Chris Johnson is up, but Jose Altuve and Jed Lowrie still lead the offense. Wandy Rodriguez, Brett Myers and Wilton Lopez continue to shine while the rest of the pitching staff struggles.

An introduction to Bill James' Game Score and how it applies to the Astros 2012 season.

Jed Lowrie, Wandy Rodriguez and Jordan Schafer all atop the performance rankings this week.

A look back on how Astros pitchers performed over the past week.

Ranking the Houston Astros by top 5 players in, hitting, pitching and fielding.

Jose Altuve was particularly good against the Brewers. What I was struck by in watching the last three games was three specific at-bats and how the Milwaukee pitchers approached Escorpion.

Let's discuss clutch performance.

Runs scored, walks and more as we look back at the last week for Astros hitters.

Walking through FIP and xFIP with Wandy Rodriguez as our guide.

A review of sabermetric stats related to on base percentage.