There's a certain irony that if the Astros blow this series, one of the main reasons would be their failure at DH.
Astros still looking for answer at DH going into Game 6
The dream solution to Dusty Baker’s designated hitter disaster is a familiar face.
“It would be a whole lot easier if I had a Bryce Harper-type DH,” Baker quipped on Friday. “But I don't.”
It almost happened — the Astros had a deal in place to acquire Harper at the 2018 trade deadline — but Nationals ownership intervened and kept it as one of Houston baseball’s biggest what-ifs.
Harper now exists as the envy of Baker — his former manager in Washington — and a massive impediment to his first World Series title. Harper is 4-for-16 with four walks across the first five World Series games.
Houston’s designated hitters have six total postseason hits, showing how dearly the team misses Michael Brantley and how the attempts to replace him have failed so miserably.
