Facebook Twitter Email The Houston Astros are in agreement with a highly rated Dominican talent for the 2025 international signing period. The club is expected to sign shortstop Luis Steven King to a bonus around $400,000, when the next signing period opens Jan. 15, 2025, Francys Romero reported Wednesday. Luis Steven King, twin brother of Luis Ramon King, has been training at Alex Sanchez’s Academy. Luis Ramon King is expected to sign with the Kansas City Royals. Information is limited on King, but adding another young talent up the middle will be big for the Astros’ system. Francys Romero sa ..read more

Facebook Twitter Email Another day of Astros minor league action is in the books. See the results below! AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (15-8) lost 19-6 (BOX SCORE) Sugar Land got on the board first getting a solo HR from Loperfido in the first inning. Kouba got the start but struggled allowing 7 runs over 3 innings. He was relieved by Greene who allowed 5 runs in just 1 inning of work. The offense picked up 2 runs in the 5th on a Hensley RBI groundout and another Loperfido solo HR. In the 6th, Leon connected on a solo HR. Hensley added a solo HR in the 9th, but the pen allowed another 7 runs ..read more

Facebook Twitter Email Another day of Astros minor league action is in the books. See the results below! AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (15-7) won 10-9 (BOX SCORE) Blubaugh started for Sugar Land and had his first tough outing of the season allowing 4 runs in 3 innings of work. The offense got on the board in the 2nd inning on a Leon RBI double and Hummel RBI single. They got another in the 3rd inning on a Bastidas RBI groundout. Kennel and Mushinski went 2 innings each in relief allowing 1 run. Sugar Land was down 6-3 going into the 8th but the offense got a run on a Wagner RBI single. In th ..read more

Facebook Twitter Email This year I figured I would try something new. Rather than do another recap of the full week, I will highlight the top performers at the plate and on the mound from the previous week of play. Below is the hotlist for Week Three. Here is last week’s Hotlist. Who’s Hot At The Plate? Cam Fisher – Fisher, the Astros 4th round pick in the 2023 draft, got off to a slow start but really turned it on this week. He only played in four games but connected on two doubles, four homers and drove in 9 runs. Overall he has a 1.022 ERA in 11 games in High-A Asheville. Kenedy Corona – Co ..read more

Facebook Twitter Email Below is a weekly summary of the Astros’ minor league affiliates Triple-A: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (4-2) The Space Cowboys returned home to Constellation Field for a series with their cross-state rivals, the Round Rock Express, where they would win the first three and eventually claim the series on Saturday. Jesus Bastides collected 5 extra-base hits (XBH) this series and tallied 6 RBIs to lead the team. Pedro Leon continued his hot start to the season as well collecting 6 hits and two stolen bases. Joey Loperfido struggled this week (1-20). The Space Cowboys head to Re ..read more

Facebook Twitter Email Another day of Astros minor league action is in the books. See the results below! AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (14-7) lost 5-3 (BOX SCORE) Tamarez started for Sugar Land but struggled allowing 5 runs and walking 5 over 3.1 innings. The offense got on the board in the 3rd inning on a Julks solo HR. In the 6th, they got 2 more runs 0n a Bastidas 2 run HR. The rest of then pen was solid but the offense was unable to get anything else going as Sugar Land fell 5-3. Note: Bastidas is hitting .323 this season. Corey Julks, DH: 1-for-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB, SB Jesus Bastida ..read more

Facebook Twitter Email Another day of Astros minor league action is in the books. See the results below! AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (14-6) won 11-4 (BOX SCORE) Note: Salazar is hitting .362 this season. David Hensley, 3B: 1-for-5, RBI, BB Jesus Bastidas, 2B: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI Will Wagner, 1B: 2-for-3, 4 R, 2B, 2 BB Cooper Hummel, LF: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB Cesar Salazar, DH: 2-for-2, 3 R, RBI, 3 BB Jacob Amaya, SS: 1-for-2, 2 R, RBI, 3 BB Luke Berryhill, C: 2-for-5, 3 RBI Blair Henley, RHP: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Miguel Diaz, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 ..read more

Facebook Twitter Email Another day of Astros minor league action is in the books. See the results below! AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (13-6) lost 7-3 (BOX SCORE) Sugar Land got on the board in the first inning on a Julks sac fly. They got another in the 3rd inning on a Leon RBI double. Gusto started for Sugar Land and went 4 innings allowing 3 runs, 2 earned. He was relieved by Gaither who allowed 4 runs as the Express extended their lead. The offense got one back in the 9th on an Amaya RBI single but that was it as Sugar Land fell 7-3. Note: Leon is hitting .32o this season. David Hensl ..read more

Facebook Twitter Email Another day of Astros minor league action is in the books. See the results below! AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (13-5) won 7-6 (BOX SCORE) Kouba started for Sugar Land but struggled allowing 4 runs over 3 innings. The offense got on the board in the 3rd scoring 5 runs on a Bastidas RBI double, Cabbage walk, Wagner groundout and Whitcomb 2 run single. In the 6th they picked up 2 more runs on a Whitcomb solo HR and Bastidas RBI double. VanWey allowed a solo HR in the 9th but was able to hold on for the save as Sugar Land won 7-6. Note: Whitcomb is hitting .304 this seaso ..read more

Facebook Twitter Email Another day of Astros minor league action is in the books. See the results below! AAA: Sugar Land Space Cowboys (12-5) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE) Blubaugh got the start and was dominant for Sugar Land. He allowed a lead off homer, but then went 6.1 scoreless striking out 8, allowing just the one run. He generated 15 swings and misses while touching 96.3 MPH with the fastball. The offense got on the board in the 3rd on a Whitcomb 2 run single. That was enough for the Blubaugh and the pen as they were able to close out the 2-1 win. Note: Blubaugh has a 0.79 ERA in Triple-A ..read more