Leading up to Spring Training, we want to take a closer look at Hunter’s Astros teammates.
When you think of the Houston Astros’ pitching staff, you think of Roy Oswalt. Not only is Oswalt the ace of the pitching staff, he’s one of the best pitchers in all of baseball. Since being called up […]
After a self-imposed deadline past for the Houston Astros on Wednesday night, general manager Ed Wade announced that the team will proceed to salary arbitration with Jose Valverde and Mark Loretta.
Said Wade: “That’s why we felt it was appropriate to let the agents know up front. The right way to handle this was to […]
Avoiding arbitration, the Houston Astros signed relief pitcher Dave Borkowski to a one-year contract on Tuesday. The right-handed Borkowski will give the Astros more quality depth in their bullpen.
The 30-year-old from Detroit, Michigan will enter his third season with the Astros in 2008. During the 2007 campaign, Borkowski had five wins, three losses and a […]
The Houston Astros signed a pair of arbitration-eligible players to contracts recently. Ty Wigginton and Geoff Geary, who were both acquired in trades within the last year, both agreed on one-year deals.
Wigginton is expected to be the team’s starting third baseman this season. Acquired from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays during the middle of last […]
Avoiding salary cap arbitration, the Houston Astros and right-handed pitcher Brandon Backe agreed on a one-year contract. Backe, who missed almost a year after an elbow injury, returned to the Astros late last season. In five starts, Backe went 3-1 with a 3.77 ERA. In six big league seasons, Backe has 22 wins – 21 […]
On the Houston Astros official website, you can find an interesting article about J.R. Towles.
Towles has a chance be opening day starting catcher for the Astros in 2008. While Towles doesn’t have much big league experience, he did impress last season in the 14 games he played for Houston. During that time, he hit .375 […]
Hunter mentioned in his blog post about the new players that were acquired by the Houston Astros this offseason. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the latest news, here’s a rundown of the Astros’ offseason acquisitions.
Coming off of a disappointing 73-89 campaign in 2007, the Astros and new general manager Ed Wade […]
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