astros under 74.5..poor hit and pitch..don't believe they win 70..:toast:
WHERE DO YOU GET THEY HAVE POOR HITTING???
2-6 part of the lineup is
Pudge ,Berkman, Lee, Tejada, Pence.
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THIS TEAM THAN LAST YEARS TEAM THAT WON 86 GAMES WITH LEE MISSING THE LAST 2 MONTHS??
They lost Wigginton and Ausmus out of lineup and replaced with Pudge and Blum. This is more of an upgrade than a downgrade. They lost Randy Wolf for Mike Hampton which is not a dropoff if(BIG IF) Hampton stays healthy.Also they didn't get Wolf until trade deadline so he only pitched 2 months. Rest of the team is the same.
It is not like Cincy,Pitt, or Stl did anything to get better this off season as well and Brewers losing CC and Sheets hurts them big.
You are foolish if you are basing this on spring training and not what these guys have done in their career.
Pitching is suspect at best past Oswalt, but all are having good spring at least so maybe it carries over.
Don't tell Cecil Cooper they are not winning 70:
http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8590096/14180516