Remember when the Houston Astros were the class of the American League? When they had a starting rotation that was stacked and they had a lineup filled with boppers? That has felt like a distant memory this year as the Astros have limped through a year filled with injuries, underperformance and disappointments.
While that disappointment has the fans harkening back to the Astros run of dominance from the 2010s, the front office needs to leave the past in the past once free agency rolls around. And by that, we mean they shouldn’t go after Justin Verlander in free agency — no matter how tempting it is.