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Over the weekend, the Houston Astros were finally able to trade reliever Ryan Pressly to the Chicago Cubs after he agreed to waive his no-trade clause and sign off on the deal.
Obviously, things turned out well for Houston, with Verlander winning ALCS MVP honors and leading the Astros to a World Series title in 2017. The next two years, he was an AL All-Star, finishing ...
The cover boldly predicted that the Astros would be World Series champions in 2017, and was backed up by a story from Ben Reiter entitled " Astro-Matic Baseball: Houston's Grand Experiment," which ...
The Houston Astros are the only franchise to have represented both the NL (2005) and the AL (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022), winning the Series in 2017 and 2022. The 1919 and 2017 World Series were both marred with cheating scandals: the Black Sox Scandal and the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal.
The third no-hitter in MLB postseason history, it was the second in World Series play, following Don Larsen's perfect game in 1956. [f] [34] Pressly was critical in the Astros’ victory in the 2022 World Series, closing out five of six games, as he allowed just two hits, one walk, and no earned runs in 5 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings.
It was Bregman's first career walk-off hit. He became the second player to drive in a run in each of his first five World Series games, joining Amos Otis. [73] The series lasted seven games, and the Astros won the World Series for the first time. [87] Bregman finished his first postseason with four home runs and 10 RBIs.
The door to re-signing free agent Alex Bregman is “cracked” open for Houston, but keeping the third baseman with the Astros might still be a long shot, general manager Dana Brown said Saturday.
1905 Houston Buffaloes team photo. From 1888 until 1961, Houston's professional baseball club was the minor league Houston Buffaloes.Although expansion from the National League eventually brought an MLB team to Texas in 1962, Houston officials had been making efforts to do so for years prior, with a group effort led in 1952 to buy the St. Louis Cardinals for $4.25 million, but local owners ...