Texas catcher Garret Guillemette was selected in the 15th round by the Houston Astros with the No. 464 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. Guillemette transferred to Texas from USC this past offseason.
Another South Carolina pitcher is off the board as James Hicks has been picked by the Houston Astros in the 2023 MLB Draft. Hicks was taken in the 13th round with the No.
The Houston Astros are locked in to be buyers at this season's MLB trade deadline. As the All-Star break is fully underway, the Astros are surging in the standings and look to pose as a real threat to the American League West-leading Texas Rangers in the second half. Where the Astros could use an upgrade is in their rotation.
Austin Deming is the final pick of the second day. Added to the 70 that went yesterday, that’s 314 in total, with another 300 due tomorrow. Austin Deming is the last of the first two days, but he’s still a 10th round draft pick.
The Astros took SS Jeron Williams out of Toledo. Houston chose Jeron Williams with the 284th overall selection in the ninth round of the 2023 MLB Draft.
The Houston Astros selected Stanford pitcher Joey Dixon with the final pick (No. 224 overall) in the seventh round of the 2023 MLB Draft. During his final season as a Cardinal, Dixon appeared in 21 games for Stanford — all starts — and went on to log a perfect 7-0 win-loss record, while pitching 83.2 total innings.
The Astros choose Joey Dixon out of Stanford 224th overall. Dixon is a right-handed pitcher taken from Stanford University. A six-foot-two, 204 lb. native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Dixon is the fifth Stanford player taken in the 2023 draft.
The Astros use their sixth-round pick to bolster Pecko is a six-foot-two, 195 lb. pitcher out of Towson University. A Darby, PA native, Pecko will soon turn 21-years-old.
Houston took Chase Jaworsky, a shorstop out of Rock Canyon HS with their fifth-round selection. Previous Picks First Round (28) SS, Brice Matthews, Nebraska
A draft-eligible sophomore, Tredwell has logged fewer innings than his classmates but has been effective and has avenues to improve further going forward.
UCLA Bruins pitcher Alonzo Treadwell is seeing his dream of playing professional baseball come true, as he was selected by the Houston Astros with the 61st in the second round of the 2023 MLB Draft.
One of the biggest risers of the cycle, Matthews now has a year of production to back up what has always been a massive toolset. This year’s draft class is seen as the best in over a decade, and has consequently been tough for mock drafters to pin down.
Nebraska Cornhuskers shortstop Brice Matthews has been selected by the Houston Astros with the No. 28 overall in the first round in 2023 MLB Draft Over three seasons with the Cornhuskers, the Nebraska playmaker continued to turn heads, as Matthews accumulated a .305 batting average, 32 home runs and 130 RBIs.
Six runs in four games. One run in Sunday’s finale. Only five extra-base hits. Two of those runs were a pair of Martín Maldonado solo homers. Remove Saturday’s first-inning two-run outburst — insert sarcasm here — from Saturday’s game, the Astros’ offense in their last 17 innings has solely consisted of Maldonado.
Watch the Houston Astros facing the Seattle Mariners in the last meeting of their four-game series at Minute Maid Park. The first pitch is scheduled for today, July 9, at 2:10 PM ET, and here, you can find out how to watch this 2023 MLB matchup for free in the US.
The late-inning heroics provided by the battery of Hector Neris and Martin Maldonado proved welcome for the Houston Astros, who squeezed out a 3-2 home victory Saturday over the Seattle Mariners, setting the table for the Astros to earn a split of the four-game series on Sunday.
Astros right-hander Hector Neris made his 110th appearance Saturday since signing a two-year, $17M deal with Houston prior to the 2022 season.
Hector Neris escaped a bases-loaded jam before Martin Maldonado clubbed a tie-breaking home run in the eighth inning as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Saturday.
Houston Astros rookie pitchers Hunter Brown and J.P. France have already carried a mighty load in an injury-plagued starting rotation. And they've done so with tremendous success.
The Houston Astros have made a much needed roster move ahead of their Saturday matchup with the Seattle Mariners. The Astros have optioned right-handed pitcher Ronel Blanco to Triple-A Sugar Land and have recalled right-hander Joel Kuhnel according to the team.
Watch the Houston Astros facing the Seattle Mariners in the third meeting of their four-game series at Minute Maid Park. The first pitch is scheduled for today, July 8, at 7:00 PM ET, and here, you can find out how to watch this 2023 MLB matchup for free in the US.
Houston Astros outfielder Chas McCormick committed a controversial and potentially dirty play at the end of Thursday's 5-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners.
The Houston Astros got a major positive on Friday as slugger Yordan Alvarez took a huge step in his recovery from an oblique injury that has sidelined him for a month. The following update comes from the Rotowire fantasy baseball portal: Alvarez (oblique) took on-field batting practice Friday in Houston, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
Seattle Mariners fans do not like the Houston Astros. The Astros have dominated the American League West over the last several years, so M's fans are certainly jealous.
The Astros announced Thursday that second baseman Jose Altuve has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to discomfort in his left oblique. The move is retroactive to July 4.
Excellence at the plate has become a trend for Díaz lately, and he is making his case for why he should be Houston's starting catcher.
Tucker — who will be making his second consecutive All-Star appearance — leads the Astros in batting average (.295), stolen bases (14) and hits (89).
Astros outfielder Michael Brantley still hasn’t played this season, repeatedly struggling to get fully back to health after last year’s shoulder surgery.
The Astros are coming off a World Series championship last season, and their window for another title is still open. However, they may need some help.
Jose Abreu got off to a rough start for the Houston Astros in 2023, but things have turned around recently and he thinks he knows why.
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