The Biggest Mistakes of Dana Brown’s Tenure As Astros GM The Astros fired Dana Brown on Monday, ending his four-year tenure as the organization’s general manager. Sports Illustrated · Aug 24
Seven Salary Dump Candidates Ahead of the MLB Trade Deadline These MLB teams can give their payroll books some much-needed relief by shedding onerous contracts before Aug. 3. Sports Illustrated · Jul 28
Cristian Javier wins in return from Tommy John Surgery Cristian Javier wins in return from Tommy John Surgery. The Astros defeated the Boston Red Sox 7-6. We look at Javier and the series. The Sports Daily · Aug 12, 2025
Zac Gallen Trade Destinations: Best Landing Spots for Diamondbacks Ace at Trade Deadline A look at the best fits for Gallen before the 2025 MLB trade deadline. Sports Illustrated · Jul 28, 2025
Every No-Hitter & Perfect Game in MLB Playoff History It's an extremely rare feat to accomplish in MLB, let alone in the postseason. Sports Illustrated · Oct 7, 2024
Houston, we have a problem: José Urquidy and Cristian Javier out for the rest of the season The procedure usually comes with a 14-18 month rehab and will put both right-handed pitchers out until at least 2025 Latin Times · Jun 7, 2024
Cristian Javier Shines In Houston Astros Baseball Action Shots Discover the captivating images of Houston Astros pitcher Cristian Javier showcasing exceptional skill and dedication during a thrilling baseball match, hi... Top News · Apr 18, 2024
Rangers’ Corey Seager’s Historic Home Run Was the Perfect Storm of Preparation The Texas shortstop did his homework, helping his team to a Game 1 World Series win over the Diamondbacks. Sports Illustrated · Oct 28, 2023
Rangers slug their way to first World Series trip since 2011 in rout of Astros Adolis García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Rangers reached the World Series with an 11-4 blowout of the Astros in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 24, 2023
Rangers' Bruce Bochy Gets Hilarious Game 7 Proposition From Madison Bumgarner Madison Bumgarner reached out to Bruce Bochy ahead of Game 7. Sports Illustrated · Oct 23, 2023
Scherzer’s Redemption, Abreu Suspension Loom Over Enticing ALCS Game 7 After the Rangers’ 9–2 win over the Astros in Game 6, the fate of two pitchers may hold the key to Monday’s American League Championship Series finale. Sports Illustrated · Oct 23, 2023
MLB’s X-Factors That Will Shape the LCS Identifying the talent on the Phillies, Diamondbacks, Rangers and Astros that have the potential to shift a series. Sports Illustrated · Oct 14, 2023
Astros Continue to Carry an Air of Inevitability This year’s slightly different cast seems to make no difference. Houston is one win away from its seventh straight ALCS after handily defeating Minnesota in Tuesday’s Game 3. Sports Illustrated · Oct 11, 2023
Jeremy Peña Slammed the Door Shut on Twins Comeback With a Brilliant Defensive Play Peña’s defensive web gem helped slam the brakes on a potential Twins’ rally. Sports Illustrated · Oct 10, 2023
Sports Illustrated · Oct 10, 2023 Shadows at Target Field Left Carlos Correa Frustrated After Difficult At-Bat vs. Astros A replay from the “Ump Cam” shows just how significantly the shadows are impacting batters at the plate.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 10, 2023 Twins fans collectively counted down the pitch clock in hopes of throwing off Astros pitchers Actually a great idea.
The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023 Framber Valdez throws 16th no-hitter in Astros history in 2-0 victory over Guardians Framber Valdez threw the 16th no-hitter in Houston Astros history Tuesday night in a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 29, 2023 Cardinals' Giovanny Gallegos coughs up two-run lead in eighth inning of 10-7 loss to Astros ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals looked poised for a third consecutive win, a series-clinching victory in come-from-behind fashion after they’d fallen into an early hole. Momentum seemed to be shifting in their favor in a season primarily characterized by unmet expectations.
Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023 Braves lose another lead, get swept by Astros ATLANTA — All three games in the Astros-Braves series followed a familiar script: The Braves have a lead, then the Astros mount a comeback and steal a victory.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 21, 2023 David Murphy: Johan Rojas is among the three most intriguing players on the Phillies spring training roster All good teams are built on a foundation of blue-chip talent. The great ones usually benefit from some pleasant surprises. We saw that with the Astros (Framber Valdez, Cristian Javier, etc.). We’ve seen it with the Dodgers (Justin Turner, Max Muncy, etc). We saw it with the last Phillies team…
Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 26, 2022 This baseball quiz is a numbers game For those of you keeping score, this quiz holds special meaning: it’s by position
Sports Illustrated · Nov 6, 2022 The Astros Are World Series Champions—No Asterisk Needed Houston and Dusty Baker have won their title, thoroughly and convincingly.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 3, 2022 Combined No-Hitters Are Stupid Last night, in the Astros’ 5–0 win over the Phillies in Game 4, a team had no hits in a World Series game for just the second time in history. Except, it didn’t feel like history, at least not in the type of history that will go down in World…
Sports Illustrated · Nov 3, 2022 Phillies’ Schwarber on Being No-Hit: ‘I Really Don’t Give a S---’ Astros right-hander Cristian Javier and three other pitchers led Houston to a series-tying win with the second no-hitter in World Series history.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 3, 2022 SI:AM | ’Stros No-No Makes it 2–2 Cristian Javier’s fastball was too much to handle for the Phillies.