HOUSTON -- Coming off a historic season in which he slammed 32 home runs and stole 32 bases as a catcher, Astros prospect Jason Schiavone put himself on the map in 2026, and perhaps on the cusp on the Major Leagues in '27. Schiavone will likely be invited to Major

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Last week, MLB Pipeline revealed its selections for Minor League Hitting Prospect of the Year and Minor League Pitching Prospect of the Year during the 2026 MiLB Awards Show on MLB Network. Brewers corner infielder Andrew Fischer won hitting honors after swatting 48 homers, the most in the Minors since

Major League Baseball on Monday announced finalists for the 2026 Hank Aaron Award, an honor that recognizes the most outstanding regular season offensive performer in each League. At last year’s All-Star Game in Atlanta, MLB celebrated the 51st anniversary of Hank Aaron’s historic 715th record-breaking home run with a special

HOUSTON -- The last team to make the playoffs when they won the American League West title on the final day of the regular season on Sunday, the Astros were the first team to be eliminated from the 2026 postseason. In a game that was emblematic of their season, the

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates. As a reminder, players can remain on the 60-day IL through the World Series, after which teams must account for those players on their 40-man roster.

HOUSTON -- It’s been four years since the Astros won the World Series and three years since they won a playoff game, with their historic run of dominance that culminated with seven consecutive trips to the ALCS, four AL pennants and two championships slipping further into the rearview. That’s what

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- After struggling in his first three pro seasons, Nehomar Ochoa Jr. finally got going this year. He batted .287/.349/.500 with 11 homers and 29 steals in 64 games between two Class A levels at age 20, showing why the Astros paid him $300,000 (double slot value) as

HOUSTON -- The legend of Astros second baseman Jose Altuve as one of baseball's greatest postseason performers of all time continues to grow.

The Minor League playoffs have been completed. There are only a handful of players with prospect eligibility remaining left in the Major League postseason, and there will be fewer with each passing round. Time for us in prospectdom to go into offseason mode? Not so fast, friends. The Arizona Fall

HOUSTON -- Astros manager Joe Espada said Wednesday he understood the frustration of fans who showered his team with loud boos at different points in Tuesday’s 6-3 loss to the White Sox in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series, which was Houston’s eighth consecutive postseason loss at

HOUSTON -- The urgency to win in the final days of the regular season forced the Astros to dig deep into their pitching depth, leaving no stone unturned en route to clinching the American League West division title. The strategy worked, with Houston returning to the postseason for the ninth

Action in the Arizona Fall League kicked off over the weekend with a full slate of games, with big names already turning heads. While a lot of attention is understandably given to the high-profile prospects -- the late additions of Sebastian Walcott, Aidan Miller and Angeibel Gomez created some fun

HOUSTON -- Half of the 26 players the Astros are carrying on their 26-man roster for the American League Wild Card Series will have no postseason experience, including five position players and eight pitchers.

There’s more than one way to build a winning baseball club. You can rely almost exclusively on homegrown talent, like the Guardians are doing this year with 16 players on their projected postseason roster coming from the Draft or international signing processes. You can be active traders like the Rays

HOUSTON – He’s already proven himself this year as the game’s most dangerous hitter, a special blend of power and plate discipline that will likely carry Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez to the American League Most Valuable Player Award on the heels of winning his first batting title.

WEST SACRAMENTO -- The Astros were in a tough spot early in the season. They were 20-31 in mid-May, they had a handful of star players on the injured list, including ace Hunter Brown, closer Josh Hader and star shortstop Jeremy Peña and were scrambling to find players to fill

WEST SACRAMENTO -- One of the most bizarre division races in recent memory will come down to Game 162, because that’s exactly the way things were meant to play out in the American League West in 2026. In a division that no team seemed it wanted to win, the Astros

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WEST SACRAMENTO -- Astros rookie outfielder Lucas Spence may have saved the season Thursday night, and made some history in the process. Spence became the third player in Major League history to hit his first three career homers in the same game -- including a solo shot in the seventh

WEST SACRAMENTO -- After dealing with a pair of cysts in his left wrist that were limiting his mobility and causing him pain for three months, Astros veteran outfielder Daulton Varsho was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday in a move that ends his season and could keep him