Exactly. Key injuries, bullpen meltdowns, terrible defense, horrible situational hitting, way too many strikeouts, leaving countless runners on base, the heart of the order shitting the bed. All of the things that the Astros *can't* afford to do this year, they did in spades in Cleveland. Better get that out of their systems.
Key injuries? Yup. But the fact that they were still competitive in all three games against one of the best rotations in the AL without Altuve and Springer wouldn't have happened the last few years. The lineup is deep even if a few are struggling at the moment.
Bullpen meltdowns? You must be referring to more than one.. Yes on Sipp but Devo didn't melt down. Yes, he issued a walk but that pitch to Lindor was good. That was just a great player beating a great pitcher. Not a meltdown.
Funny how in game one the Indians hit in to three double plays and left runners in scoring position but the story of the game to us is how well Kuechel pitched not the Indians shitty situational hitting. But when the Astros lose a game that Kluber starts against Mike Fiers the sky is falling. By the way.. in game three the Astros were 4-11 with RISP. The Indians were 0-11. Hat tip to Lindor. I thought it was an entertaining series. I also think the Astros are going to be damn good this year.
