Will the Astros get to 50 wins

[FWHORN]

At 38-79 it seems a given that the Astros will live up to the old maxim that everyone in baseball wins 50 and loses 50 and its the other 62 that determine your season. But the way they are playing finding 12 more wins is not a given.

 

[hudsonhorn]

No.

 

[2003TexasGrad]

Have the Astros traded the rest of their team away yet? Why not just move up the Round Rock Express (oh nevermind we agreed to move that team to Oklahoma right????) to the big leagues and just play them the rest of the season. Cant be any worse right?

I long for the days of Caminiti, Biggio, Louis Gonzales, Steve Finley, Bagwell, and the rest of those guys... before the Astros decided to trade away their whole damn farm system and every free agent that Drayton didnt want to pay.

 

[Rex Kramer]

They are on pace for 52. They are by far the worst team in the league.

 

[PFD]

Out of morbid curiosity, which was the last team to lose 110 games in a season?

 

[bevo barry]

PFD..the D'backs went 51-111-.315 in 2004. Here is a list the Stros will soon be on:
The Link

 

[wherzwaldo]

Losing 110 games is a little easier to stomach when you have a team full of young guys with at least some potential. If they still had Pence, Oswalt, Berkman, etc. and were still on pace to lose 110 games, that would be less tolerable.

It's going to suck for a while, but at least the franchise has some semblance of direction instead of treading water (at best) with a much higher payroll.

 

[Horns2005]

The Bourn trade was the killer. You have a gold glove, SB leader and you trade him for a bunch of low level Braves prospects.

Made no sense whatsoever. Like trading a dollar for 5 nickels.

 

[FWHORN]

Got number 39 tonight, 11 more to go.

 

[FWHORN]

Two in a row, better watch out signs of the apocalypse to follow.

Ten left to get to 50.

 

[WorsterMan]

I could give 2 rat's asses if they do

 

[FWHORN]

3 straight and now just nine to go, looks like they wont set a record for futility after all. Combined with Rangers comeback win lst night it was a good night all around for the State of Texas in the MLB.

 

[bevo barry]

3 in a row? If they make it 4 tonight, then I'll bet ol' Lucifer will be lacing up the ice skates tomorrow morning.

 

[FWHORN]

Lace em up, snow expected in Houston today.

 

[wherzwaldo]

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[FWHORN]

Sad to say but is there any doubt they hit a minimum of 100 losses. Not really.

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Horns11]

They're only sitting 3 away from it now.

Anyone who hasn't read Moneyball needs to do so (probably before the movie ruins it). It argues that if you spend the league minimum on a 40-man roster, the most wins you will manufacture is 49. Considering the Astros have about 17 guys making the league minimum, it's not realistic to think 50 wins would be the cap. Honestly, it'll be more like 60 because of the contracts of Rodriguez, etc.

 

[wherzwaldo]

Will the Astros get to 50 wins?