Pregame analysis and predictions of the San Francisco Giants vs. Houston Astros MLB game to be played on April 2, 2025 on ESPN.

Luis Garcia, the Houston Astros' starting pitcher, has faced another setback in his rehabilitation process. According to multiple reports, the right-hander has been shut down for the next four weeks after an MRI revealed elbow inflammation.

With the Houston Astros off to a halting, 2-4 start as they open their quest for a ninth straight season of playoff baseball, their starting rotation has been a pleasant surprise for the most part. In the early going, the Astros’ five starters have ...

Minnesota’s only runs of the game came in the first. Matt Wallner jump-started the offense, tripling off the wall in center field. He scored on a Correa ground ball. After Byron Buxton beat out an infield hit and stole second, he scored the second run of the game on a Trevor Larnach RBI knock.

The Houston Astros parted ways with one of their most beloved players of the past decade this past offseason, when two-time World Series champion Alex Bregman s

Now, the Astros have made a roster move as they continue to try to get their season on track. The team announced that Cooper Hummel has cleared waivers and elected to become a free agent.

On the seventh pitch of their duel, McCaughan, who pitched the final two innings of Thursday’s game, caught Altuve looking, giving him a rare, undesirable platinum sombrero.

As shared by MLB insider Jeff Passan of ESPN, from May 11 on, the only pitchers who recorded a lower ERA than the emerging Astros star was Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who won the National League Rookie of the Year Award, and Chris Sale, who was the NL Cy Young Award winner.

MINNEAPOLIS — Houston Astros pitcher Luis Garcia had an MRI that showed “inflammation in his right elbow,” the team said Thursday, and is still shut down from throwing indefinitely. Garcia, who had a setback late in spring training in his attempt to return from Tommy John surgery,

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Astros' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start: 1. Cam Smith (MLB No. 57), 3B -- Houston (MLB) 2. Brice Matthews, SS/3B -- Sugar Land (Triple-A) 3.