Entering Friday, the Astros only trailed the Twins by fWAR as the most valuable bullpen in baseball through the season’s first forty-something games. This relief staff has been quite excellent to start the season, striking out 26.5% of opposing hitters along with posting the second-lowest ERA (2.78) and FIP (3.17) in baseball. Walks are an occasional issue, but that rate (9.6%) is roughly middle of the pack. There isn’t too much to complain about with this group.
Alas, even the best bullpens will blow a game every once in a while. That is baseball. You can only hope those blown games don’t occur against a divisional opponent in what is shaping up to be a contested AL West race.