List of All Articles with Tag 'astros'

Angel Hernandez is still an awful umpire.

The Houston Astros are making a divisional push in August and they have a few players that may not survive the month on their active roster.The Astros made the biggest splash of the trade deadline when they dealt away top prospects in order to land the starting pitcher they desperately needed. T...

Pitcher Luis Severino had yet another bad start, this time against the Houston Astros. Now, it appears the New York Yankees are open to a new plan for their starter.The New York Yankees, despite being in the news for all the wrong reasons this week, won back-to-back games against the Tampa Bay R...

The New York Mets were engaged with the Los Angeles Dodgers on trade talks involving both Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, but both players ended up in the Lone Star State.The New York Mets were busy at the trade deadline. Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander were split up and sent packing. Scher...

The Houston Astros landed Justin Verlander from the New York Mets at the MLB trade deadline. They owe Martin Maldonado a gift basket.Despite his struggles at the plate, Martin Maldonado continues to hold onto his job in Houston because of the relationships he has around baseball.Maldonado is...

Will the New York Mets trade Pete Alonso this winter? After discussing the move at the MLB trade deadline, is sure seems likely.Perhaps the Mets were just doing their due diligence. Maybe Billy Eppler and Steve Cohen will have a change of heart this offseason when Pete Alonso's contract and...

With the MLB trade deadline in the rearview mirror, this week's MLB power rankings focus on which teams are best suited for a deep postseason run, either this season or in the future.As expected, it was a wild MLB trade deadline with some surprising moves and a stunning rebuke of the Los An...

On the day that the Houston Astros brought Justin Verlander back in a trade, another ace in Framber Valdez stepped up with a pristine no-hitter.Before Tuesday night, the last Houston Astros pitcher to throw a no-hitter was Justin Verlander on Sept. 1, 2019. On the day that Houston traded to brin...

This rumored Astros-Padres trade involving Blake Snell and Josh Hader would have shocked the league.Oh, to be a fly in Dana Brown's office.To be a fly in any general manager's office on the day of the MLB trade deadline would be a curious experience. In this case, the Houston Astro...

The Houston Astros made a huge trade deadline deal to acquire their former ace, Justin Verlander. What will their rotation look like down the stretch?Pre-trade deadline Astros pitching rotationFramber Valdez, Christian Javier, Hunter Brown, Brandon Bielak, J.P FranceBefore the trade deadline...

Justin Verlander is reunited with the Houston Astros -- and one factor in particular helped get the deal across the finish line.The Houston Astros were under tremendous pressure to make a move after the Texas Rangers' trades for Max Scherzer and Jordan Montgomery. Well, mission accomplished...

Justin Verlander has a wrinkle in the form of a vesting year that could come back to haunt the Houston Astros if his performance decline is precipitous. Justin Verlander is now back on the Houston Astros after a tiny little stint that almost none of us will remember with the New York Mets after ...