List of All Articles with Tag 'astros'

MLB Rumors: Astros get brutal injury news on Yordan AlvarezThe Houston Astros' trip north of the border did not go to plan. Not only did the club lose ground in the AL West behind the division-leading Rangers after dropping the final three games of the four-game series against the Blue Jays, ...

Today, we look at how MLB standings would play out if they were ordered by who was using their money the wisest so far this season.At the simplest form, building an MLB team is all about resource allocation. You can take various types of approaches. Spend big for proven talent and you should, al...

Yordan Alvarez had to leave the Astros matchup with the Blue Jays early while dealing with oblique discomfort, the team announced.Yordan Alvarez has been nothing short of outstanding and essential for the Astros in 2023.Despite missing Jose Altuve for much of the young season, Houston has ma...

Cubs ace Marcus Stroman could be one of the biggest chips on the table at the MLB Trade Deadline, but where will the veteran pitcher land?The wheels might be falling off for the Chicago Cubs. After a hot start, they cooled off, but now things have started trending even harder downward for the cl...

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Alek Manoah's rough start to the 2023 season continued, as he was torched by the Houston Astros on Monday.Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Alek Manoah had an impressive 2022 campaign in which he made the All-Star Game for the first time in his young care...

The Texas Rangers are a run-scoring machine heading into the first full week of June. Let's take a look at the MLB standings by run differential.The 2023 MLB season is now in June. There are still plenty of games left to go, but there is still a decent enough amount of games completed to ma...

The Angels have dropped the first three of a four game series to the defending World Series champions Astros to fall back to .500, can they get back on track?Los Angeles has been outscored 21-10 in Houston this weekend, and will hope Griffin Canning can string together a quality start to stop th...

Looking at the MLB standings by run differential reveals that the Astros deserve more credit, the NL Central is indecipherable and more.The MLB standings can still drastically change before the end of the season but after two months of play we have a good idea of which teams have it together and...

Jorge Lopez had a rough night.

Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña didn't agree with a strike call from umpire Jerry Layne and a wild scene ensued with the ump picking a fight.You'd have thought that the infamous Cowboy Joe West, the longtime MLB umpire with a penchant for confrontation, had unretired and wa...

Jerry Layne got in Jeremy Peña's face after he argued a terrible call.

MLB Rumors: Astros get troubling update on Lance McCullers Jr.On the whole, things have been going well for the Houston Astros since an inauspicious start to the 2023 season. They still aren't atop the AL West with the Rangers continuing to roll, but they are just two games back at 31-21, a r...