Official 2023 Houston Astros season thread

[Preacher Man]

Not sure if we got better or not, we lost Hector Neriz and he was one of the best relievers in baseball last year. Hader is good though

Neris was the benefactor of an insanely low BABIP of .219. That artificially deflated his ERA to 1.72. Neris xERA was 3.35. Hader had a typical BABIP of .269 and still managed an actual ERA of 1.28. And his xERA was 2.36.

Hader is the better pitcher. Neris is good, but he ain't what Hader is.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Come on Billy, get the '24 thread going before somebody else does it!! We gotta get your mojo back with them this year!
My hope for the Stros this season is better consistency. They played like crap for long stretches at the beginning, middle and end of the season and then they'd get hot on a streak and catch back up... Ain't gonna get to he big show past the Rangers this year playing like that! I think the Rangers are the real deal this year... Stros can still git-er-dun, but they can't mess around with it... Hopefully new managerial leadership will help them to step it up a notch over last season!