Houston Astros common supervisor Dana Brown is not able to develop into a vendor on the commerce deadline — regardless of a 12-22 begin.
“No, I am unable to envision that,” Brown stated Tuesday on “MLB Now.” “I believe this group, this ballclub is just too good. We now have a very good rotation, we now have a very good bullpen. … I believe the manufacturing is coming [offensively]. I believe our guys are too skilled. They’re good gamers. I am unable to predict any state of affairs the place we develop into sellers.”
Brown is not panicking. The Astros have made seven consecutive American League Championship appearances and gained World Collection titles in 2017 and 2022.
“I believe the important thing right here is win this sequence, win this sequence, win this sequence, get again to .500,” Brown stated. “When you get again to .500 and also you begin to roll, you get a profitable streak of 5 right here, seven right here, 10 there. Earlier than it, you are 8-10 video games over .500.”
Whereas Brown’s optimism is commendable, it is laborious to imagine every part will all of a sudden click on for the Astros until they make drastic adjustments.
Accidents to beginning pitchers J.P. France (shoulder), Luis Garcia (elbow) and Jose Urquidy (forearm) have hampered the Astros pitching workers. They rank twenty sixth in baseball in ERA (4.75).
Houston ought to take into account buying and selling for New York Mets beginning pitcher Luis Severino, who has posted a 2.93 ERA in seven video games this season. Jon Heyman of the New York Put up indicated he could possibly be obtainable if the Mets (17-18) fall out of rivalry.
The Astros offense, in the meantime, continues to be top-of-the-line within the majors. Houston is tied for fifth in baseball in on-base share (.326) and third in batting common (.259).
Nonetheless, the Astros should snap out of their funk quickly. In any other case, Brown may change his thoughts and make some strikes earlier than the commerce deadline on July 30.
