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HOUSTON -- As expected, relief pitcher Hector Neris declined his $8.5 million player option for 2024, a source told MLB.com on Sunday. The club has not confirmed the move. The decision makes the 34-year-old Neris a free agent, joining fellow relief pitchers Ryne Stanek and Phil Maton, outfielder Michael Brantley

HOUSTON -- Wearing his 2022 World Series championship ring and his familiar smile, Dusty Baker spoke fondly about his four years in Houston while turning his attention to the next chapter of his remarkable baseball life. At 74 years old, he feels he has more to give the game and

HOUSTON -- The Astros and Rangers battled for the American League West crown for 162 games and both finished with 90 wins, with Houston taking the division flag on the season’s final day because of its better head-to-head record. After six games of the ALCS, the Lone Star State rivals

ARLINGTON -- In one of the biggest home runs of his tremendous postseason career, Jose Altuve launched a three-run, go-ahead homer in the ninth inning off Rangers closer José Leclerc to send the Astros to a dramatic 5-4 come-from-behind victory in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series on

HOUSTON -- Hubo una sensación de incredulidad en el clubhouse de los Astros después de su victoria sobre los Rangers en el Juego 5 de la Serie de Campeonato de la Liga Americana el viernes. En boca de todos estaba José Altuve, cuyo jonrón de tres carreras en la novena

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HOUSTON -- A disastrous start by left-hander Framber Valdez put the Astros in comeback mode from the jump Monday afternoon, and not even another big day at the plate from slugger Yordan Alvarez was enough to rescue the defending World Series champions in Game 2 of the American League Championship

HOUSTON -- There is no player competing in the 2023 American League Championship Series who embodies the Lone Star State more than Astros closer Ryan Pressly, who was born in Dallas, has a tattoo of the state on his back and is seldom seen not wearing cowboy boots off the

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