The Astros Are The Hottest Team In Baseball

Watching MLB Network on Thursday night, I saw something I have not seen in a very long time, the Houston Astros dominate another game and won their seventh straight of the season.

The Astros joined the American league in 2013 and that first season they lost 111 games, finishing 45 games out of first.  Last season, they improved and only lost 92 games, finishing 28 games back. But their start to the 2015 season has them in first place and looking like a contenders.

In the first 10 games of the year they started out 4-6, but since they have become the hottest team in baseball at 11-1, overall 15-7 on the season and four games in first place in the American League West, ahead of the Angels who are 11-11. The ‘Stros have also been dominate away from home going 10-2 on the road, and just 5-5 at home.

Their pitching has helped lead the surge to first place, with their starters having won nine games led by Dallas Keuchel (3-0, 0.73), Collin McHugh (3-0, 2.92), and with six wins coming out of the pen led by relief pitchers Luke Gregerson (2-0, 1.64, 4 saves) and Tony Sipp (2-0, 0.79).

But if you look at their offense, only three are actually hitting over .300, Jake Marisnick (.379), Jose Altuve (.367), Jed Lowrie (.300).  The rest of the team is batting under .260, but each have gotten timely hits when it has counted to help the team surge to the top.

On Thursday night, Altuve, who currently has a nine-game hitting streak, hit an RBI single to plate the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to keep the streak alive. In Altuve’s own streak, eight of the nine games have been of the multi-hit variety.  Simply the defending 2014 Batting Champ is on fire and leading this revamped Houston squad.

The Astros head into May, looking to continue their hot streak and distance themselves from the rest of the pack.

David Conde

David is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Legends On Deck®, as well as a Co-Host on Legends On Deck Podcast. David was a Senior Editor for MetsMerizedOnline.com, MetsMinors.net and Contributor for Hardballchat.com that spanned from 2010 to 2014. David made his MLB Debut as a writer in June 2014, while covering the NY Mets at Citi Field, for MetsmerizedOnline.com. David also coaches baseball for ages 13-15, a Babe Ruth League team in his local community. David's passion is coaching the game he loves to the future Legends of Tomorrow as well as making available a website that people can have fun sharing and reading. David is also passionate about his career as a Mortgage Loan Officer which allows him to help many families reach their dreams of owning a home. Connect with David via his Social Media pages as he loves to chat all about baseball.

David Conde

David is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Legends On Deck®, as well as a Co-Host on Legends On Deck Podcast. David was a Senior Editor for MetsMerizedOnline.com, MetsMinors.net and Contributor for Hardballchat.com that spanned from 2010 to 2014. David made his MLB Debut as a writer in June 2014, while covering the NY Mets at Citi Field, for MetsmerizedOnline.com. David also coaches baseball for ages 13-15, a Babe Ruth League team in his local community. David's passion is coaching the game he loves to the future Legends of Tomorrow as well as making available a website that people can have fun sharing and reading. David is also passionate about his career as a Mortgage Loan Officer which allows him to help many families reach their dreams of owning a home. Connect with David via his Social Media pages as he loves to chat all about baseball.