The Houston Astros, based in Houston, Texas, participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the National League Central Division. The Astros were founded as the Houston Colt .45's in 1962.
The Astros completed their Minor League staff assignments Tuesday, naming Jaime Garcia the pitching coordinator, Ty Van Burkleo the roving hitting instructor and Danny Sheaffer the roving catching instructor. They join field coordinator Paul Runge, roving infield instructor Stubby Clapp and roving outfield and baserunning instructor Milt Thompson, who had been announced earlier. Garcia spent [...]
The Astros signed left-handed reliever Gustavo Chacin on Wednesday to a Minor League contract with an invite to Spring Training. Chacin was 2-2 with one save and a 4.70 ERA in a career-high 44 relief appearances in two stints with the Astros last season. He joined the staff May 4 and his first outing May [...]
HOUSTON — Just two outs away from what would have been their biggest come-from-behind victory of the season, the Astros were instead left to digest a disappointing loss to the Brewers. The Brewers scored a run in the ninth inning against closer Brandon Lyon to force extra innings and pushed two more home in the [...]
HOUSTON — Because the Astros have played so many tight games in September, manager Brad Mills has admittedly had a tough time finding a way to get relief pitchers Felipe Paulino and Wesley Wright some innings. Paulino, who missed 2 1/2 months with right shoulder tendinitis, hadn’t pitched since being activated from the 15-day disabled [...]
CHICAGO — Considering all the things that went wrong for the Astros on Monday afternoon, they were still only one pitch away from perhaps being able to topple the Cubs in the series opener and keep their road momentum in full swing. But even with steady Wandy Rodriguez pitching at Wrigley Field with the benefit [...]
Blum open to returning to Astros next year Bogusevic makes first Major League start Paulino's simulated game pushed back CHICAGO — Astros manager Brad Mills has certainly enjoyed what he has seen in the second half of the season from right fielder Hunter Pence, who prior to Monday, was batting .329 with 11 homers and [...]
PHOENIX — Brett Myers' impressive streak — he's now pitched six-plus innings in 28 straight starts — is about control. The deeper into ballgames he goes, the more of it he has in the Astros' pursuit of victory. Conversely, the earlier Myers exits — even if that is two-thirds through — the more he has [...]
Wallace happy to be playing back home Pence struggling at the plate on the road Worth noting PHOENIX — First baseman Brett Wallace played collegiate baseball down the road in Tempe and his Astros manager, Brad Mills, did so further south in Tucson. So does Arizona State's Wallace get a good ribbing from University of [...]
NEW YORK — The Astros made the kind of missteps — literally and figuratively — that they didn't commit in their four-sweep of the Phillies earlier in the week, a series in which they played perhaps their most complete baseball of the season. The team that lost 2-1 to the Mets on Friday night wasn't [...]
Blum's return to Astros pushed back Corpus Christi next for Keppinger, Lindstrom NEW YORK — Astros general manager Ed Wade and manager Brad Mills have been talking nearly daily recently about possible candidates to be called up Friday when rosters can be expanded. One thing's for sure: the Astros will call up a catcher and [...]