Ep 4: Thank God We Got Osuna

The 2018 Astros were even more talented than the previous season’s
champions. There was just one problem: they couldn’t count on their
closer. The good news? There was a great one, named Roberto Osuna,
available on the trade market – but Osuna had been suspended for
allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. While many clubs wouldn’t even
consider bringing him on, Jeff Luhnow’s Astros swooped in. It was
the moment when many realized just how far the Astros would go to
find a winning edge. And it was a seed that would metastasize into
something deeply destructive: a shocking clubhouse incident that
made the formerly lovable underdogs a target to be taken down. To
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