Houston Astros News

Baseball America released its list of top Astros' prospects last week and there may be some good news.

Misdemeanor charges against five people, including a former Houston Astros pitcher, remain in limbo more than 13 months after 30 police officers stormed an upscale bar.

Shortstop Jiovanni Mier, a member of the 2009 squad, is the highest rated player from Greeneville at number two on the list, trailing only catcher Jason Castro.

Jeff Bagwell is a name that resonates with the Houston Astros franchise. Growing up in Houston and being branded a die-hard Astros fan since birth, I remember watching in awe as Bagwell smoked balls out of the ballpark.

Wilton Lopez is likely done pitching this fall and he ended his second Arizona Fall League campaign with his best effort of the season.

One question, hundreds of answers: Which Astro had the greatest offensive season at his position? Major League baseball has been asking fans this same question in an effort to choose each team's best-ever collection of stars.

Joe Posnanski, the best baseball writer out there now that John Brattain has passed, has a blog entry awarding the LVP award to the most deserving player from both leagues.

The Astros' website reported the bullpen will be the top priority for the team this offseason.

Marc Bombard will return for his second season as manager of the Triple A Round Rock Express; Wes Clements was named manager of Double A Corpus Christi after serving as the Class A Lancaster manager in 2009; Tom Lawless was named manager of Class A Lancaster; and Rodney Linares, previously the manager of Advanced Rookie League Greeneville, will ...

Michael Bourn is now amongst the cream of the crop in terms of MLB defensive talent.

Houston Astros The Astros curiously selected a slew of high school prospects with their top picks in 2009, signaling an end to their win-now ways.

Michael Bourn became the first Astros outfielder to win a National League Gold Glove in more than 30 years on Wednesday.

Are you ready to be a champion? You are? I hope you know that championships are expensive, and, uh, well, the local baseball team is in kind of a bind.

The Yankees outspent the Astros by nearly $100 million in 2009. The Yankees won the World Series, the Astros finished fifth in the NL Central.

Houston Astros All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada, who just finished a six-year, $72 million contract, was among one of the big-name players in Major League Baseball to file for free agency Friday.

Jon Gaston hit a three-run homer and Jose Vallejo homered and plated four runs, but the Peoria Saguaros fell to the Phoenix Desert Dogs, 12-11, on Thursday.

Astros general manager Ed Wade faces the pressure this offseason to trim payroll, yet improve the team's weaknesses, like the starting rotation.

Let me preface this piece by saying that Bobby Meacham, the new Houston Astros first-base coach, is described as a very classy guy and a respected coach.A They say that those who can, do and those who can't, teach.

Geoff Blum remained with the Houston Astros, as the infielder signed a one-year contract worth $1.5 million Friday.

For the 30 years Brad Mills has put into the game and business of professional baseball, it all revolved around a 7-day period that had the Visalia resident take three trips to Houston, logging more than 10,400 miles and getting less sleep than he's probably ever had.