The Astros’ offense began the season in unimpressive fashion. Sure, there were signs of future improvement ibased on the quality of contact. But the theoretical only takes you so far. As the calendar heads toward mid-May, the offense has slowly but surely improved. Will it continue?
Let’s look at the current MLB offense rankings. We can use wRC+ as a measure of overall ranking above or below average The Astros currently rank 13th with a slightly above average wRC+ of 101. The Astros also rank 12th in offense WAR with 5.4 (one notch above the Phillies).