Coming a win shy of reaching the World Series would be considered a successful season for most teams.
“Not a success,” catcher Martín Maldonado said. “I think the ultimate success is winning the World Series, but we gave everything we could.”
After coasting to the AL West title in the previous two seasons, the Astros spent most of this season chasing Texas in the standings. A late swoon by the Rangers helped Houston and Texas finish with identical 90-72 records, and the Astros took the division again by winning the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Instead, their pitching fell apart as the Astros were pummeled for 20 runs in two games, and their season ended with the Rangers celebrating on their home field Monday night. He went 7-3 with a 3.31 ERA in 11 regular-season starts after the trade. Verlander had three starts in the playoffs, getting the win in Game 1 of the ALDS by throwing six scoreless innings.
“That’s obviously one of the reasons I wanted to come back here was because we weren’t set up for success just the rest of the season, but moving forward,” he said. “There’s still a good window available. But it’s a little early to say I’m excited for next year. Still dealing with this.” Baker pointed to Houston’s injuries when asked why the Astros were unable to become the first team to repeat as World Series champions since the New York Yankees won three straight from 1998-2000.
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