HOUSTON, TX – The Houston Astros have announced their initial Player Pool this afternoon, a group of 56, which includes 30 pitchers and 26 position players. The announcement was made by Astros General Manager James Click.

The Astros Player Pool consists of players who will be eligible to play for them in the Major Leagues in 2020. This Player Pool can change throughout the season, as the Astros will be able to add and subtract from this group through standard transactions, i.e. waiver claims, free agent signings, releases, and trades. A club’s Player Pool can consist of up to 60 players but cannot exceed that number.

On Opening Day, the Astros will set an active roster, pulling all players on the roster from their Player Pool. The remaining players that do not make the Major League roster will continue training at an alternate location and can be recalled throughout the season under the normal option and recall rules.

The Astros Player Pool is scheduled to report to Spring Training this week, but will be split at two different locations.

The Astros will announce Spring Training report dates, workout groups, workout times and credentialing information in the coming days.

The Astros 2020 Player Pool:

PITCHERS

Armenteros, Rogelio
Abreu, Bryan
Bailey, Brandon
Biagini, Joe
Bielak, Brandon
Conine, Brett
Devenski, Chris
Dubin, Shawn
Garcia, Luis
Garza, Ralph
Greinke, Zack
James, Josh
Javier, Cristian
McCullers Jr., Lance
Osuna, Roberto
Paredes, Enoli
Peacock, Brad
Pérez, Cionel
Pressly, Ryan
Pruitt, Austin
Rodriguez, Nivaldo
Scrubb, Andre
Smith, Joe
Sneed, Cy
Taylor, Blake
Torres, Jojanse
Urquidy, Jose
Valdez, Framber
Verlander, Justin
Whitley, Forrest

CATCHERS

Garneau, Dustin
Maldonado, Martín
Papierski, Michael
Ritchie, Jamie
Shaver, Colton
Stubbs, Garrett

INFIELDERS

Altuve, Jose
Bregman, Alex
Correa, Carlos
De Goti, Alex
Díaz, Aledmys
Gurriel, Yuli
Jones, Taylor
Mayfield, Jack
Tanielu, Nick
Toro, Abraham

OUTFIELDERS

Alvarez, Yordan
Brantley, Michael
Dawson, Ronnie
Ferguson, Drew
McCormick, Chas
Meyers, Jake
Reddick, Josh
Springer, George
Straw, Myles
Tucker, Kyle