File this one away for three years from now:
.@SInow puts #Astros & grand rebuilding plan on cover, calls them 2017 World Series champs pic.twitter.com/KKHCkFYik0
— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) June 25, 2014
Eh, it’s possible that it’s conservative. Not that I would pick the Astros to win it at all anytime soon, as picking such things is a sucker’s game. But if a team does put it together after a lot of futility, it often happens more quickly than you’d expect. The Rays came out of basically nowhere to win the 2008 pennant, for example. When things click, they tend to click fast or they don’t click at all.