The Houston Astros placed outfielder Chas McCormick on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday because of right hamstring discomfort. In a corresponding move, the Astros recalled shortstop Jacob Amaya from Triple-A Sugar Land.
Astros waste a quality Verlander start It was a lot to ask. The Astros, notorious extra inning game losers, were not about to win two of them in a row.
The Houston Astros pitching staff was riddled with injuries as the season began, and it played a key role in the team's slow start. But now, slowly but surely, they are getting their pitching staff back to full strength.
He's had a tough first month of the season. The typically steady left fielder has yet to hit a home run.
The brutal start to the season from the Houston Astros looks like it could be flipping as the team has now won three straight games. It was an interesting first month of the season for the Astros, an organization that's dominated baseball for much of the past decade.
Justin Verlander’s net worth in 2024 is about $150 million. Verlander is an MLB professional baseball player who has played for several teams over the length of his 18-year career.
The Houston Astros officially optioned Jose Abreu to West Palm Beach today. It was shocking when that news was announced because it was reported that the former MVP was in agreement that he needed to spend some time away from Major League Baseball after his brutal stretch to start the year.
Bregman’s Slow Start and Decline in Team Defense As we hope for the Astros to start chipping away at the team’s poor Win% in 2024, let’s look at a couple of issues which may be relevant to the team’s start to this season.
For most of April, the Houston Astros couldn't do anything right. Timely hits eluded them, quality innings were hard to come by, and the bullpen couldn't hold a lead to save its life.
Jose Altuve, batting .345 this season, leads the Houston Astros (10-19) into a matchup with one of the league’s other top hitters, Steven Kwan (.350 AVG) and the Cleveland Guardians (19-10).
Following a stretch of three consecutive wins, the Houston Astros (10-19) play the Cleveland Guardians (19-10) at 8:10 PM ET on Wednesday. The Astros will look to Justin Verlander (1-0) against the Guardians and Triston McKenzie (2-2).
Hours after the Astros made the shocking move of optioning veteran first baseman Jose Abreu to allow him to work on his swing at its Florida spring training facility, his replacements played a role in Houston's 10-9, 10-inning victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday.
Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a look at the final April stats and passes judgment on which slow-starting fantasy players need to be traded for.
It’s been hard to watch Jose Abreu lately. If you’re a Houston Astros fan, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Abreu, 37, was mercifully optioned to West Palm Beach in a surprise transaction to close out a brutal month of April that featured a .099/.156/.113 triple slash, along with a .269 OPS (-21 wRC+) in 77 plate appearances.
Houston wins it 10-9 on a walk-off homer in the 10th WOW, what a wild game. Honestly, I am not even that excited, just relieved they didn’t blow another lead.
The Houston Astros are optioning first baseman José Abreu to West Palm Beach, effective Wednesday, general manager Dana Brown told The Athletic's Chandler Rome on Tuesday.
First baseman José Abreu is not with the Astros right now and will be optioned Wednesday to West Palm Beach.
The Houston Astros' disastrous start may be the most surprising storyline of the MLB season.
When he has put the bat on the ball, he hasn’t been able to do damage. Most notably, he has yet to hit a home run this season. He has just 21 hits, with his five doubles being the only knocks of the extra-base variety.
These three teams are not off to the starts they expected and are quickly running out of time to right the ship.
The Houston Astros are shaking up their roster amidst a slow start to the season. The team plans to call up one of their top prospects to the big leagues before their series opens against the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday.
Cody Goggin of the Action Network shares his Astros vs. Cubs pick, including MLB odds and predictions for the game at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, April 23.
The Astros confirmed tragic news about one of their former prospects on Saturday.
How many of the active MLB pitchers with the most career strikeouts can you name in five minutes?
The Astros have to be questioning whether they have Josh Hader out there pitching for them right now or Bill Hader.
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