The Astros story is a well-told one, but one of the most important of our time in baseball. With the full support of the ownership, front office, and coaching staffs, they overhauled their training regimens and approaches to player development in a way that has helped them maximize more talent than nearly any other team in the league. They got rid of tees, implemented solely game-replicating batting practice, and a million other adjustments with full-throated enthusiasm. They were aided by a bucket of 1st round picks, the likes of which league rules no longer dole out to tanking teams.
Astros remind the Mariners what they’re chasing
