Archives for April 2025

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images AJ Blubaugh’s debut marred by crucial fielding error and missed opportunities by the offense Well, if you love fairy tales, starting pitcher AJ Blubaugh’s MLB debut was not that. Not unless you consider allowing seven runs in four innings a happy ending. But it wasn’t really as bad as those raw numbers indicate. He started his career with a … [Read more...] about Astros Fall in Finale, 7-4

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images See how the prospects performed last night. Another day of baseball in the books! See the results below. AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (14-14) won 6-4 (BOX SCORE) Kouba got the start for Sugar Land and went 4 innings allowing 2 runs. The offense got things going in the second inning scoring 4 runs on a Bastidas solo HR and Short 3 … [Read more...] about Astros Prospect Report: April 29th

What happened today in team history? 1969 - Rusty Staub sent to Montreal Originally a deal that was supposed to involve guys like Donn Clendenon and Jesus Alou, the Houston Astros and Montreal Expos agree to a deal to send Astros young infielder up North in exchange for pitchers Skip Guinn and Jack Billingham, along with $100,000. Neither of them turned out to do much for … [Read more...] about Today in Astros history – April 30

Jose Altuve reacts after hitting a home run against the Tigers. | Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images The Astros face a slow grind to erase an early season power problem We all know that the Astros’ offense has struggled so far this season. Yes, it’s a small sample and not predictive of the future. (A good thing too.) However, the most daunting offensive problem has … [Read more...] about Astros Must Overcome Offensive Power Outage