The Houston Astros season ended earlier than anyone wanted it to with a 2-0 Wild Card sweep against the Detroit Tigers. Now, the page must turn to the offseason and there are some big questions that will have to be answered.

The last time the ALCS did not feature the Houston Astros, Coco Crisp and B.J. Upton took part in it. That's how long ago it was. We're only a few weeks from that changing, though, because the Astros' seven-year run of making the ALCS every single year has come to end.

The Astros, improbably, were the first team eliminated from the 2024 postseason. The Detroit Tigers swept them 2-0 in the wild-card round behind a dominant performance from Tarik Skubal in Game 1 and a scrappy comeback in a back-and-forth Game 2. Houston's remarkable string of seven consecutive ALCS appearances is over.