Roy Oswalt News

If all goes well, Tuesday will be a banner day of sorts for the Astros, who could see the return of two key players who have dealt with varying degrees of injury.

Roy Oswalt was in a much better mood when he arrived at Minute Maid Park today, but that has more to do with dog poop than his strained hip abductor.

The players' association filed a grievance Tuesday over the release of pitcher Shawn Chacon, saying the team's decision to terminate his contract was without just cause.

Robinson Cano could be part of a trade deal to Houston. We heard a rumor on WFAN about a Robinson Cano and Ian Kennedy for Roy Oswalt deal.

Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt left the game Monday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers with an apparent injury.

I didn't watch the game live last night, but instead watched Fresno State, the Underdoggest Underdog of all time win its first ever championship in any mens' sport.

Ever since Roy Oswalt and manager Cecil Cooper had different versions of what Oswalt said or didn't say to pitching coach Dewey Robinson before he was sent out to pitch another inning against the Texas Rangers ...

A pitcher who'd lost his starting spot admitted to taking down his general manager in a clubhouse dining room argument.

Long-time Houston ace Roy Oswalt can make it three wins in four starts tonight when the Astros host the Texas Rangers in the middle test of a three-game Lone Star State interleague series.

If there was any doubt that the Tampa Bay Rays are for real this season, they put those doubts to rest, as they concluded a three game sweep of the Chicago Cubs by defeating them 8-3 on Thursday.

A postgame scoring change -- a bad one at that -- was the only thing keeping Johnny Damon's batting average down.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Roy Oswalt rebounded from a poor outing, Carlos Lee had a two-run double and the Houston Astros snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday ...

Houston Astros starting pitcher Roy Oswalt reacts after loading the bases in the sixth inning against the New York Yankees in a baseball game Sunday, June 15, 2008, in Houston.

OAKLAND, Calif. - There is no such thing as normal for Joba Chamberlain. That was his answer Wednesday when asked if starting was beginning to feel quasi-normal for him.

Cecil Cooper was some kind of hot Sunday afternoon. Spitting hot. Ready-to-square-off hot.

Mike Mussina spent part of his pregame at Minute Maid Park yesterday watching Stanford, his alma mater, playing Florida State in the College World Series on TV.

Chien-Ming Wang left the Yankees' clubhouse on crutches Sunday after spraining his right foot running the bases in New York's 13-0 win over the Houston Astros.

The Yankees' ace will have an MRI exam in New York on Monday and not even Wang could gauge the severity of the injury yet. He was wearing a soft cast after the game.

"I feel sore," Wang said through a Yankees spokesman. "Of course I'm disappointed. On Tuesday, when I know more, I will talk then."

After pitching five scoreless innings, Wang (8-2) pulled up as he rounded third on Derek Jeter's two-run single during the Yankees' eight-run sixth. He hopped the rest of the way home and pointed to his right foot after scoring. A trainer rushed from the dugout to check on him and Wang was helped off the field. He was relieved in the sixth inning by Ross Ohlendorf.

Roy Oswalt found a cure for his pitching woes in an unlikely place: with hot-hitting Houston Astros teammate Lance Berkman.

The Houston Astros hope that ace Roy Oswalt can snap out of his current funk on the mound when he toes the rubber tonight in the first of three straight games versus the Milwaukee Brewers at Minute Maid Park.

Clayton Kershaw was born in 1988. That same year, Greg Maddux won 18 games and posted a 3.18 ERA.