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Bob Melvin sees the Houston Astros being in better shape than the Diamondbacks were when he became their manager in November 2004.
Former Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta says he's been contacted by the Houston Astros about their managerial opening.
Houston Astros right-hander Brian Moehler has had surgery on his right knee.
Nelson Figueroa pitched a four-hitter for his first major league complete game, Angel Pagan keyed the offense and the New York Mets wrapped up a miserable season Sunday by completing a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 4-0 victory.
Cliff Lee was shaky in his playoff tuneup and the Philadelphia Phillies, one night after clinching their third consecutive NL East title, lost 5-3 to the Houston Astros on Thursday.
Roger Clemens looked like any proud father, setting up the video camera to record a big moment for his son.
Wandy Rodriguez pitched six solid innings, Humberto Quintero homered and the Houston Astros beat Cincinnati 3-2 on Sunday to snap the Reds' six-game winning streak.
Bud Norris and the Houston Astros put the St. Louis Cardinals' celebration on ice.
The Houston Astros couldn't wait until the end of the season to fire manager Cecil Cooper.
Prince Fielder hits his 40th homer and Yovani Gallardo pitched five strong innings to help Milwaukee complete a sweep of the Houston Astros with a 6-0 win on Sunday.
Oft-injured Houston Astros pitcher Mike Hampton is already out for next year.
Joey Votto scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds overcame Jeff Keppinger's first career multihomer game in a 6-5 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.
Paul Maholm pitched eight shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a 13-game road losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday.
Garret Anderson drove in three runs, Nate McLouth homered and the Atlanta Braves broke out of their offensive slump with a 9-7 win over Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros on Thursday night.
The Houston Astros purchased the contracts of infielder Chris Johnson and right-handed pitcher Billy Sadler and recalled infielder Tommy Manzella from Triple-A Round Rock on Monday.
Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt has left a game against the Philadelphia Phillies in the seventh inning because of tightness in his lower back.
Hunter Pence homered and drove in three runs as the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies with a 4-3 win Monday over the NL East leaders.
Aaron Boone returned to the major leagues Tuesday, rejoining the Houston Astros just five months after having open-heart surgery.
Ted Lilly spoiled Aaron Boone's dream of a storybook return to the major leagues, and the Chicago left-hander was plenty tough on Boone's Houston teammates, too.
Oft-injured lefty Mike Hampton won't pitch again this season and is planning to have surgery on his pitching shoulder and both knees.
Dan Haren threw seven sharp innings, Justin Upton hit his 22nd home run and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Houston Astros 4-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
Jeff Keppinger hit a tiebreaking homer with two out in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Thursday, avoiding a three-game sweep.
Former big league closer Armando Benitez and the Houston Astros have agreed to a minor league contract.
Ryan Roberts matched a career high with four hits, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Houston Astros 7-5 on Sunday and snap a season-high seven-game skid.
Major League Baseball is contemplating discipline against LaTroy Hawkins for accusing a home plate umpire of wanting the Cubs to beat the Astros the other night:
* Ivan Rodriguez is "on a mission" to get 3,000 hits, but the odds are against him.
* Assistant general manager Gord Ash revealed yesterday that the Brewers were in talks with the Indians for Mark DeRosa before he was traded to the rival Cardinals. "They didn't feel like we had the type of players they were looking for," Ash said.
Tejada has fanned just 15 times all year. The article below is meant to provide a quick look at how my preseason projections match up with the paces of select major league hitters.
Ivan Rodriguez is poised to tie Carlton Fisk's all-time games-caught mark tonight and, knees willing, break it tomorrow. Best of all, it's going to happen in Arlington, where his remarkable career got started.
You know, for kids! Earlier this week I bashed the Astros for not letting people bring in outside food. That's cheap in my mind, but this other thing they're doing is the opposite of cheap. It's actually pretty cool:
On the heels of manager Tony La Russa saying last week that the Cardinals need to find a big bat to hit behind Albert Pujols, Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the team is interested in Miguel Tejada.
From the Department of Things I Did Not Know: As Major League Baseball does all it can to get recession-strapped fans through the turnstiles, a day at 29 of 30 MLB ballparks includes the option of bringing your own sandwiches, snacks, bottled water, soft drinks or, in some cases …
1. Eric Wedge (Indians) - The Indians might have been more justified in firing Wedge a month ago, before injuries to Grady Sizemore, Asdrubal Cabrera, Aaron Laffey and Anthony Reyes gave the team a better excuse for its poor record.
* Bobby Crosby left yesterday's game in the seventh inning after his wife called to tell him that she was going into labor with the couple's first child. Oddly, that may be the only thing that hasn't caused Milton Bradley to leave a game early yet.
General manager Kenny Williams, on reports that Roy Oswalt would veto a trade to the White Sox:
No good options Following yesterday's news that the White Sox were scouting Roy Oswalt -- and that he was having none of it -- comes two hope-springs-eternal stories from Houston. First comes all sorts of optimistic rumblings from the Astros over at MLB.com:
Oswalt follows in Peavy's footsteps White Sox general manager Kenny Williams keeps trying to acquire a big-name starting pitcher and they keep spurning his advances.
Astros owner Drayton McLane, on speculation that manager Cecil Cooper is on the verge of being fired:
One of the battles that I'm constantly fighting over at my Twins-centric blog is trying to convince the average fan of just how rare it is for a catcher to put up big numbers offensively for long periods of time.
Even when he's not blogging with his head up his… well, you know where… the Houston Chronicle's Richard Justice usually often has his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, but that hardly seems to be the case here, making this one of the most damning pieces I've seen on a …
"Forget about the heater Wandy, give him the curveball" - Bizarro Lou Brown
124 and counting Much has been made about David Ortiz still searching for his first homer a month into the season, but he's actually just one of several big-name veterans stuck on zero long balls. Here are the homerless hitters with at least 100 plate appearances:
- This is a big loss. The L.A. Daily News' Tony Jackson was our go-to guy for Dodgers news at Rotoworld. That the paper is laying him off on May 1 seems like a truly desperate act.
Mike Hampton never planned on being on the disabled list 1,386 times while he was with the Braves. It just happened that way. So the inevitable chorus of boos he receives as he makes his return to Atlanta tonight, while understandable, will probably be a bit unfair.
At what point do the Astros say enough is enough? It was revealed Thursday that the player to be named in the Jeff Keppinger deal was 25-year-old Drew Sutton, one of the team's few minor leaguers with a chance of being a truly useful player within the next year or two.
* A.J. Burnett took a no-hitter into the seventh inning last night, so naturally he was asked afterward about the 2001 no-hitter that he threw for the Marlins, which included nine walks. Burnett's response was ... well, let's just say unusual: "Embarrassing.
Aaron Gleeman 1. Cubs 2. Cardinals 3. Brewers 4. Reds 5. Astros 6. Pirates Main storyline: Chicago breezed to the division title in 2008 and may have an even easier time this season, although St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati all look capable of finishing above .500.
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