Astros Drop Series Finale As Rotation Concerns Mount
Spencer Arrighetti’s control problems finally caught up with him in a big way. The right-hander issued a career-high six walks and was tagged for eight runs across four innings Wednesday, and Washington cashed in enough of those free passes to run…
Astros Send Mike Burrows to Triple-A, Face Rotation Decision Before Break
Houston’s rotation shortage is no closer to being resolved. The Astros optioned right-hander Mike Burrows to Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday, and with one turn through the rotation still remaining before the All-Star break, the club now has to…
How Josh Hader’s Return Changes the Astros Bullpen
Josh Hader threw a scoreless ninth inning Wednesday night and earned his first save of 2026. It was one inning. It was also a glimpse of what the Astros have been missing. For more than two months, Houston operated without its closer, patching together a…
Astros Silenced by Misiorowski as Brewers Claim Series Finale
Jakob Misiorowski was everything advertised. The Houston Astros were not. The Milwaukee Brewers’ 24-year-old right-hander held Houston to three hits over seven innings Sunday afternoon at Daikin Park, striking out eight without issuing a walk, as…
The Astros Are Finally Starting to Click
For the first time this season, the Astros are clicking. Are they perfect? No. Is everybody healthy? Hardly. Are they finally starting to look like a functional baseball team again despite everything that has gone wrong over the first two months of the…
Astros Throw Combined No-Hitter Against Rangers
Alimber Santa struck out Brandon Nimmo on a called third strike to end it, and the Houston Astros completed the fifth combined no-hitter in franchise history Memorial Day, blanking the Texas Rangers 9-0 at Globe Life Field. It began with Tatsuya Imai,…
Santa is Coming to H-Town
The Houston Astros’ bullpen is about to get a visit from Santa—and it’s not even December. The Astros will select the contract of right-hander Alimber Santa ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, The…