This Astros team has always felt like it had a tenuous grasp on its playoff aspirations. Loaded with pitching depth and re-loaded on offense, entering 2025 felt like both a new start and a transition at the same time. Now, with just six games left in the season, the transition seems closer than ever.

On Sunday night, the first place Seattle Mariners completed a sweep of the Astros at Daikin Park to all but clinch the AL West and put the Astros (currently) out of the postseason. After a three-game sweep of the Rangers, the teams entered this series tied. So much for that.

As of writing this, the Astros are on the outside looking in when it comes to the playoffs, and these three losses weren't even close, making the fade at the end of this crazy year seem even more apparent. We might norma

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