Astos are not in a wonderful place right now. Do they need another bat?
When you lose five of your last six games, nothing feels very good. Compound that with the loss of one of your best players to injury coming off 17 straight days of games, it's tough. That is where the Astros found themselves on Monday after a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of the Guardians and a long flight home.
During the next week-plus, the Astros will be at home with multiple days off, hopefully getting a little rest and re-assembling their bullpen and rotation back to a normal state. But, this is still a team in search of more than incremental gains with not a ton to show for it thus far.Alvarez felt that dreaded Astros"discomfort" in his oblique muscle last week and has been shelved for at least a few more days before even testing it out.
Hopefully, this will mean a couple weeks out to rest and heal, but anything worse than that could be a massive blow to a team with an offense that has been mediocre, and that's being polite.Having said that, the Astros offense in the last few games has been better. After they followed up an 11-run win against the Blue Jays with three straight games with two runs or fewer, they scored nine and six against the Guardians.
Don't look now, but the Rangers have lost five of their last six games including a pair at home against the surging Angels. The Astros are now just three games back of first place in the AL West with a four-game set in Arlington at the end of this month. They have given up 31 runs in their last four losses and pitching is a concern, particularly in the bullpen. This would be a good time for the Astros to make their move.
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