Both the Houston Astros and manager Joe Espada are on their last leg. After a miserable 15-23 start to the season — which has come due to a variety of factors, the most major being the multitude of injuries that have plagued the roster since the onset of the campaign — it appears that 2026 is set to be a wash. Baseball Reference gives the team a 1.3% chance to make the postseason, with a less than 0.1% chance of winning the World Series. Yes, it’s early, but it’s also easy to see that this team just doesn’t have the juice. Who’s supposed to supply that juice? Is it the front office? The players? The manager? The answer is probably a little bit of everybody, though that doesn’t necessarily matter when it comes to deciding who’s going to pay for the disappointing seasons that have come in the wake of the ALCS defeat to the rival Texas Rangers in 2023 — all of which have come under the watch of one man: Joe Espada. Time Running Out for Joe Espada Houston Astros manager Joe Espada.…