HOUSTON -- The accolades continue to pile up for Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez.

Alvarez, one of three finalists for the American League Most Valuable Player Award, was named to the All-MLB First Team at designated hitter on Wednesday at The MLB Awards presented by MGM Rewards in

Thursday's AL and NL Most Valuable Player announcements will likely bring something we haven't seen in six years.

The Yankees' Aaron Judge and/or the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani have received MVP honors in each of the past five seasons. This year, Judge isn't an AL MVP finalist. That distinction belongs to Astros

HOUSTON – Brad Ausmus, the longtime catcher and former Major League manager who spent the last three years as the Yankees bench coach, was named the next manager of the Astros, the team announced on Wednesday.

Ausmus will be officially introduced at a press conference at Daikin Park on

The Hank Aaron Award is given each year to the best offensive performers in the American and National Leagues. The 2026 honorees put together seasons worthy of plenty of hardware.

Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez and Cubs superstar Pete Crow-Armstrong were named the 2026 Hank Aaron Award winners on Wednesday during the

In presenting Yordan Alvarez with the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award on Wednesday night in Las Vegas at the MLB Awards presented by MGM Rewards, Astros Hall of Fame slugger Jeff Bagwell joked he might have been the worst DH in the history of baseball. Bagwell only had 51

Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez and Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler have long been elite players when healthy. That’s why 2025 must have been frustrating for both, as they saw their seasons cut short by significant injuries.

In 2026, they came back with a vengeance. And on Wednesday night at the MLB Awards presented by

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates.

The 34th edition of the Arizona Fall League has entered the home stretch. Starting Thursday, the six-week prospect showcase wraps up with three days of playoffs to crown a champion.

All six teams are headed to the postseason, with the two teams with the best records -- the Surprise Saguaros (18-10)

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HOUSTON -- Speaking with the media for the first time since he was hired as the Astros’ general manager nearly two weeks ago, Randy Flores said Tuesday from the General Managers Meetings in Las Vegas that he hopes to make a decision soon on the club’s next manager,

HOUSTON -- Dusty Baker is the only manager in baseball history to take five different teams to the playoffs, culminating with a long-awaited World Series title with the Astros in 2022. That only scratches the surface of a résumé that should lead Baker to be enshrined

Sometimes rookies can be seen a mile away and it's clear they will make a big splash once they hit the big leagues full time. Others can sneak up on you, flying under the radar until they're given the opportunity to show what they can do.

A year ago, we picked

The Silver Slugger Award is presented to the best hitter at each position in each league annually, and it is voted on by MLB managers and coaches (who are not allowed to vote for players on their own teams). The coveted honor was established in 1980, with new

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The 20th annual Fall Stars Game is in the books and it was a tightly contested showdown indicative of the considerable talent on both the American League and National League rosters.

It was an eighth-inning breakout from the NL squad that firmly swung the pendulum its way en

HOUSTON -- New Astros general manager Randy Flores will interview a pair of his former teammates later this week for the club’s vacant managerial opening -- former Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols and former Astros third baseman Morgan Ensberg -- sources told MLB.com on Wednesday.

The club has not confirmed the news.

Flores, hired

With injury and underperformance keeping many promising prospects from reaching their potential, the teams that choose to part with their prospects for more established players often end up as trade winners.

Key word: often.

This is a story about the times that HASN’T happened -- when a young player traded away early

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HOUSTON – Not that the gaudy numbers put up this season by Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez weren’t enough to make him the front-runner for the American League Most Valuable Player Award, but an endorsement from a former MVP certainly doesn’t hurt his case.

“No doubt, he’s hands down the best player right

The Arizona Fall League created a Fall Stars Game in 2006 to highlight the most talented players in a circuit full of top prospects. The first 19 contests spotlighted several future big league notables such as Ronald Acuña Jr., Pete Alonso, Mookie Betts, Bryce Harper, Aaron Judge, Francisco Lindor, Andrew

HOUSTON -- The Astros on Monday exercised the $13.35 million club option for next season for third baseman Isaac Paredes, who finished second on the team behind American League Most Valuable Player finalist Yordan Alvarez in bWAR last season.

The option will become a mutual option if Paredes finishes

In last year’s Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game, Kevin McGonigle led off for the American League, Hagen Smith struck out a pair in a scoreless inning of relief and Sam Antonacci picked up two RBIs, including the game-winner on a walk-off sacrifice fly in the ninth inning

HOUSTON -- Christian Walker's steady glove at first base in 2026 has earned him his fourth career Rawlings Gold Glove, his first in the American League.

Walker is the third Astros player to win a Gold Glove at first base, joining Yuli Gurriel (2021) and Jeff Bagwell (1994).

HOUSTON -- The challenges ahead for new Astros general manager Randy Flores are many, beginning with navigating the aging core of the Major League club while trying to keep the team competitive, the immediate future of shortstop Jeremy Peña and learning the names and faces and the inner workings of