The 2020 regular season was nothing as planned for the Astros. Injuries altered their campaign and led them to a negative-record season, but was —luckily— enough to advance to their fourth postseason in a row.
Those injuries opened the door for Houston to have a bunch of surprises in terms of low-profile players and disappointments from men you’d expect to step up in the middle of a difficult year. Basically, the team went through the season without stars Justin Verlander, Yordan Álvarez, and Roberto Osuna. We’re talking about their Cy Young ace, the 2019 Rookie of the Year, and their closer.