When players reported to Spring Training more than a month ago, Astros manager Joe Espada was very direct with his messaging ...

Houston Astros left-hander Framber Valdez will join an extremely rare list in team history when he takes the mound on Opening Day for the American League West c ...

With the start of the baseball season upon us, teams are finalizing their rosters, hoping to put together the group of ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...

Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run home run in his return to his home country and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 5-1 ...

Shortstop Jeremy Pena smacked a grand slam to fuel a six-run sixth inning as the host Houston Astros claimed a 6-4 win over ...

With Jose Altuve leading off, Isaac Paredes appears to be a fit at No. 2 in the batting order ahead of Yordan Alvarez and Christian Walker.

All statistics are courtesy of FanGraphs and Dan Szymborksi’s ZiPS projection system.

He gone: 3B Alex Bregman, OF Ben Gamel, RHP Kendall Graveman, OF Jason Heyward, LHP Yusei Kikuchi, RHP Ryan Pressly, OF Kyle Tucker, RHP Justin Verlander. New faces: 3B Isaac Paredes, OF Taylor ...

A team-by-team look at the American League West, including key players each club acquired and lost, top hitters and projected ...

Plus: One drama squashed, one prank accomplished for the Red Sox, an update on Altuve’s left-field experiment, and Ken on the ...