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Astros wear orange but have a better blueprint than Dodgers

Three weeks after the Houston Astros won the World Series, Carlos Correa was back in a training facility less than 20 miles from his team's home stadium.

Meanwhile, the team that pushed the Astros to a seventh game in the World Series didn't make any intentional upgrades to its roster. The Dodgers traded for Matt Kemp, but that was only to balance their books. They didn't expect Kemp to be on their opening-day roster, much less their leading hitter.

Hinch was worried about a so-called World Series hangover.