Time to Panic?

This encapsulates the Astros season so far, where Jeff Luhnow (GM) is Buzz and I (and many others) are Woody.  Yes, it's early in the season.  The Astros are 5-11 (and losing 5-0 as I type).  It's only sixteen games in, out of 162.  That's only 1/10th of the season.  There's plenty of time to come back!

I mean, after all, Tyler White is looking good.  Jose Altuve is raking.  They won AL Player of the Week the first two weeks!  Colby Rasmus is crushing the ball and significantly more patient at the plate.  George Springer is getting hot.  Chris Devenski has been a revelation in the bullpen.

Yeah, but.  They have the worst team ERA in the American League.  They are tied for the worst record in the American League.  Ken Giles has already given up more home runs this season than all of last season.  The starting rotation, even Dallas Keuchel (save his home start against the Tigers) has been awful.  Speaking of awful, Jason Castro, Luis Valbuena, and Carlos Gomez cannot hit to save their lives, and the other options on the bench are not much better.  Oh, and then there's the complete and utter inability to hit with men in scoring position.  And should we mention how the two big trades, to the Brewers and the Phillies, are already looking terrible?  Domingo Santana is playing much better than Gomez.  Vincent Velasquez has a 0.93 ERA through three starts with 29 Ks in 19 innings.

So, what do I do?  Can I look on the bright side?  After all, Lance McCullers should be back in the next month.  Colin Moran, Danny Worth, and Alex Bregman are looking good early in the Minors (pay no attention to A.J. Reed's .208 batting average).  Plus, you can't really judge a team's season until Memorial Day.  And, as I long time fantasy baseball player, I know not to make any rash moves the first month of the season.  Just let things play out!

Ok, but what if the ship does not right itself?  What if McCullers has a sophomore slump?  What if they simply cannot handle the pressure?  What if they're so far out by Memorial Day the tombstone is in place?  What if they make another bad trade in an attempt to fix things?

Right now, I'm going to choose to panic.  I can't help it.  After all, I can't really turn to soccer in the meantime.  Everton is even worse.