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

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

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

HOUSTON -- The Astros must find a way to snap their home playoff losing streak if they want to keep their season alive. The White Sox are looking to celebrate their first playoff series victory since a World Series win over the Astros in 2005 at the same ballpark. Much

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

The Astros, who roared back from an early-season deficit to win their eighth American League West title in 10 seasons Sunday, return to the playoffs following a one-year absence to face the upstart White Sox, who led the AL Central for much of the season before settling for the final

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.

HOUSTON -- The Astros will turn to rookie right-hander AJ Blubaugh to start Tuesday’s Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series against the White Sox at Daikin Park. Blubaugh -- who threw 15 pitches in relief Friday against the A’s, allowing one run in two-thirds of an inning

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 -- After missing the playoffs by one game last season, the Astros are returning to the postseason for the ninth time in the past 10 seasons after beating the Athletics on Sunday afternoon, 9-0, to clinch the American League West title. “We were able to get in and

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

WEST SACRAMENTO -- If the Astros miss the playoffs by one game for the second year in a row, they will spend sleepless nights in the offseason lamenting how the sixth inning went awry in the 160th game of the season Friday night at Sutter Health Park.

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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

SEATTLE -- Understanding the gravity of every win or loss in the final week of the season, Astros manager Joe Espada squeezed every ounce out of his beleaguered pitching staff Wednesday night. So much so that he pushed closer Josh Hader for 44 pitches to try to close out a

SEATTLE -- It’s one thing to stand up in a team meeting and challenge your teammates to play better. It’s another to be the one showing them the way.

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HOUSTON -- It’s been seven months since the Astros reported to Spring Training in West Palm Beach, Fla., with their sights set on returning to the postseason after missing the playoffs by one game last year. The ups and downs of the summer have led us here -- the final

HOUSTON -- The frustration oozed out of Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez with every word he spoke to reporters in a hushed clubhouse on Sunday afternoon. It was only moments before that the stoic Alvarez did something he hasn’t done much in his career, speaking up in a players’ meeting following

HOUSTON -- With seven games remaining in the regular season, and now in second place in the American League West for the first time since late July, the Astros are faced with the stark reality that they no longer control their own fate. Which means they have to start stacking

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HOUSTON -- Is the American League Most Valuable Player race now a two-person competition between the Rays’ Junior Caminero and Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez? Not so fast, Alvarez’s manager Joe Espada and his teammates said Thursday, after the Astros slugger slammed his 40th homer of the season in a