ATLANTA -- The Astros have been able to build in an extra day or two between starts for ace pitcher Hunter Brown in the final few weeks of the regular season with an eye on the push for the playoffs and October. Brown has responded favorably by posting a 1.61

ATLANTA -- Astros second baseman Jose Altuve is day to day after being removed from Saturday’s 6-2 win against the Braves in the third inning with right foot discomfort. Altuve left the game after hitting a third-inning single and then getting forced out at second base on a fielder’s choice.

Yordan Alvarez is back and looking better than ever. In what was looking like a potentially lost year, Alvarez returned on Aug. 26 after missing nearly four months due to a hand injury. Since returning, Alvarez has a .386/.471/.596 slash line in 68 plate appearances with three home runs, 10

ATLANTA -- Carlos Correa couldn’t help but pull rookie Zach Cole aside after he struck out in his final at-bat in the seventh inning Friday night and give him a reminder that the game isn’t always going to be as easy as he made it look in his first three

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ATLANTA -- Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. was placed on the injured list Friday with right hand soreness, a move which could end his regular season. He reported the injury following his two-inning relief outing in Thursday’s loss to the Blue Jays and headed back to Houston for tests,

You can throw out the statistics when Ozzie Albies and Jose Altuve meet at second base. They say Braves second baseman Albies is 5-foot-7 and Altuve, his Astros counterpart, is 5-foot-6.

TORONTO -- A first-inning miscue that saw a catchable ball drop in shallow right field was a sign of how the series finale against the Blue Jays would go on Thursday afternoon. With Toronto already up by one run in the bottom of the first, Addison Barger lifted a high

TORONTO -- Astros starter Jason Alexander delivered exactly what his team needed on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre. The right-hander spun seven scoreless innings in a 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays to set up a rubber match on Thursday. Alexander allowed only three hits, walked just one and struck

TORONTO -- Astros right-hander Luis Garcia is headed back to the injured list. Garcia exited in the second inning of Tuesday night’s loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre with right elbow discomfort. Making just his second start since returning from a 28-month absence, which included Tommy John surgery,

The heavyweights are still at the top of our Starting Pitcher Power Rankings. But even this late in the season, a couple of newcomers have broken into the Top 5. Freddy Peralta's scoreless streak for the MLB-best Brewers and Trevor Rogers' incredible resurgence with the Orioles have put them in

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At a time when most catchers are slowing down, Joe Mack (Marlins) is in the midst of a power surge. Joining the backstop in the long ball department was Konnor Griffin (Pirates) and Brice Matthews (Astros), who put together his first grand performance as a pro. There was no shortage

TORONTO -- The injury woes continue to pile up for the Astros. In just his second start back from a 28-month rehab from Tommy John surgery, right-hander Luis Garcia exited with right elbow discomfort in the second inning of Tuesday night’s 4-3, 10-inning loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers

If you thought the end of summer also brought the end of your chances to follow top prospects, just remember – there’s always desert ball. Rosters for the six Arizona Fall League teams were officially announced Wednesday afternoon, headlined by 13 Top 100 prospects, including two of the Top 5.

ARLINGTON -- The best thing left-hander Framber Valdez could do to put his controversial outing against the Yankees on Tuesday in the rearview mirror was to get back on the mound and deliver a solid outing. He did so on Sunday afternoon in the Astros’ 4-2 loss to the Rangers

ARLINGTON -- Having thrown 95 pitches through five innings Saturday night, Astros ace Hunter Brown came down the dugout steps and didn’t even give manager Joe Espada a chance to ask him how he was feeling or whether he wanted a chance to go back out for the sixth inning.

ARLINGTON -- Center fielder Jake Meyers was reinstated from the injured list Saturday and was in the Astros’ lineup for their game against the Rangers at Globe Life Field, batting ninth. Meyers had been out since July 9 with a right calf strain. Meyers was removed from a game July

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ARLINGTON -- When Carlos Correa clanked a game-tying home run off the right-field foul pole in the eighth inning Friday night, there was a hope in the Astros' dugout that it would be the hit that would finally break their offense loose. That hope turned to despair in extra innings,

HOUSTON -- Yordan Alvarez collected four hits for the second game in a row -- becoming the first Astros player to do that since Kyle Tucker last September -- but the Astros’ pitching woes and lack of clutch hitting led to their undoing Thursday night.

HOUSTON -- The Astros, down by four runs in the ninth inning Thursday night, were starting to build some momentum. A leadoff single by Victor Caratini and a double off the wall by Taylor Trammell meant they had the tying run on deck with no outs against Yankees reliever David