Justin Verlander’s net worth in 2024 is about $150 million. Verlander is an MLB professional baseball player who has played for several teams over the length of his 18-year career.
The injuries keep coming for the Houston Astros as another starter heads to the IL on Wednesday afternoon. Houston has placed outfielder Chas McCormick on the 10-day IL, with the date retroactive to April 28 due to right hamstring discomfort per the team's transaction wire.
The brutal start to the season from the Houston Astros looks like it could be flipping as the team has now won three straight games. It was an interesting first month of the season for the Astros, an organization that's dominated baseball for much of the past decade.
The Houston Astros officially optioned Jose Abreu to West Palm Beach today. It was shocking when that news was announced because it was reported that the former MVP was in agreement that he needed to spend some time away from Major League Baseball after his brutal stretch to start the year.
Bregman’s Slow Start and Decline in Team Defense As we hope for the Astros to start chipping away at the team’s poor Win% in 2024, let’s look at a couple of issues which may be relevant to the team’s start to this season.
For most of April, the Houston Astros couldn't do anything right. Timely hits eluded them, quality innings were hard to come by, and the bullpen couldn't hold a lead to save its life.
Jose Altuve, batting .345 this season, leads the Houston Astros (10-19) into a matchup with one of the league’s other top hitters, Steven Kwan (.350 AVG) and the Cleveland Guardians (19-10).
Hours after the Astros made the shocking move of optioning veteran first baseman Jose Abreu to allow him to work on his swing at its Florida spring training facility, his replacements played a role in Houston's 10-9, 10-inning victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday.
Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a look at the final April stats and passes judgment on which slow-starting fantasy players need to be traded for.
It’s been hard to watch Jose Abreu lately. If you’re a Houston Astros fan, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Abreu, 37, was mercifully optioned to West Palm Beach in a surprise transaction to close out a brutal month of April that featured a .099/.156/.113 triple slash, along with a .269 OPS (-21 wRC+) in 77 plate appearances.
Houston wins it 10-9 on a walk-off homer in the 10th WOW, what a wild game. Honestly, I am not even that excited, just relieved they didn’t blow another lead.
Pinch hitter Victor Caratini slugged a two-run, walk-off home run with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting the Houston Astros to a 10-9 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday.
The Houston Astros are off to their worst start in 55 years. They are currently ranked as the fourth-worst team in MLB Standings with a dismal 9-19 record.
With José Abreu hitting .099/.156/.113 with a -21 wRC+ across 77 plate appearances, it was only a matter of time before something broke the status quo.
He is batting .099 this season. He has just seven hits in 71 at-bats, with only one extra-base hit. He has just three walks and 18 strikeouts.
The Houston Astros are optioning first baseman José Abreu to West Palm Beach, effective Wednesday, general manager Dana Brown told The Athletic's Chandler Rome on Tuesday.
First baseman José Abreu is not with the Astros right now and will be optioned Wednesday to West Palm Beach.
The Houston Astros' disastrous start may be the most surprising storyline of the MLB season.
When he has put the bat on the ball, he hasn’t been able to do damage. Most notably, he has yet to hit a home run this season. He has just 21 hits, with his five doubles being the only knocks of the extra-base variety.
These three teams are not off to the starts they expected and are quickly running out of time to right the ship.
The Houston Astros are shaking up their roster amidst a slow start to the season. The team plans to call up one of their top prospects to the big leagues before their series opens against the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday.
The Astros are calling up slugger Joey Loperfido, who has been doing a nice job at the Triple-A level after earlier crushing the ball in spring training.
Cody Goggin of the Action Network shares his Astros vs. Cubs pick, including MLB odds and predictions for the game at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, April 23.
The Astros confirmed tragic news about one of their former prospects on Saturday.
How many of the active MLB pitchers with the most career strikeouts can you name in five minutes?
The Astros have to be questioning whether they have Josh Hader out there pitching for them right now or Bill Hader.
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