Baseball: Improved Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs

There have been a number of teams that are out of playoff contention, but have improved significantly in the 2014 baseball season.

One of those teams is the Houston Astros, who were projected to lose at least 100 games and instead are flirting with a 70-75 win season.

The Chicago Cubs are another non playoff team, but one which improved in 2014.

Both the Astros and Cubs have built good farm systems and many so called “experts” predict bright futures for each team.

That “diagnosis” is a negative to me. Included is Sports Illustrated, known for its “jinx” and certainly often outrageous, wrong predictions.

That magazine stated there would be a world title in the next five or so years for the Astros. Wish I could bet against that.

My perspective is that the Cubs and Astros showed improvement in 2014 and perhaps, even likely, their future is brighter.