Houston Astros Analysis

Justin Upton has experienced a power outage, but the Braves still rank in RealGM's top three. Read more »

The Reds have six starting pitchers with sub-3.40 ERAs. Combine those performances with Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips and you have an elite club. Read more »

The Rangers haven't lost a step without Josh Hamilton, featuring a balanced attack built on both hitting and pitching. Read more »

Miguel Cabrera leads the Major Leagues with 40 RBI and the Tigers lead our team rankings. Read more »

The Rockies, Red Sox and Rangers hold the top three spots in our rankings, while the Padres, Astros and Marlins bring up the rear. Read more »

Ian Kinsler, once thought to be dispensable in Texas, leads the Major Leagues with 1.5 WAR as the Rangers sit second in our rankings. Read more »

The Braves are 11-1 this season and riding a nine-game winning streak. Read more »

A week into the 2013 season, the Rockies are an offensive power, the Dodgers are incredibly hard to score against and the Mets, Red Sox and Reds are very balanced. Read more »

The Giants have put a cap on the 2012 season, meaning Major League Baseball will shift to free agency. Here is a complete list of all free agents, including those with player, team or mutual options for next year. Read more »

The Yankees, Nationals, Cardinals, Reds and Rangers make up the top-five, while the Twins, Rockies, Cubs, Indians and Astros bring up the rear in this week's rankings. Read more »

With Evan Longoria back in the lineup, the Rays jumped seven spots in this week's rankings. Read more »

The trade deadline is not until next week, but we have already seen a number of big-time deals with the Rays, Dodgers and Pirates gathering weapons for the playoff push. Read more »

The Astros could have a Big 3 in Roy Oswalt, Wandy Rodriguez and Bud Norris, but their offense is getting old and has very little potency beyond Berkman, Lee, Pence and Bourn. Read more »

The Astros made a late charge and finished the season with a very inflated 86-75 record; inflated because they were outscored by 31 runs for the season. Without any real improvement in the offseason, Houston should fall back to a win total in the 70's. Read more »

The Astros have two separate eight-game winning streaks since August and are currently winners of their past six and may Ike out the Brewers. Read more »

For Houston, this deal has plenty of plusses. They don't trade any of their top prospects, and in return they get Tejada, who with Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee, will make up one of the better 3-4-5 in all of baseball. Read more »

In Houston, they must be singing in the streets as they finally were able to acquire a proven hitter to match the quality arms they have amassed. Huff, while not an upper echelon hitter, still provides the Astros with a very capable bat from the left side and gives manager Phil Garner options now when filling out his line-up card. Read more »

We here at RealGM are paid in Valentine?s candygrams from our voracious readership to ignore the sentimental side and stick to business. Simply put, Bags is not worth $17 M, and his mammoth salary is a drain on resources the team needs elsewhere. Read more »

We just witnessed one team crush another by one run. After game four?s 1-0 White Sox victory, I started to realize that winning close ones is more impressive than pounding the other team. In a World Series marked by close games and bum closers, the consistent ability of the White Sox to prevail over the Astros proved who was baseball?s best. Read more »

The Astros now stand at 59-48, two games ahead of the Washington Nationals for the wild card and while success bloomed late once again in Houston, the formula stayed the same. Read more »