With Luis Garcia, Lance McCullers, Justin Verlander, Christian Javier, JP France, Jose Urquidy and their 408 career wins all on the IL. The Astros have a team ERA of 2.65 over their last 13 games.

Jose Altuve is just the 4th leadoff in baseball history to have a .400+ BA and 50 or more total bases through their first 18 games on the season. The last player to do this was Derek Jeter.

Blanco is the 6th Starting Pitcher in the history of baseball to go at least 15 innings over two starts while allowing one hit or less. Blanco and Max Schezer are the only pitchers to accomplish this since WW2

The 2024 Astros are only the 6th team since 1901 to start the season 2-5 or worse with a team OPS of over .850 (.855). The 2003 Marlins won the World Series after their start.

The 2024 Astros are the first team since 2019 to start the season 2-5 or worse with a sub 3.00 team ERA. The last team to accomplish this was the 2019 Astros who went on to win 107 games and come within outs of another championship.

Only Barry Bonds and Carlos Beltran have a higher slugging percentage in a single postseason with at least 40 plate appearance than Yordan has currently with his .949.

Christian Javier’s 0.82 ERA as a post season starter (min 4 starts) ranks second since 1871.

Christian Javier’s .071 BAA as a post season starter is the best in MLB history among pitchers with at least 20 innings as a starter. Second place is Blue Moon Odom with a .119 BAA

Christian Javier is the first pitcher since Old Ross Radbourn (HOF) of the Providence Grays, to have a career 0.00 ERA across at least three post season starts. Javier’s 57 K’s trail only Mariano, Gibson, Strasburg, Koufax, and Wade Davis for a post season career with a >2 ERA

In the last four seasons. Only seven pitchers have started their career through 14 starts with an ERA of 2.88 or lower. Three of those seven are Astros. Luis Garcia, Christian Javier, and J.P. France.

On this Chas McCormick is hot so let’s bench him day. Since May 28, Chas is the 10th best hitter in all of baseball based on wRC+. 185 players in baseball have received more plate appearances during that time. Including 8 teammates that all rank behind Chas.

Since the start of his career, Yordan Alvarez leads baseball with a .973 career OPS as a lefty facing a lefty. Second place is .857. His wRC+ is 65% better than average. Vs lefty RP in 2023, he 6-11 with four doubles and a HR with 7 RBI. Why are you bringing in a lefty?

The Astros currently rank dead last in baseball in wRC+ as a team for all positions except the outfield. Their Catcher, 1b, 2b, SS, 3b, and DH collectively rank 30th and 28% below league average.

For players with at least 100 career Home Runs. Yordan ranks 8th all time in OPS+ trailing only Ruth, Williams, Bonds, Gehrig, Trout, Hornsby, and Mantle…

Jeremy Pena’s 37 total bases rank as the all time best mark for a player in their first season during the playoffs.

Ready to see @MattressMack throw out the first pitch tonight! The #playoffonesies are always ready to make it loud at the juice box! @astros @JuliaMorales

Luis Garcia now has the third lowest ERA in team history through their first 30 starts of their career, trailing McCullers and Don Wilson. Garcia however has a lower WHIP and better winning percentage than both.

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His first Texans game! #ThatFootballFeeling