but Espada will still confront challenges unique to the Astros, a franchise with a demanding owner, enormous expectations and one that is approaching a crossroads in its championship life cycle.

The Houston Astros rolled into 2025 with familiar championship aspirations guiding their way. However, the opening weeks have been marked by unforeseen challenges—primarily affecting their ...

For the Astros, new manager Joe Espada and second ... Any time a baseball team underperforms, the seats underneath the butts of management, both in the dugout and front office, will heat up ...

What turned the Houston Astros into the American League powerhouse they are today was a combination of elite front office work that identified early talent and got them into the organization where ...

Astros' advisor and Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell was succinct Monday when assessing his challenge to Smith ... daring the youngster to force management's hand with a late-March call-up.

He's insecure, smothering and untrusting, and only someone very foolish or very, very desperate would agree to become the next general manager of the Astros ... is one of the challenges McLane ...

The Houston Astros knew it was coming. They just didn't know who was coming. The Tigers played the game they've played so well since mid-August, the matchup game, with their pitchers in sweeping ...