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.

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,

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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,

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

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

HOUSTON -- Astros right-hander Spencer Arrighetti, who landed on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with right elbow inflammation, is likely done for the remainder of the regular season, manager Joe Espada said Thursday at Daikin Park. “Just where we are during the season, getting back from elbow inflammation, trying to

Yordan Alvarez is swinging the bat like he’s ready to return to the Astros' lineup. Alvarez roped three hits, including a pair of doubles, in his second Minor League rehab outing on Thursday night for Double-A Corpus Christi. He finished the night 3-for-4 with a strikeout and an RBI, serving

BALTIMORE -- The Astros placed Taylor Trammell on the 10-day injured list with a cervical muscle strain on Thursday after he crashed into the wall in the first inning of Wednesday’s 7-2 loss to the Tigers at Comerica Park and was carted from the field.

DETROIT – The Astros, having been shut out in three consecutive games over 28 innings following Tuesday’s 1-0 loss in 10 innings to the Tigers, could use a major jolt in their lineup. They might be about to get one with the return of slugger Yordan Alvarez. Alvarez, in his

HOUSTON -- Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez, who has been out since May 2 with a fractured right hand and subsequent inflammation, will begin a Minor League rehab assignment and play “a few games” at Double-A Corpus Christi, which is a huge step towards his return to the lineup.

HOUSTON -- If the Astros are going to hold off the Mariners in the American League West, they’re probably going to have to do it without All-Star closer Josh Hader. Hader, who is shut down from throwing for three weeks after being diagnosed with a left shoulder capsule sprain, said

HOUSTON -- In perhaps his final rehab outing before rejoining the Astros, right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. allowed one run, four hits and two walks while striking out five batters in five innings Friday night for Triple-A Sugar Land against Salt Lake. He threw 80 pitches. McCullers, who has been on

HOUSTON -- All-Star closer Josh Hader will be shut down from throwing for three weeks after being diagnosed with a left shoulder capsule sprain, the Astros announced Friday. Hader will alternate between rest and strengthening exercises in the meantime with hopes of returning before the end of the season. “In

HOUSTON -- Astros manager Joe Espada said placing All-Star closer Josh Hader on the 15-day injured list with a left shoulder strain Tuesday was a “punch in the gut,” though the club still doesn’t know the severity of the injury or how long he will be sidelined. The loss of

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MIAMI -- Despite acquiring Carlos Correa in a trade with the Twins last week to be their starting third baseman, there’s a chance the Astros could still get All-Star third baseman Isaac Paredes back from the severe right hamstring injury he suffered running the bases July 19 in Seattle. Astros

BOSTON -- Astros All-Star shortstop Jeremy Peña was out of the starting lineup Saturday against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, one day after he returned from a monthlong stint on the injured list with a fractured rib. Manager Joe Espada said Peña was out as a precaution while he

SUGAR LAND, Texas -- Luis Garcia toed the rubber Friday at Constellation Field for his closest start to Daikin Park in over two years. Matching up against AL West foe Bryce Miller of the Mariners, the Astros’ starting pitcher completed his fifth rehab appearance, striking out two batters across 2

HOUSTON -- All-Star shortstop Jeremy Peña, who’s been out since he fractured a rib June 27, went 0-for-2 with two runs scored, two strikeouts, a walk and a hit by pitch in his first Minor League rehab start Tuesday night in Triple-A Sugar Land’s 8-5 loss to Tacoma. Peña, who

HOUSTON -- Another day, another player lands on the injured list for the Astros. This time it is left-handed starting pitcher Brandon Walter, who was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday with left elbow inflammation. Walter, who threw seven innings of one-run ball Wednesday in Phoenix, becomes the 18th

HOUSTON -- With seven starting pitchers on the injured list and in the midst of playing 13 consecutive games without a day off, the Astros’ starting pitching depth is being tested. Lance McCullers Jr. landing on the injured list on Tuesday with a blister was the latest blow to a

PHOENIX -- The Astros will be without All-Star third baseman Isaac Paredes for a while after he suffered what manager Joe Espada on Tuesday called a “pretty significant injury” to his right hamstring, suffered while Paredes was running to first base Sunday. Paredes was placed on the 10-day injured list

PHOENIX -- Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. landed back on the injured list Tuesday with a right finger blister, retroactive to Sunday, giving Houston 17 players on the IL, including seven starting pitchers. Astros manager Joe Espada said McCullers was flying back to Houston to be checked out by

PHOENIX -- Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez took another small step Monday in his return from a fractured bone in his right hand when he hit some soft toss in the batting cage, in addition to hitting baseballs off a tee, which he has been doing for a few days. He