about whether the Astros can compete for the playoffs.
Yordan Alvarez
Sure, most of his teammates are performing worse than Yordan. But Alvarez has been in a slump and under performing his normally elite batting stats. We would be excited for other Astros if they posted a 128 OPS+ for the season and even a 126 OPS+ for the month of May.