Houston Astros Offense Nowhere To Be Found

Jose Altuve, George Springer and Carlos Correa. What could easily be the best 1-2-3 in baseball hasn’t produced how fans expected.

While Altuve is having a MONSTER season, with fans and and some writers clamoring for him to be this year’s MVP, both Springer and Correa are hitting a measly .259, which unfortunately ties them for the 2nd best on the team.

In reality however, the 4-9 spots of the lineup have pretty much been non-existent since the start of the season. Colby Rasmus was hot for the first 20-or-so days of the season. Tyler White enjoyed a nice first week. Marwin Gonzalez had a solid few weeks at the plate.

Otherwise, it’s been crap…to be frank.

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Jason Castro is hitting/walking better than we expected but still just a .220 hitter. While Evan Gattis has had a nice week since returning from AA, he’s a .232 hitter overall this season. Center field has been a black hole at the plate (Carlos Gomez .182/Jake Marisnick .098). Luis Valbuena is hitting just .198.

GM Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch made two call-ups last week in Colin Moran and Tony Kemp. While both hit well in the Minors, they are off to slow starts, though it’s an extremely small sample size (2/8 and 0/6). Both are some of the Astros better prospects, but not elite in any way.

So how can the Astros fix this mess? I’m not quite sure. Hitting better as a team would certainly help. Springer and Correa’s end-of-season averages will likely near .280, so they should be better. Everyone else? Is it reasonable to believe they’ll turn it around? Maybe, but I wouldn’t place money on it.