The biggest move the Astros made in the post-season was signing slugging first baseman Jose Abreu for three years, $19.5 million annually.
This move was widely considered a win for the Astros, but judging from the current perspective, it looks like one of the biggest blunders in franchise history.
Sure, there were critics at the time. Some looked at Abreu’s declining home run production, down to 15 in 2022, the lowest number of his career, well below the nearly 30 a year he usually hit in his career with the White Sox.
But hey, his BA and OBP were near record highs, and his wRC+ was above career average as well.