Astros Get Encouraging Injury News—But Yordan Alvarez Looms Large
The Houston Astros' injured list has been one of the defining stories of their 2026 season, and Sunday brought both cautious optimism and fresh concern. On the encouraging side, four...
Spencer Arrighetti Keeps Bailing Out the Astros
Spencer Arrighetti knows what it feels like to watch a season fall apart from the inside. A broken right thumb in 2025, then elbow inflammation, then shutdown: seven starts and...
Astros Bringing Imai Back Despite Rough Rehab as Rotation Thins
The numbers from Tatsuya Imai's rehab start Tuesday in Sugar Land were not encouraging. Three innings, five walks, 27 strikes on 63 pitches. By any measure, it was not the...
Astros Scratch Yainer Diaz Late with Abdominal Injury vs. Dodgers
The Houston Astros' injury list grew longer Monday when catcher Yainer Diaz was scratched from the lineup against the Los Angeles Dodgers due to a left abdominal injury, the team...
Astros Turn to Kai-Wei Teng as Rotation Crisis Forces Bold Move
For the better part of a month, Kai-Wei Teng has been one of the few reliable arms in a Houston Astros bullpen under siege. On Tuesday in Baltimore, he gets...
Astros Injury Update: Imai Nears Return, Sousa Could Be Back This Weekend
The Houston Astros got some encouraging injury news Friday, with right-hander Tatsuya Imai taking a significant step toward returning to the rotation and reliever Bennett Sousa nearing a comeback from...
Astros Pitching Is Evolving—They Just Can’t Stay Healthy
The most important trend in pitching right now has nothing to do with velocity. It has to do with shapes. As Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci recently detailed, pitchers across baseball...
“You Can’t Cry About It”: Dana Brown On Houston’s Relentless Injury Wave
CLEVELAND — Nine players placed on the injured list in 17 days. Seventeen players dealing with injuries overall, an MLB high. And the season is not yet four weeks old....
Astros Pitching Crisis: 10 Starters in 21 Games
What was supposed to be the Astros’ biggest strength has become a nightly scramble. Three weeks into the 2026 season, injuries have torn through Houston’s pitching staff, forcing the club...
Astros Injuries Mount as Peña, Imai Join Brown, Javier on IL
Before Monday's game against the Seattle Mariners, the Houston Astros were already short two starting pitchers. Then things got worse. The club placed right-hander Tatsuya Imai on the 15-day IL...