For the first time since 2016, the Astros won’t be part of baseball’s postseason. The Astros won their season finale today to finish with a respectable 87-75 record, but a 3-6 record over their last nine games left Houston short of the playoffs. The franchise doesn’t appear to be taking this near-miss lying down, as general manager Dana Brown told MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart and other reporters. Moving beyond the manager’s office, it isn’t out of the question that Brown himself could be feeling the heat. Houston’s health woes were brought up multiple times by Brown, and it is hard to argue that even an average amount of injury luck would’ve greatly improved the Astros’ season.