Houston Astros manager Joe Espada and general manager Dana Brown shed more light on the reasons why Jose Altuve could log ...

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a Denver native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and a noted ...

Jeremy Peña, SS: Peña hit 22 home runs during his breakout rookie season. He’s managed 25 in the two years since, forcing an overhaul in his batting stance and swing in an effort to generate more ...

Unless there’s a last-minute addition, this will be the group of position players surrounding Kyle Tucker in spring training.

After 14 years with the Astros, Altuve needs 768 hits to reach 3,000 ... In addition, Albies excelled with runners on base (RBI rate – 20) while pushing his average hit rate (1.883) to a new high. In ...

How stale has this position gotten? I said something similar about first base, that all the mainstays are getting older, but ...

Power left the building for the second base position last season. Only four players had more than 20 home runs. Marcus Semien ...

An Alex Bregman return to the Houston Astros, with whom he's spent his entire professional career to date, is back within the ...

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a ...

Should Bregman choose to return, the domino effect would entail Jose Altuve transitioning to a new defensive role in left field ... a stalwart at second base, venturing into the outfield domain for ...

According to USA Today's MLB insider Bob Nightengale, Bregman has no interest in taking a short-term deal in free agency.