MLB Trade Rumors

Air Yordan is back. The Astros announced today that outfielder/designated hitter Yordan Alvarez has been reinstated from the 60-day injured list. They had an open 40-man roster spot due to right-hander Shawn Dubin getting designated for assignment earlier this week. The Astros optioned infielder Brice Matthews to Triple-A to open an active roster spot. The return of Alvarez is … [Read more...] about Astros Reinstate Yordan Alvarez From Injured List

After more than three and a half months on the injured list, Yordan Alvarez looks to be approaching a return.  Astros manager Joe Espada told the Houston Chronicle’s Matt Kawahara and other reporters that Alvarez is slated to begin a rehab assignment at Double-A Corpus Christi on Tuesday.  GM Dana Brown gave a few more details during a pregame radio interview, saying that the … [Read more...] about Yordan Alvarez Set To Begin Minor League Rehab Assignment

The Astros optioned right-hander AJ Blubaugh to Triple-A prior to today’s game against the Orioles, and called up left-hander John Rooney to provide the bullpen with a fresh arm.  Rooney was already on Houston’s 40-man roster, so the Blubaugh demotion was the only corresponding move necessary. Rooney is on the mound at the time of this post, and thus the 28-year-old is now … [Read more...] about Astros Promote John Rooney

The Astros have designated right-hander Shawn Dubin for assignment, according to Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle.  Righty AJ Blubaugh has been called up from Triple-A in the corresponding move (KPRC 2’s Ari Alexander reported earlier today that Blubaugh was on his way to the Astros’ active roster). Dubin is out of minor league options, so Houston had to go the DFA route … [Read more...] about Astros Designate Shawn Dubin For Assignment

The Astros have assigned right-hander Jordan Weems outright to Triple-A Sugar Land, according to the transactions tracker on Weems’s MLB.com profile page. Weems was designated for assignment earlier this week to make room for Tayler Scott on the club’s active roster. The 32-year-old righty has pitched in parts of six MLB seasons at this point in his career. A third-round pick … [Read more...] about Astros Outright Jordan Weems