The Houston Astros have been a model of consistency since 2015, making the playoffs in nine of their 11 seasons since, while winning two titles during that span. The Astros are well positioned to ...

The Houston Astros have Christian Walker to play first base. The question was how much playing time would be left for Jon Singleton. As it turns out, there isn’t much left at all. Astros manager ...

The Houston Astros are gearing up for the 2025 season, but they have failed to extend one of their most important players. Without an extension, Framber Valdez will enter free agency after the season.

Espada gave 109 plate appearances to pinch hitters last year, the most in any Houston Astros season since 2016. The Astros may approach or exceed that number this season, one in which they could ...

Veteran MLB outfielder Ben Gamel ended the 2024 season in a Houston Astros uniform, his eighth team in nine years. Now, Gamel can make it nine teams in 10 seasons. The Astros announced Saturday ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Meeting with his team before its first full-squad workout, Houston Astros manager Joe Espada addressed the elephant in the room. Or, more accurately, the elephants not in ...

Framber Valdez and the Astros avoided arbitration by agreeing to an $18MM salary for the 2025 season, though these appear to have been the only contract talks between the two sides this winter.

On Tuesday, Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. hit a significant milestone in his recovery from a two-year absence as he returned to the mound for the first time in 868 days. McCullers started ...

The Astros started dropping hints about some kind of barbecue-flavored fun Feb. 24, when the club posted a thirst trap of a video on Instagram: a roll of butcher paper depicting the date "2/27." ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Less than three weeks remain before the Houston Astros depart their spring training complex for Daikin Park and a pair of preseason tune-ups prior to opening day.

Former Astros slugger and current team advisor Jeff Bagwell raved about Smith’s 6-foot-3 frame and power potential in early February. Smith smacked two home runs in the same Spring Training game ...

He spent 14 years of his 27-season big league career in Texas, nine with the Houston Astros and five with the Texas Rangers. Which fan base he belongs to more — Houston fans, don’t look at ...