ESPN Continues to Disrespect the Houston Astros

Bradford Doolittle of ESPN ranks the Houston Astros as the sixth best team in the MLB. The only time "Astros" and "sixth" should be mentioned in same breath is when mentioning how many consecutive trips to the ALCS the team has made for.

ESPN is disrespecting Houston Astros who won the World Series. Houston won 106 games and brought back their entire bullpen.

ESPN continues to disrespect the Houston Astros. They gave them an aggression score of 22 and an improvement score 19. 18 teams are more improved than Houston. The article is hysterical. It's not true that Justin Verlander alone makes the difference in 13 wins.

ESPN continues to disrespect the Houston Astros. They are ranked fourth most improved team. The Yankees are projected to be the fourth best team, while Houston is ranked as the worst. The Astros have won the World Series twice, but not carried the best record into October. Tampa Bay is the only team to improve more than the Astros, and they are the most successful. Their team won 86 games last season. It's not the rankings and order that are bad, it's the logic. There are 18 teams more improved than Houston. New York won 99 games and 16% title odds last year.

ESPN continues to disrespect the Houston Astros. New York's successful pursuit of free agent ace Carlos Rodon is the kind of move that makes a club's offseason.

James Click's departure cast a question mark over Houston's offseason.

The Houston Astros have made some big moves this offseason. They brought back the entire bullpen and six members of the starting rotation and re-signed a walking .300 hitter to a bargain contract.