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.
This has not been the Houston Astros that fans and all of Major League Baseball has gotten to know during the last decade. The normally unflappable, mistake-free, machine-like roster has turned into legitimately one of the worst playing teams in all of baseball.
We can see the struggles on the field, but what about behind the scenes? HOUSTON - By now, the new-season smell for the 2024 season has long worn off. Everyone has had a home stand and a road trip or two.
As the Houston Astros struggled through their first full month of the season, many people had their eye on what one of their star prospects was doing down in the minors.
The Houston Astros (10-20) host the Cleveland Guardians (20-10) at 8:10 PM ET Thursday in a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. Jose Altuve is batting .341 this year (eighth in the league) for the favored Astros (-131), while Steven Kwan ranks third in the majors with a .360 average for the underdog […]
The Cleveland Guardians (20-10) play on Thursday in Houston against the Houston Astros (10-20). First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET. The probable pitchers are Spencer Arrighetti (0-3) for the Astros and Logan Allen (3-1) for the Guardians.
The Houston Astros are desperately looking for things that will help them turn around their season after getting off to such an awful start. It would truly take a rare effort to get them into the playoff picture based on what occurred in April.
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.
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.
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.
Top prospect Joey Loperfido will join the Houston Astros before the start of a series with the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday. The Astros made the announcement Monday with 37-year-old first baseman Jose Abreu off to a slow start at the plate.
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.
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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