Preseason Predictions

Record: 73-89
Division Finish: 4th
Postseason: lol

Team MVP: Yordon
Team CY: Brown
Team ROY: Imai


3 Positive Predictions

• Yordon has exceptional year when he's healthy.
• Burrows gives the starting pitching a 1-2 punch that keeps them in games they should lose.
• The farm system gets restocked after we are sellers at the ASB.

3 Negative Predictions

• Yordon, Pena, and Hader spend significant time on the DL in May and June.
• The team will lead the league in GIDPs.
• They're out of it by the ASB, we become sellers, and Espada and Brown are fired.

I'm not optimistic, at all.

Yeah. Fat fingers. 88-74

Got bored in class, got excited about the season starting, opened this thread on my laptop, and found so many boobs. Did not expect that

How my guts are gonna sound after three bites of the Fenway lobster poutine pic.twitter.com/XkvIJsJxTt https://t.co/rHNUF2YDAw

— Pod On Lansdowne (@PodOnLansdowne) March 25, 2026

What at daikin would be the equivalent

Wangus12's Ballot:

YOUR BALLOT
1. Rangers Suck (Free Space)
2. 80-84 win total
3. Astros win Opening Day
4. Carlos Correa > 15 HR
5. Jose Altuve hits <22 HR
6. Yordan to lead the team in HR
7. Pena to lead the team in hits
8. Yordan Alvarez plays < 125 games
9. Hader < 30 saves
10. Hunter Brown >14 wins
11. Hunter Brown makes the All-Star team
12. Jose Altuve scores <85 R
13. Kyle Tucker < 130 games played (lollygagging)
14. Aggie baseball team loses series vs. sips April 10-12
15. Dodgers > 102 wins

PICK BOTH OF THESE

FIRST TIE-BREAKER: What is the Astros' regular season final record? 83-79

ULTIMATE TIE-BREAKER: How many points does Lane Kiffin's LSU squad hang on the Aggie football team on 9-26-26? 42

Prospect Brice Matthews makes the roster, along with non-roster RHP Christian Roa. Both are from Houston. pic.twitter.com/hL1ujTwNXJ

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) March 25, 2026

Official list

Lfg my friends

Record: 84-78
Division Finish: 3rd
Postseason: No

Team MVP: Alvarez
Team CY: Brown
Team ROY: Imai (edited)

3 Positive Predictions
- Alvarez plays 125+ games
- Walker hits better
- Dana gets young talent at the trade deadline

3 Negative Predictions
- Window slams shut and is boarded up
- Altuve produces but shows signs of aging
- Rotation is bottom 8 in MLB

For me, 2026 is a glass half empty and leaking.

I'd flip Altuve and Correa but that's a good lineup

PREDICTIONS

Record: 91-71
Division Finish: 1st
Post-Season: No Doubt

Team MVP: Pena
Team CY: Brown
Team ROY: Matthews

3 Positive Predictions
Yainer with 25 HR and 90+ RBI
Yordan plays more than 125 games and makes a run at 50 HR
HB wins the Cy Young

3 Negative Predictions
Paredes has hammy issues all season and is non-productive and untradeable
Jake Meyers regresses and is replaced in CF by Cole/Matthews platoon
Team struggles at the 1/4 mark and Espada is replaced by Omar Lopez

tjack16 said:

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I'd flip Altuve and Correa but that's a good lineup

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That was the spot I went back and forth on.

If it's my lineup?

Pena
Alvarez
Correa
Paredes
Altuve
Diaz
Walker
Meyers / Loperfido
Smith / Loperfido

Record: 93-69 (Nice)
Division Finish: 1st
Postseason: Yes

Team MVP: Yordan
Team CY: Brown
Team ROY: Brice Matthews

3 Positive Predictions
- Walker hits better with RISP and hits 30 HRs
- Yordan hits 40+ HR
- Brice Matthews and Cam Smith develop into outfield cornerstones

3 Negative Predictions
- Paredes reinjures his hammy, misses 40+ games, proving we should have traded him in the offseason
- LMJ gets hurt again, misses several games and is eventually released.
- Bullpen is mediocre to bad -- blowing at more than 20 saves

I'm a lot more optimistic than many here -- choosing to believe 2025 was an anomaly. The team pitching is about the same. Losing Framber hurts, but getting him out of the organization may be a net positive. We had a team with historic injuries last year, played a ton of AAA guys, and just missed playoffs by 1/2 game.

Look at the lineup we trotted out last August against the Orioles. As the team is constructed -- even with the OF weaknesses, I'd say we are better.



Plus, I don't buy what the Mariners are selling. Their 2025 year reeks of Rangers 2023. I don't think Cal repeats his 60 HR performance.

I'd probably go

Pena
Correa (hits a lot of singles the opposite way or up the middle which could allow Pena a lot of 1st to 3rd options)
Alvarez
Paredes
Altuve
Diaz
Walker
Meyers
Smith

But I think any configuration of the top 5 is good when those guys are healthy

Looks like I was mostly correct on Hader spending time on the DL.

EastCoastAgNc said:

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— Pod On Lansdowne (@PodOnLansdowne) March 25, 2026

What at daikin would be the equivalent

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Something resembling a Vitek's Gut Pak: a base of Frito's, chopped brisket, jalapeno sausage, cheddar cheese, pickles, onions, and jalapenos.

HTownAg98 said:

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Looks like I was mostly correct on Hader spending time on the DL.

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Didn't we know this 6 weeks ago?

Didn't see it posted. But looks like Christian Roa made the 40 man

It's going to be a lot longer than 15 days.

Preseason Predictions

Record: 84-78
Division Finish: 2nd
Postseason: N

Team MVP: Pena
Team CY: Burrows
Team ROY: Brice

3 Positive Predictions

• Pena top 10 AL MVP
• Burrows 15+ wins
• Brice becomes regular starter

3 Negative Predictions

• Imai control problems lead to a very meh season
• Altuve hits less than .250
• Astros dead last in AL homeruns

HTownAg98 said:

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It's going to be a lot longer than 15 days.

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Is there some new update that states that? Did he have a setback?

No, just speculation on my part based on how this team diagnoses injuries.

Farmer1906 said:

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tjack16 said:

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I'd flip Altuve and Correa but that's a good lineup

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That was the spot I went back and forth on.

If it's my lineup?

Pena
Alvarez
Correa
Paredes
Altuve
Diaz
Walker
Meyers / Loperfido
Smith / Loperfido

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Pena
Yordan
Paredes
Correa
Altuve
Walker
Diaz
Cam
Meyers in double leadoff. I wish I could get him batting 2nd. That worked well last hear. Just pushes too many other people down a spot.

HTownAg98 said:

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Looks like I was mostly correct on Hader spending time on the DL.

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Except it's been known for about a month that he would start the season on the DL so not exactly some miraculous prediction there...

It's going to be a lot longer than 15 days. Hence why I said "significant time."

Preseason Predictions

Record: 91-71
Division Finish: 1st
Postseason: Y

Team MVP: Carlos Correa
Team CY: Hunter Brown
Team ROY: Tatsuya Imai

3 Positive Predictions

• Yordan and Correa combine for 280 games played. .
• Hunter Brown dominates all year and is the AL ASG starter
• Christian Walker has a career year and Houston falls back in love with him

3 Negative Predictions
-Astros start slow in April/May and we start selling off key pieces of the franchise
-Yordan doesn't play 100 games.
-Imai doesn't live up to the hype and is the worst starter on staff

MY BALLOT
1. Rangers Suck (Free Space)
2. 6+ game winning streak
3. Astros Make Playoffs
4. Yainer Diaz over 20 HR
5. Peña over 20 SB
6. Yordon over 25 HR
7. Correa over 65 RBIs
8. Hunter Brown top 3 CY Young
9. Team ERA less than 3.86
10. Bregman over 20 HR
11. Aggies beat sips
12. Judge less than 50 HR
13. Abreu over 30 saves + holds
14. Paredes leads team in RBIs
15. Peña lead the team in Batting Average

PICK BOTH OF THESE

FIRST TIE-BREAKER: What is the Astros' regular season final record? 89-73

ULTIMATE TIE-BREAKER: How many points does Lane Kiffin's LSU squad hang on the Aggie football team on 9-26-26? 24