HOUSTON -- Hunter Brown’s emergence as the ace of the Astros’ pitching staff in 2025 not only earned him a spot as a finalist for the American League Cy Young Award, but he was named to the All-MLB Second Team presented by MGM Rewards on Thursday in Las Vegas. The

HOUSTON -- The best is yet to come for 27-year-old Astros right-hander Hunter Brown, who parlayed the best season of his four-year career into a third-place finish in the American League Cy Young Award voting. That’s an exciting thought for Houston fans considering Brown has three more seasons of team

Astros right-hander James Hicks brought the kitchen sink with him to throw at Arizona Fall League hitters, and, boy, did it work. The organization’s No. 26 prospect may not have any plus pitches, but he used all of them to earn Arizona Fall League Pitcher of the Year honors after

HOUSTON -- The Astros made two more additions to their coaching staff for 2026, naming Anthony Iapoce as assistant hitting coach and Dan Hennigan as director of hitting and offensive coordinator on Wednesday. They’ll be working with Victor Rodriguez, who was hired last week as hitting coach after two seasons

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MESA, Ariz. -- Outfielder Raudi Rodriguez emerged as one of the Angels' best offensive prospects this year, slashing .281/.372/.470 with 14 homers and 38 steals at Single-A during his full-season debut. He has been of the toughest outs in the Arizona Fall League as well, batting .421/.507/.614 with eight extra-base

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Every year at around this time at MLB Pipeline, we try to look into our crystal ball and find a Rookie of the Year candidate for each team. In 2025, we picked two of the three American League finalists in the A’s Jacob Wilson and Roman Anthony of the Red

The clock is ticking. All 30 Major League teams have decisions to make ahead of Tuesday's 6 p.m. ET deadline to set 40-man rosters. Eligible players who are not added to their respective organization's roster by then can be selected by another organization in the Rule 5 Draft, which is

MESA, Ariz. -- For the third consecutive season, the American League Fall Stars took home Arizona Fall League bragging rights on the back of a 5-4 walk-off victory over their National League counterparts at Sloan Park on Sunday night. Angels outfielder Raudi Rodriguez garnered Most Valuable Player honors, becoming the

HOUSTON -- With free agency underway, the Astros will be looking to bolster their rotation and their bullpen, though the rotation is probably on the front burner. Houston gave veteran left-hander Framber Valdez a qualifying offer, but he likely rejects it and hits the open market, leaving a big hole

Below are point totals for the balloting for the 2025 Manager of the Year Award, as voted on by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Ballots for each award were submitted before the start of the postseason from two writers in every city, based on the league covered.

HOUSTON -- The Astros on Thursday extended a qualifying offer to free agent left-handed pitcher Framber Valdez, a move which comes as no surprise. He was one of 13 players around Major League Baseball to receive a qualifying offer. Valdez has until 3 p.m. CT on Nov. 18 to accept

HOUSTON -- Victor Rodríguez, who served the past two seasons as the Padres' hitting coach and was also the assistant hitting coach for the Red Sox (2013–17) and Guardians (2018–23), will join the Astros' coaching staff as hitting coach in 2026, a source told MLB.com. Rodríguez, 64, is the first

Since the Arizona Fall League started the Fall Stars Game in 2010 to shine a spotlight on its top talents, the event has featured a number of future big league luminaries. Ronald Acuña Jr., Mookie Betts, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bryce Harper, Aaron Judge, Francisco Lindor, Julio Rodríguez, Corey Seager and

Major League Baseball released its full 2026 Spring Training schedule -- complete with a few fun twists -- on Wednesday. The action kicks off on Feb. 20 with a handful of games, including four in the Cactus League (D-backs-Rockies, Padres-Mariners, Royals-Rangers, and White Sox-Cubs), one in the Grapefruit League (Yankees-Orioles)

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HOUSTON -- Astros ace right-hander Hunter Brown, who made the American League All-Star team for the first time this past season, is one of three finalists for the AL Cy Young Award, along with Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox and the Tigers’ Tarik Skubal, who won the award last

The All-Star festivities at baseball’s most elite prospect circuit are always an unforgettable event. The 19th annual Fall Stars Game will be no different. This year’s iteration, which will be broadcast live on MLB Network and MLB.com at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday from Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, will

HOUSTON -- The only Astros player to start at seven positions in consecutive seasons, utility man Mauricio Dubón has become the seventh Houston player to win multiple American League Gold Glove Awards.

• 2025 Gold Glove Award winners Dubón was named the winner of his second Gold Glove at the

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are among the eight players on this year’s Era Committee ballot unveiled Monday by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bonds, Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela comprise the Contemporary Baseball Era player ballot, which focuses on

The first two years of Spring Breakout play produced several memorable moments. Paul Skenes throwing a 102-mph fastball to Jackson Holliday and striking him out on a 92-mph slider, and Spencer Jones walloping 826 feet worth of home runs in 2024. Four of the game's top dozen prospects homering in