Houston Astros: With One Win in Spring Training, Is It Time to Panic?

So far, Houston has only won one game in the Grapefruit League this spring training, and people are wondering if it is time to hit the panic button. 

Before I get into what I think, here are the opinions of a few Houston Astros’ sports writers:

Alyson Footer, Houston’s MLB.com beat writer, says she is “worried” in a recent post on her blog, Alyson’s Footnotes.

The fashionably negative Brian McTaggart, one of the Houston Astros beat writers from chron.com, surprisingly says it’s not time to hit the panic button…yet.

And chron.com fan blogger Chip Bailey needs Astros’ fans to tell him why he shouldn’t panic, because he is ready to.

I don’t think it is nearly time to panic. Caution? Maybe. Worried? Sure. But definitely not time to panic. 

Houston has been outscored 78-31. Pretty bad right? Well consider the circumstances.

This is without Carlos Lee (although he is on his way back to Florida after Panama was the first team to be eliminated in the WBC,) Miguel Tejada, and Lance Berkman. 

Wait, Berkman is still at spring training isn’t he? Well yeah, but he hasn’t traveled to hardly any of the road games.  So the potency of our lineup is missing. 

So far, this spring training has been an opportunity for Houston to get a good look at their prospects and try to get their pitchers some work in. By the way, Roy Oswalt has not participated thus far either.

Check back with me when Houston gets their big bats and star pitcher back in the lineup. Until then, I am more concerned with Roy’s workload on Team USA for the WBC.  He should have been out of that game a little earlier.

Panic time? No way. Maybe if it were April.