It’s hard to remember so far back, but on April 11th the Astros were being blown out of the standings by the Mariners. Back then, the Mariners were 13-2, and the Astros stood 4 games back. The normally sane folks at Fangraphs were even writing articles about how smart the M’s off season was.
As of May 13th, 41 games into the Astros 2019 season, the good guys have a 6.5 game lead, and it seems like the division is fully under control. You’d probably have trouble finding a taker on the wager where someone other than the Astros spends a day in first place in the AL West for the rest of the year.