- The Astros are only 1.5 game out of the wild card.
- The Marlins have talent and are picked as favorites by everyone in the media, yet they continue to play average baseball. Their pitching is overrated and their lineup has chemistry issues right now.
- The Phillies don't have good pitching and the stros play them in a week, a team they've beaten 9 times in-a-row - plus they can't beat anyone not in the NL West.
- The stros better than the Nats and Muts. All these East teams play each other a lot, which helps.
- Once Berkman gets his swing back, that will jumpstart Ensberg and Biggio. The thing about thisteam is that once we score 2 runs, they start to build confidence and end up scoring many runs and blow other teams out - same situation last year.