‘Tis the season for season wrap-ups. Today Jerry Dipoto, Justin Hollander, and Scott Servais took questions from the media for almost a full hour regarding the season that was (in great detail), and the promise of what might be (in much fuzzier detail). We’ll spend time over the next few days teasing apart some of what was said, but here are some of the big picture items:
On how Scott Servais thought his team performed in the playoffs:
- Servais was proud that his club never looked nervous or tight, while acknowledging that they swung the bats well in the first three games and not so much after that, which he says is a credit to the Astros’ pitching staff rather than a fault to his players.