Loperfido, Pena, and the Astros

Joey Loperfido bats during a 2024 spring training game.As the Astros left Mexico and flew back to Houston, word spread that the Astros will call up 24 year old OF/1b Joey Loperfido before Tuesday’s game against the Guardians. Given the urgency necessary to change the course of the Astros’ season, Dana Brown should be commended for decisions like this. The Astros are in no position to wait around for making improvements to the team.

Loperfido may, or may not, be part of the solution to the Astros’ run scoring issues. But the move made sense for an Astros’ team that is ranked dead last in wRC+ at 1b and could use an injection of additional HR power in the lineup. The Astros’ offense is ranked…