Might as well grade the off-season now that it's over. I mean, Opening Day is tomorrow, and the chance to make further moves has come and gone. Despair, ye readers. Wait, what? Oh. Well, Jim Bowden graded the American League's offseasons - thus far - today. How did the Astros fare?
There is a good chance they still finish last in the AL West, but they are going to be a lot more competitive.
That, my friends, is a B grade - significantly improved from last year's "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" grade. I guess it's also worth mentioning that the A's (A), Angels (A-), and Rangers (B+) also got nice grades. The Mariners got a C+.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
