My expertise is history and statistics. So, when you combine those two things, my mind immediately goes to the history of ...

Essentially, the idea was that his recent hot streak gave the Astros an opportunity to choose which path they wanted to go on with Diaz. They could trade him, tender him, or extend him. The ...

To put it simply, it was one of the one or two best performances from a rookie in franchise history. J.R. Towles had himself a day as a rookie when he drove in eight runs against the St. Louis ...

The Astros have a unique opportunity to not only win the AL West but also get into the number 2 seed, which would afford them a 1st round bye.

Five Astros relievers have 50 or more games pitched this season. Steven Okert actually leads the team in relief outings with ...

So, if the two saw their roles flipped then the Astros would have been much more successful. Again, this is a look at usage and we can look at Pearson the same way. Pearson has pitched 40 games in ...

Is a second straight season with no playoffs the catalyst for Astros owner Jim Crane to make serious change?

It's about right now, not what players did three months ago, or last year, or any time other than now. These are the lineup changes Houston must make to save ...

Too many times, voters have given MVP to a player on a team in last place to penalize Yordan for Astros finishing second.

After the meeting, Yordan Alvarez told the media what went down. “It was three slaps in the face that they gave us right in ...

Those were the words of Astros owner Jim Crane in the days after the team had fired, err, parted ways with now-former GM Dana Brown regarding his manager, Joe Espada. They were damning words for sure.

The Astros need to reconfigure their roster to win now, or win in the future. Only one of those makes sense to have a $19M a year closer.