Rusty Start or Concern For The Astros

About this episode

The episode discusses the Astros' rocky start to the 2026 season, including game recaps, player performances, and upcoming matchups.

- The Astros lost their first two games of the 2026 season but bounced back to win the next two, splitting the four-game series against the Angels. - Recap LAA series - Starting pitching struggled mightly - Bullpen threw more innings than the starters - Offense was slow to start, but the bats have woken up the last two games - Tatsuya Imai's big league debut - Panic or Concern for Houston this early in the season? - Bryan Abreu's velocity is down - Four different lineups - What we saw with the lineup construction - BOS Preview - Josh Hader update - Christian Roa will be optioned, and another arm will be brought up from Triple-A - Much, much, more! YouTube link: https://youtube.com/live/x_xOvEAZhhY Have you subscribed to the Full Seam Ahead YouTube Channel yet? Make sure to hit that subscribe button and hit that notification bell to stay up to date on all the latest Astros news, rumors, interviews, live streams, and much more all year long!

People in this episode

Host: Our Esquina

Topics covered

• Astros season start
• game recap
• starting pitching
• bullpen performance
• offensive struggles
• lineup construction
• player updates

Keywords

• Astros
• Angels
• Tatsuya Imai
• Bryan Abreu
• Josh Hader
• Christian Roa
• starting pitching
• bullpen
• offense
• lineup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Houston Astros, Angels

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