PHILADELPHIA -- Jose Altuve has put together quite the résumé over his 16-year career with the Astros. American League MVP in 2017. Two-time World Series champion. Nine-time All-Star. Seven-time Silver Slugger. Gold Glove winner. ALCS MVP in '19.

With the Minor League regular seasons wrapping up this month, it’s tempting to say we’re already looking ahead to 2027. But in this case, we’re going one step beyond that.

PHILADELPHIA -- Astros center fielder Daulton Varsho spent quite a few childhood summers shagging fly balls in the outfield at Citizens Bank Park during Phillies batting practice. From the time Daulton was 6-10 years old, his dad, Gary, served as a coach for the Phillies. Daulton is even named after

When the Astros' scouting department met for an early meeting in January, Logan Hughes immediately got circled on the short list of candidates for the organization’s first two picks in the July Draft. The former Texas Tech outfielder popped up on Houston's radar throughout his sophomore season and then in

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HOUSTON -- Yordan Alvarez’s grip on the American League’s Triple Crown has weakened in the last few weeks, the product of hitting only three homers since the start of August. Alvarez clubbed his career-high 38th homer of the season in the first inning of Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the Diamondbacks

HOUSTON -- These are not your 2019 Astros, who featured the top two finishers in the American League Cy Young Award voting in Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole and was joined in July by Zack Greinke, who came in a trade from Arizona in July. That was a generational rotation

HOUSTON -- Like he does with nearly every save he gets, Astros closer Josh Hader secured the baseball from his final out and kept it for himself. Sometimes he’ll give the ball to the starting pitcher if the memento means more to him -- such as rookie Ethan Pecko getting

HOUSTON -- The Astros will be without one of their key bullpen weapons for at least the next 10 games after left-hander Steven Okert was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday with a right hamstring strain. Fellow southpaw Bryan King was recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land. Okert entered Friday

This story was excerpted from Brian McTaggart’s Astros Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. HOUSTON -- There may be no better example of determination and grit in the Astros’ Minor League system than 24-year-old right-hander Alex Santos II,

The White Sox have earned the official designation this season of Pope Leo XIV’s favorite team, from receiving his own White Sox “Pope Hat” recently to confirming he attended the 2005 World Series. At least one Astros fan was feeling a bit left out, though. The Houston broadcast spotlighted a

Major League Baseball announced the 2027 Spring Training schedule on Friday.

HOUSTON -- The four singles the White Sox pieced together against Astros starter Hunter Brown in the second inning of Wednesday afternoon’s game had an average exit velocity of 80 mph, including two infield hits. Chicago pushed across a pair of runs and forced Brown to throw 28 pitches in

HOUSTON -- The intensity built with every zero that appeared on the scoreboard at Daikin Park on Wednesday, especially in the home dugout. The Astros, fighting to protect their American League West lead, were in desperate need of a hit to not waste a gem of a performance from starting

Pete Crow-Armstrong is going toe to toe with the game’s biggest, baddest sluggers -- and he’s winning. PCA is hardly a giant -- listed at 6 feet tall and 184 pounds -- but he might be a giant-slayer. Last week, he vaulted over back-to-back-to-back MVP Award winner Shohei Ohtani in

HOUSTON -- Astros third baseman Carlos Correa cleared another major hurdle in his effort to try to return to the field following the ankle surgery he had in May, saying before Houston's 5-1 loss to the White Sox on Tuesday that he was headed to the team’s Spring Training facility

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Max Holy immediately jumped to mind when Micheal Thomas was once asked about underrated prospects. The Astros' Minor League field coordinator already knew much about the elite shortstop now ranked No. 29 in the organization, but he also believed the 24-year-old possessed the tools to contribute at the highest level

HOUSTON -- It’s no secret the Astros have been struggling to find offensive production from their outfielders throughout this season. Houston has started 10 different players in left field and eight different players in center field, with Cam Smith getting the overwhelming amount of starts in right field.

Here’s a pop quiz: What do Konnor Griffin, Joshua Báez, Eric Hartman and Theo Gillen have in common with Astros No. 10 prospect Anthony Huezo? They’re the only five Minor Leaguers across the past two seasons to achieve a 20-home-run, 40-stolen-base season. The first four names are all either in

NEW YORK -- When the Astros boarded their flight to New York a week ago, they were reeling from a 3-6 homestand against three teams with losing records and were about to part ways with general manager Dana Brown. They weren’t exactly a team in turmoil, but they were close.