Astros magic number 2019 series#

1-3 starters Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and Zack Greinke were added via blockbuster trades. Just seeing it happen with the group of guys we have in here and seeing them mature as players, turning into superstars.” “Seeing where we’re at from where we were. “The coolest part to see is the turnaround,” said outfielder Jake Marisnick, who joined the Astros at the 2014 trade deadline. And now we’re here: The Astros reaching 100 again and ending this season with … 103, 104, 105? Then an even better regular-season club reached 103. That forever-magical 101-win season was topped off by a world championship. Just four years after the rebuild bottomed out, the Astros won at least 100 games for only the second time in team history. Martinez, Dallas Keuchel, Marwin Gonzalez, Bud Norris, Jordan Lyles, Lucas Harrell, Jason Castro, Chris Carter, Jake Elmore, Carlos Pena, Rick Ankiel, Erik Bedard and Jose Altuve were all on the same dysfunctional team?) It also tells you just how special this run of 100 will be when we look back in a few decades.Ĭonsider this: The Astros lost at least 100 games three consecutive seasons at the start of this decade, averaging an abysmal 108 defeats and setting a franchise low with a 51-111 mark in 2013. Grinding, playing hard every day and never really quitting.” “It really shows that the guys that we’ve had here, the guys that we have here, the staff, being able to deliver the same message every year with the different guys in the locker room. “It’s obviously not easy to do that, especially in this division, in this league,” said All-Star center fielder George Springer, who debuted with Bo Porter’s 2014 Astros (70-92), who were managed at the end by Tom Lawless. That’s how these Astros have operated since 2015. 100 in hand, Hinch’s club knows it’s a historic achievement. The AL’s Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and MVP awards also could belong to the Astros after the 2019 campaign is complete.īut with win No.

Astros magic number 2019 series#

The West, then the ALDS, then the AL Championship Series and then another shining World Series trophy. Hinch’s Astros were added to the list with Wednesday night’s 3-2 victory over the Rangers, they wanted much more than 100. Louis Cardinals and the 1929-31 Philadelphia Athletics.Īs A.J. Then you have to go back to the Bobby Cox/Greg Maddux/Tom Glavine/John Smoltz Atlanta Braves (1997-99).Īnd then you have to go way back. The last time it happened before the Astros joined the club Wednesday feels like a long time ago - the 2002-04 New York Yankees. This is all you need to know: In Major League Baseball history, only six teams have won at least 100 games during three consecutive seasons. In this baseball city, during this era, it is now about golden banners - one from 2017 hangs permanently on the left-field light tower - and the magic number of 100. In ’19, we’re already waiting on who they’ll play and what day the AL Division Series starts. In 2015, you were swept up in new joy when the Astros made the postseason for the first time in a decade. Winning the American League West has felt like a formality since mid-May - and I mean no offense to the Oakland Athletics, who have again somehow put together a highly competitive team. But I feel very confident stating this right now, almost eight years after a historic rebuild began and more than a month away from the next Fall Classic: The Astros’ 100th win in 2019 was one of the most impressive moments in franchise history.īut returning to the playoffs has been expected since February in West Palm Beach, Fla.