There are trade candidates out there for them, and while the first base market is filled ... The one issue to remember in a potential trade for the Astros is that their farm system is perhaps ...

Contreras would probably take some time to warm up to the first base position ... to injury issues, but he was still effective with an .848 OPS when he was on the field. If the Astros want to ...

The Astros entered Saturday extracting ... he could play there in a ploy to mitigate the elbow issue. Bregman last manned first base in high school summer ball. Mauricio Dubón, mired in his ...

Lance McCullers Jr. finally got some peace of mind on Tuesday night. The Astros right-hander pitched six scoreless innings to ...

George Springer is in Toronto now, Alex Bregman in Boston and Carlos Correa in Minnesota. Justin Verlander pitches for San ...

The Astros unquestionably made the right decision to move on as Abreu had proven he simply was not an MLB-caliber player anymore, but his release meant that first base was now an issue.

Astros first basemen this season hit ... it seems like some infield shuffling could be done to alleviate the first-base issue. Of note: Dezenzo is 6-foot-5 and has first base experience.

Wrist issues plagued Dezenzo for the first half of this ... catchers — perhaps at first base — and make Houston’s roster far more functional. One of the Astros’ elder statesmen will ...