The Astros have just finished the first month of baseball. As has been their wont on other occasions during this championship era, their bats are off to a slow start. Currently, the Astros rank 19th in MLB in wRC+, with a below-average rating of 98. They are 22nd in home runs with 27 but, miraculously, are more middling in runs scored, ranked 13th with 135.
But lest you forget, the Astros were even worse at the end of April last year, with an 89 wRC+, only slightly better in 2021 with a 101 wRC+. And even in 2017, when the Astros rivaled the 1927 Yankees in team-hitting statistics, they only started at 107.