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To the victors! Astros win 3rd straight on Caratini's walk-off HR

12:31 AM CDT

HOUSTON – After blowing a five-run lead, Houston fought for its season-high third straight win Tuesday night and arguably, its biggest victory this season. Victor Caratini hit a two-run homer to right in the 10th to send the Astros to a come-from-behind 10-9 win over Cleveland at Minute Maid Park.

José Abreu agrees to be optioned to Minors to work through struggles

April 30, 2024

HOUSTON -- Astros first baseman José Abreu agreed to be optioned to the Minor Leagues, general manager Dana Brown said Tuesday. The move will be effective on Wednesday, with a corresponding roster move to be announced then. Abreu will report to the Astros' Spring Training facility in West Palm Beach,

Astros celebrate Framber's return with Mexico City Series sweep

April 28, 2024

MEXICO CITY -- The biggest reason the Astros have struggled in April is the health of their pitching staff. Six starters have already spent time on the injured list this season, including five at the same time. That forced Houston to call up some young arms who weren’t quite ready,

At a new low price, get MLB.TV all season long

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8:00 AM CDT

April is in the books, but there’s still plenty of baseball left to be played this season, and you can follow all the action on MLB.TV for a new reduced price. MLB.TV’s All Teams Yearly package, which enables you to stream every out-of-market game, live or on demand, on your

Injuries & Moves: Loperfido makes MLB debut

April 30, 2024

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8 high risers who could land in the first round of the Draft

April 30, 2024

Whenever a Draft list is updated for the first time since December, there are bound to be a lot of changes up and down the rankings. This year's new Draft Top 150 takes that to an extreme, speaking to the volatility and uncertainty of the class outside of the top

Redrafting the 2014 Draft class, 10 years later

April 29, 2024

There's a longtime scout who likes to say, "The Draft is hard." The 2014 Draft was very hard. It's just one of three Drafts where the No. 1 overall pick finished his career without reaching the Majors, and the only one where neither of the top two selections made it.

Yordan's pair of 461-foot homers help power Mexico City rout

Houston snaps five-game skid as Tucker also goes deep to back Blanco's sharp eight-K start
April 28, 2024

MEXICO CITY -- The colors, sights and sounds of a bustling city and the welcoming culture, and tantalizing food that surrounded them in the day-plus leading up to the start of the Mexico City Series allowed the Astros some time to put their woes behind them, while offering some hope

479 feet?! Astros prospect demolishes longest Majors/Minors HR in '24

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April 28, 2024

Pedro León was already having the best season of his Minor League career for Triple-A Sugar Land, but one swing of the bat has made his hot start much more impressive. The Astros’ No. 27 prospect needed to see just two pitches in his at-bat in the top of the

Urquidy thrilled to return to Mexico with Astros

April 27, 2024

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Loperfido set to join Astros ahead of series with Guards

April 29, 2024

MEXICO CITY -- Joey Loperfido, the hot-hitting prospect who slugged his Minor League-leading 13th homer of the season on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land, will join the Astros on Tuesday at Minute Maid Park. Loperfido said Space Cowboys manager Mickey Storey informed the team in a meeting following Sunday’s 10-5

Taco Tour connects MLB players, fans in Mexico City

April 26, 2024

MEXICO CITY -- Just hours after landing in Mexico City and with a busy schedule ahead of them -- MLB’s Play Ball event and the first game of the Mexico City Series are scheduled for Saturday at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú -- the Rockies’ Elias Díaz and Nolan Jones, along

'He made you smile': Single-A Fayetteville pays homage to former prospect

@thevandalorian
April 27, 2024

As Single-A Fayetteville assembled for its series opener with Down East on Tuesday, an additional jersey was prepared for the game. This uniform top was never meant to be worn that day, though. It didn't serve a purpose to identify any player on the field; it was an opportunity to

'Gut-check time': Astros determined to steer out of early funk

April 25, 2024

CHICAGO -- Everybody loves a good comeback story. Nobody would love one more than the Astros, who have stumbled out of the gate to start the season and have dug themselves such a hole that the word frustration doesn’t even begin to describe the mood in the clubhouse these days.

A grand for Bregman: Astros' 3B gets 1,000th career hit

April 25, 2024

CHICAGO -- Astros third baseman Alex Bregman became the 14th player in club history to reach 1,000 hits with a bloop single to right field in the sixth inning of Thursday’s 3-1 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Bregman, who began the day hitting .202, was two hits shy

Dusty Baker wins Baseball Digest’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award

Distinguished player and manager honored for significant contributions to the national game
April 25, 2024

Baseball Digest is honored to present its fourth annual Lifetime Achievement Award to Dusty Baker, who retired following the 2023 season after 56 years in Major League Baseball as a player, coach and manager. “Receiving this award is a tremendous honor,” the 74-year-old Baker said. “I never thought that I’d

On-the-job training continues for Arrighetti 

April 25, 2024

CHICAGO -- In a perfect world, Spencer Arrighetti would have settled into the Triple-A rotation to start the season and slowly and steadily built his case to make it to Houston at some point this summer. The Astros, with their starting rotation riddled with injuries, didn’t have that luxury. Arrighetti,

Astros No. 6 prospect joins Yordan Alvarez in rarefied Triple-A HR feat 

@alyssam_gomez
April 25, 2024

Since 2013, only two batters in Triple-A have started the season loaded with power, launching 12 home runs between March and April, and both hail from the same organization -- Yordan Alvarez and now Joey Loperfido. The Astros’ No. 6 prospect reached the dozen dinger mark after going yard twice

Once rivals, still friends: Verlander, Orenduff recount epic duel 20 years later

April 23, 2024

WASHINGTON -- Many around baseball were eager to see what Justin Verlander had left in the tank when he made his delayed first start of the 2024 season on April 19. The 41-year-old had missed the first few weeks with shoulder inflammation and while they say time is undefeated, both

New Draft Top 150 list: BIG changes at the top

April 24, 2024

Three years ago, Charlie Condon attracted zero interest from pro scouts or NCAA Division I baseball programs. He wound up at Georgia as a preferred walk-on and redshirted during his first season in Athens. Now he's the best prospect in the 2024 Draft and sits atop MLB Pipeline's updated and

Astros can't break out of funk in rare trip to Wrigley

April 24, 2024

CHICAGO -- The only player on the Astros roster who was in the lineup in the club’s previous game at Wrigley Field, which came 11 years earlier, was Jose Altuve. That was June 23, 2013, when a rebuilding Astros team was on its way to a franchise-worst 111 losses in

What Astros need to do to turn things around

After placing Javier on IL, Houston shut out by Washington in finale
@JoeTrezz
April 21, 2024

WASHINGTON -- It’s been a cold April for the Astros, whose most trying start in years continued Sunday when their bats went silent in a 6-0 rubber-game loss to the Nationals in the nation’s capital. On a day that began with news of yet another injury to its starting rotation,