Houston Astros

MLB News and Notes: Ross Takes Over As Cubs Manager

With the World Series in the middle of a travel day, this seems like the perfect opportunity to check in with the rest of the league. After all, it’s already the offseason for the 28 other teams, so let’s look at all of the non-World Series headlines from the past week. Always a Cubbie After […]

Houston’s Cole Reaches 300 Strikeouts

In a season that very well may end up with a Cy Young Award, Astros starting pitcher Gerrit Cole just put the exclamation mark on his brilliant season. Cole racked up his 300th strikeout of the season while earning his 14th consecutive win, leading Houston to a 3-2 win over the Rangers on Wednesday night. […]

Verlander’s No-No Portends Astros’ Imminent Pennant Run

With lights-out pitching and super-hot bats, the Houston Astros look mighty scary A final pitch, raised hands, an elated smile — just three snapshots of the Justin Verlander no-hitter thrown against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 1. Verlander’s no-hitter was the second no-hitter this season that was accomplished by a complete-game pitcher. The scenes […]

Greinke To Astros Biggest Deal Of A Quiet MLB Trade Deadline

With the change to Major League Baseball trade rules this year limiting teams to making deals only through July 31, the thought was there would be a lot of big deals made prior to the deadline. But Houston obtaining pitcher Zack Greinke from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for four minor leaguers was the biggest […]