Should We Be Concerned Over the Astros Early Season Struggles?

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00:00 the Houston Astros.

00:04 Davis and I talked earlier in the show.

00:05 We're not exactly out on the Astros

00:07 and you might be finding value on them at this time.

00:10 It is a stunning start for them.

00:11 Six and 13 overall, 83 run score,

00:14 but give it up 105 runs.

00:16 Your idea of the Astros here moving forward,

00:19 is it a buy on team or you need a little bit more time

00:22 to wait and see at this point, Mark?

00:24 I'm not buying them because their pitching isn't great.

00:27 I mean, obviously they could still hit the ball,

00:28 although they've been kind of shut down

00:30 by the Braves starters the last two nights.

00:33 But in fairness, you know, the Astros pitching

00:36 the last two nights have been really good.

00:37 They just gave up runs and then four runs

00:40 in each of the ninth inning in each of the last two nights.

00:42 I'm not sure that happens again.

00:44 And as a matter of fact, I played the Astros team total

00:47 over three and a half today against Max Freed.

00:49 They hit left-handed pitching really well.

00:51 Freed has got an 8.74 ERA.

00:53 He looked like he finally calmed down in his last start,

00:56 but that was against the Marlins

00:58 and the Marlins don't hit at all.

01:00 The first two starts he had against the Phillies

01:01 and Diamondbacks teams that actually could hit,

01:03 yeah, he gave up 10 runs in those two starts.

01:05 So I would expect the Astros,

01:07 who don't want to get swept at home,

01:09 would bust out the whoopin' sticks today.

01:10 You can get a favorable number

01:12 at three and a half for their team total.

01:14 It's going to be a little bit juicy,

01:15 but I think the Houston Astros get to Freed early tonight.

01:18 But I won't, I'm not going to buy on them.

01:20 And, you know, the Astros are a team

01:22 that eventually is going to start to come back

01:24 down to earth here, and they may be able to hit their way

01:26 through the slump, but right now,

01:28 against good teams and good pitching,

01:30 it doesn't look like that's happening.

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