There is no justice in Houston, just a solidly constructed baseball team year after year.
Impervious to their inherited reputation, the Astros simply find new players to maintain their mini-dynasty – five consecutive American League Championship Series appearances, including three trips to the World Series.
This might be the year the Astros cede control of the AL West, but there are few reasons to believe it so far. Thursday, it was Framber Valdez, the burly Dominican left-hander, whose pitching upstaged a historic Opening Day start by Shohei Ohtani in the Astros’ 3-1 win. Valdez, generating few reasons to boo him on merit, has emerged as a bona fide top-of-the-rotation starter for the best team in the division. He mostly pitches to contact, mostly throws three pitches, and rarely throws anything harder than 95 mph. Yet he took a one-hitter into the seventh inning against the Angels’ “A” lineup – Ohtani, Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon were playing together for only the 19th time.
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