ARLINGTON -- Christian Vázquez is one of only two catchers in Major League history to catch a no-hitter in the World Series, which he did in 2022 for the Astros in Game 4 against the Phillies. The other is Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, who caught Don Larsen’s perfect game

ARLINGTON -- Based on how Astros starter Tatsuya Imai began Monday’s game against the Rangers, a no-hitter seemed to be as far-fetched as Santa making an appearance in May. It turns out magical things can happen on other holidays, as well.

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ARLINGTON -- No one had more belief in Santa on Monday night than Astros manager Joe Espada. With his club six outs away from finishing off the first no-hitter in the Major Leagues in nearly two years, Espada turned to right-handed reliever Alimber Santa, a 23-year-old Dominican who was making

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CHICAGO -- Perhaps you were ready to jump ship when the Astros were 11 games under .500 in mid-May and had most of their starting pitching rotation, their All-Star closer and a handful of key position players on the injured list. But giving up on a team before Memorial Day

A contingent of Astros made rehab appearances for Double-A Corpus Christi on Sunday. Hunter Brown (Grade 2 right shoulder strain), Josh Hader (left biceps tendinitis), Taylor Trammell (Grade 2 left groin strain) and Joey Loperfido (right quad strain) each appeared for Houston’s Double-A affiliate, as they reach attempt to return

CHICAGO -- What makes right-hander Kai-Wei Teng’s sweeper so difficult for opposing pitchers to hit, says Astros catcher César Salazar, is that it resembles a fastball for a good portion of the time while traveling to the plate and then suddenly takes a hard left. By that time, the hitter

CHICAGO -- Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez is scheduled for his first day off this season on Sunday against the Cubs, which will come in Houston’s 54th game -- the one-third mark on the schedule. Alvarez has started every game so far and was pulled from Saturday’s 3-0 win at Wrigley

CHICAGO -- Jose Altuve drew a couple of ovations from Astros fans when he emerged from the first-base dugout at Wrigley Field about 90 minutes prior to Saturday’s game against the Cubs. Altuve waved to the fans and did a light workout in the outfield, marking the beginning of his

CHICAGO -- Astros pitcher Spencer Arrighetti had issues gripping the baseball Friday afternoon, which put him in a couple of difficult spots on a chilly afternoon against the Cubs. A walk and two hit batters loaded the bases with no outs in the third inning, and a pair of one-out

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HOUSTON -- It’s seven months early, but the Astros are turning to Santa for some help for their bullpen. Right-hander Alimber Santa, the team’s No. 16-ranked prospect by MLB Pipeline, is coming to town -- as in Chicago for the Astros’ series against the Cubs this weekend at Wrigley Field.

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Just three weeks ago, the Astros had the most productive offense in the American League. But thanks to recent results, that hot start feels like a distant memory. The Astros’ offensive struggles were on display again on Wednesday afternoon when they fell to the Twins, 4-1, dropping two

We’re less than two months away from the Draft now, with high school playoffs rolling on and colleges in conference tournament play. It might have been efficient to do this week’s mock draft in person at the SEC Tournament in Alabama, because it felt that pretty much every scouting director

MINNEAPOLIS -- Spot starter Jason Alexander made the most of his surprise opportunity, pitching six shutout innings while Isaac Paredes hit a two-run homer on Tuesday as the Astros beat the Twins, 2-1, at Target Field.

This is the time of year when we like to look at pleasant developments in the early part of the Minor League schedule. When we did so a year ago, we spotlighted several prospects who were steaming toward MLB Pipeline's Top 100 list: A.J. Ewing, Carlos Lagrange, Joe Mack, Rainiel

Nickname Knockout -- the fan-voted tournament to determine who has the best nickname in Minor League Baseball -- is headed into the home stretch, and The Iowa Meat Truck is leading the pack. Voting for this 32-player bracket began on May 19 and will run through Friday, May 29, at

MINNEAPOLIS – The Astros placed right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. on the 15-day IL Tuesday due to right shoulder inflammation. McCullers was scratched from his scheduled start against the Twins on Tuesday night. RHP Jason Alexander, who was recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land earlier in the week, got the start in

MINNEAPOLIS -- It wasn’t quite the outcome that Tatsuya Imai and the Astros were hoping for. But in the Astros’ rain-delayed 6-3 loss to the Twins on Monday, Imai demonstrated improvement in a couple of key areas that have tripped him up early in his Astros career. Imai pitched 4