Time to Look into the Astros’ 2017 PECOTA Projections

Much like last year, the projection systems are once again particularly fond of the Astros in 2017. Will the projections actually come to fruition?

One system in particular, Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA, is actually quite high of the Astros this year. In fact, there isn’t a team in the American League projected to finish with a better record than Houston in 2017!

PECOTA currently projects that the Astros will finish with a 94-68 record for the 2017 season. That is not only the best projected record in the American League West, but also the entire American League.

However, let’s not forget that the Astros were projected to win the AL West last year. And we all remember how that worked out,…