Astros offense seems to be trending in the right direction.

Overall on the season, our OPS has been average, but it has been getting better and better.

Astros slashline without Altuve (note I was too lazy to make statmuse work, I just did "Astros offense without Altuve"):

.249/.318/.396/.714

Astros slash line since Altuve returned on the 19th:

.265/.342/.471/.813

sOPS+ by Month:

• April/March: 93 sOPS+
• May: 95 sOPS+ (There's a caveat coming up)
• June: 137 sOPS+ (small sample size).

The caveat I mentioned above regarding May. Astros were horrendous on offense in the first 2 weeks or so of May. I couldn't find a way to get the numbers easily, but I assume we were something like 85-87 sOPS+ in the first half of May.

But over the last 28 days, the team has a sOPS+ of 110 wRC+. Still obviously not where we want it to be by he end of the year, but it's trending positively.

Over the last 14 days: 115 sOPS+ despite having some BABIP bad luck (.272 BABIP when it normalizes to .300).

*Signs of optimism going forward: *

• We have hopefully seen the absolute worst of Jose Abreu. I am still not expecting anything excellent like say 120 wRC+ rest of the season (He had 137 wRC+ in 2022). But he is trending in the right direction. He has been IIRC the worst offensive player in the league so far on a cumulative basis, but as others have noticed he's been swinging better since the HR.

• Yainer Diaz getting more ABs will definitely help. He's been unlucky so far this season with his hard hit balls going into defenders. Today we saw what he was capable of.

• Chas and Pena have been playing much better as of late. Pena at the 2 spot helps. Chas when he first got back from the IL was struggling obviously, but has been swinging the ball well. Jake Meyers has been consistently solid at the plate.

• Wildcard: Brantley. This is assuming he even plays which nobody knows on. But his bat is perfect balance-wise in this lineup.

The only weird numbers to note from our offense so far:

• Home: 92 sOPS+ (It was 116 last year).

• Road: 102 sOPS+ (It was 104 last year).

• vs RH starters (43 starts): 86 sOPS+. (104 last year)

• vs LH starters (16 starts): 123 sOPS+ (121 last year).

Note: Overall vs all Righties (96 sOPS+) and vs all Lefties (96 sOPS+)

Not really a surprise we hit lefties well, but it's surprising how poorly we have hit righty starters.