Right now, Peña's 4 WAR (wins above replacement) ranks second to New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, whose sits at 5.6 for the season so far. While that's one singular stat, a closer look at the numbers reveals just how valuable Peña is .

The Houston Astros look like they could have the makings of a team who buys at the trade deadline in order to put themselves in a position to chase another championship. With the American League still looking extremely thin as has been the case for the last couple of years,

Why the Houston Astros must avoid trading top pitching prospect Miguel Ullola before the 2025 deadline to protect their future.

The issue with Melton is his plate discipline. Though the outfielder cut his chase rate from 33.1 percent last season to 24.1 percent this season in Triple-A and has one of the higher bat speeds on the Astros at 73.3 mph, he will need to live up to his potential.

Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died after a drug overdose in 2019 when Wade Miley was pitching for the Houston Astros.

So much has gone wrong for the Astros this year. Three-fifths of their season-opening rotation is on the injured list, and that doesn’t even count two other key starters who haven’t thrown a single pitch in 2025.

Christian Walker went 8-for-42 across his next 12 games, negating whatever nirvana the superstition may have spurred. He averaged at least a 96.5 exit velocity during eight of those 12 contests, continuing a confluence of poor luck and putrid results.

Framber Valdez and four relievers combined to work a 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox in the rubber game of a three-game series at Daikin Park. The Astros climbed back to eight games above .500, tying their high-water mark of the season, and have won or split each of their last six series.