It’s a hard pill to swallow for Texas Rangers’ fans. The Houston Astros, considered little brother for much of the past decade, have flipped the script and become arguably the best team in baseball over the past few seasons. They won a World Series in 2017, were a contender in 2018, and will compete for a World Series once again this year.
While it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth giving the Astros some credit, they’ve developed a formula that has blended young talent with acquired stars to build a team that has a real multi-year window of being division favorites and on the World Series shortlist.