ATLANTA — You didn’t think the Astros were going to just go softly into the offseason, did you?
This season, Houston led the majors in hits, runs, RBIs, and batting average. The Astros ranked second in OPS and third in slugging percentage. They’d spent the first two games of the World Series in Atlanta looking like their bats had gotten lost in baggage claim, managing a mere two runs on 10 hits across 18 innings.
So it was always a matter of when, not if, the Astros would bust out the big sticks.