The slow start in 2024 ended up hurting the Houston Astros
Despite losing to the red-hot Tigers, it was a good campaign overall for the Astros. They won the American League West and made the playoffs. However, their expectations were likely much higher.
“That slow start still mattered, though, if for no other reason than because it cost the Astros a chance to nab a bye for the first round of the playoffs. Some may understandably see such things as unintentional booby traps, but a bye would have given Yordan Alvarez basically another week to rest his sprained right knee. It also conceivably would have allowed the Astros to miss Tarik Skubal, who dominated Game 1 of the Tigers' two-game sweep of Houston in the Wild Card Series.
A team like Detroit that had the Cy Young Award winner in Tarik Skubal and a deep bullpen was going to be a problem to face in what ended up being just two games.
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