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2 weeks ago | 
worldbaseball.com | Houston Astros |Jose Altuve |Kyle Tucker
About 3 minutes reading time. HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve asked manager Joe Espada to move him out of the leadoff spot and into the second hole for the Houston Astros. The reason? He wanted more time to get ready to hit in the bottom of the first inning after coming into the dugout from left field. Altuve is playing left for the first time in his career after spending his first 14 major league seasons at second base. “I just need like 10 more seconds,” he said.
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2 weeks ago | 
worldbaseball.com | Houston Astros |Jose Altuve |Kyle Tucker
About 3 minutes reading time. HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve asked manager Joe Espada to move him out of the leadoff spot and into the second hole for the Houston Astros. The reason? He wanted more time to get to the dugout from left field. Altuve is playing left for the first time in his career after spending his first 14 MLB seasons at second base. “I just need like 10 more seconds,” he said.
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1 month ago | 
kristv.com | Larissa Liska |Houston Astros
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Houston Astros Player Development Department announced the Hooks initial 28-man roster on Tuesday, 15 pitchers and 13 position players. The list features 20 returners for the start of Corpus Christi's 20th Anniversary Season led by first-year Hooks manager Ricky Rivera. The Hooks start the season with a spring training exhibition game on April 2 at 6:35 p.m. at Whataburger Field against Texas A&M-Kingsville. Fans can purchase tickets .
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1 month ago | 
worldbaseball.com | Matt Tallarini |Matthew Tallarini |Cam Smith |Houston Astros
About 5 minutes reading time. With Opening Day set for Thursday, March 27, the 2025 Major League Baseball season is here. World Baseball Network rounded up some of the most notable roster moves ahead of first pitch. Houston Astros Add Top Prospect Cam Smith to Opening Day RosterThird baseman Cam Smith, Houston’s top prospect and No. 58 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 list, will be on the Astros’ Opening Day roster. The 22-year-old from Lake Worth, Fla., was promoted after a strong spring showing.
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1 month ago | 
wisportsheroics.com | Houston Astros |Robin Adams
For over a decade, the Milwaukee Brewers had a revolving door at first base. From 2012-2021, a ten-year span, ten different players started at the position on Opening Day. And that does not include the multiple other players that took turns at first base during that time. One of these players was Jon Singleton who, though his stint in Milwaukee was short-lived, was one of the best feel-good stories of the year in 2023.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Houston Astros
There are a few concerns about the Houston Astros roster entering the season, but one of them is easily fixable. A season ago, the Astros were derailed by injuries more than most teams in Major League Baseball. The pitching staff has a chance to be very good when healthy, but given all of the guys in the rotation who have dealt with injuries throughout much of their careers, it's tough to say Houston should trust them to remain healthy. Now, fortunately, that doesn't mean the Astros need an ace.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Houston Astros
The Houston Astros have been the gold standard in baseball for nearly the last decade. Last season was the seventh time in the last eight years that they won the American League West, but it could very well have been the end of their dynasty as we know it. In the past, they had the pieces in place to replace George Springer and Carlos Correa, who both departed in free agency.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Houston Astros
Entering the 2024 campaign, the hope was for J.P. France to do what he did the season prior for the Houston Astros. France was coming off a 3.83 ERA showing, an impressive debut year for the right-hander. Enter Spring Training, France didn't feel great. Unfortunately, that shoulder discomfort was just the beginning of what was to come for the 29-year-old, who underwent surgery on July 1 to repair a torn right shoulder capsule.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | Detroit Tigers |Houston Astros |Justin Verlander |Logan Webb
About 3 minutes reading time. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the first time in nearly two decades as a major league pitcher, Justin Verlander didn’t take an offseason break from throwing. He needed to keep a baseball in his hand so his shoulder would cooperate. He needed the routine, to maintain a rhythm. “I’ve always been somebody who, I set down the ball, I don’t pick it up again for a few months and then I’ve always been very lucky that I just pick it up and start throwing,” Verlander said Monday.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Houston Astros
Barring anything changing, the likeliest outcome is for Alex Bregman to land with the Boston Red Sox or Detroit Tigers. There could be other suitors, but those are the two most involved, according to reports on the former Houston Astros star. Unless Houston is willing to give him an expensive deal, something the front office shouldn't do with how the roster is currently constructed, his time with the ball club seems to have ended.
