Houston Chronicle/Justice: Masters of? improbable? at it again

Something amazing has happened to the Astros over the last few weeks, and we may never figure out what it was.

Teams evolve during a six-month season that eventually exposes every weakness. What has happened to the Astros is more dramatic than that.

For 47 games, they were one of baseball’s worst teams. For 30 games since, they had played .633 ball entering Friday‘s game. That’s a 103-victory clip over the course of an entire season.

Is 30 games a small sample? Sure it is. But to go from 19-28 to 19-11 is an indication something significant changed.

We know some of the story. The starting rotation went from being one of baseball’s worst to one of its real solid ones. The bullpen has gone from shaky to steady.

As for the offense, it remains a work in progress. What the Astros have done to make up for the lack of scoring is have great timing.

They haven’t gotten a lot of hits, but they’ve gotten hits at the right time. They’ve come from behind to win 11 of those 19 games.

This is a solid baseball team at the moment. A few weeks ago, it didn’t seem possible someone would be typing those words.