This has not been the Houston Astros that fans and all of Major League Baseball has gotten to know during the last decade. The normally unflappable, mistake-free, machine-like roster has turned into legitimately one of the worst playing teams in all of baseball.
The Cleveland Guardians (19-9) open a three-game series against the Houston Astros (9-19) with a Tuesday meeting at Minute Maid Park. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
The Houston Astros' disastrous start may be the most surprising storyline of the MLB season.
Bad. Just bad in all aspects. You can only blame injuries so much. Hunter Brown pitched today; certainly considered one of the top five Astros pitchers when the season began, injuries or not.
Information on Hunter Brown’s Rebound...And Notes on the Astros’ Standings Hunter Brown experienced a bad pitching start for the ages against the Royals, and we didn’t know what to expect in Tuesday’s start against the powerful Braves’ offense.
We were unable to cash a home run prop on Monday night, bringing a brief end to our recent hot streak. Let's start a new one on Tuesday night with our three favorite home run bets for the MLB slate.
It is still early?? A recap of this game seems gratuitous, like posting clips of a bad car accident or train wreck. If you missed the game, take comfort in the fact that it was over shorty after it started.
Houston Astros starter Hunter Brown was obliterated by the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.
The Kansas City Royals (8-4) hope to complete a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros (4-9) when the teams meet at 2:10 PM ET on Thursday. The Astros are -133 favorites to prevent the Royals from completing the sweep.
Well, that was an embarrassing game to watch for so many reasons. Picking up from where the ALCS left off. Simply put, the Astros were outplayed. It took Hunter Brown 80 pitches to make it through three innings.
Yes, A Yankees Sweep Is Bad....But The Astros’ Starting Pitching Wasn’t Bad We can hate a 0-4 start to the season. But the series revealed something that may turn out to be more important than the outcome of the games.
The Houston Astros seem to have their pitching staff locked in for the regular season, to hear general manager Dana Brown tell it. Brown talked with the media in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday and indicated that the Astros seem happy with what they have in their rotation and their bullpen.
Houston GM Dana Brown indicated that the club hoped to make further additions to the pitching side of its roster before Opening Day. That no longer appears to be the plan.
Houston Astros' starting pitcher Hunter Brown is going to make a big adjustment to his pitch mix in 2024. He told MLB.com that he'll be working on a traditional slider this year as opposed to the "cut slider" he threw last year.
The Astros figure to add injured right-handers Lance McCullers Jr. and Luis Garcia back into their rotation mix in 2024, though The Athletic’s Chandler Rome notes that, with neither player expected to be ready for Opening Day next season, rookie right-handers J.P. France and Hunter Brown could have opportunities to crack the rotation again headed into spring training.
Hunter Brown was born in Detroit and attended Wayne State University in that city. He'll get his second opportunity to pitch at Detroit's Comerica Park as a visiting pro on Saturday evening.
Hunter Brown carried a shutout bid into the seventh inning and benefited from ample run support as the Houston Astros recorded nine extra-base hits and rolled to a 17-4 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.
The Houston Astros pitching staff was one of the best in baseball last season, led by Cy Young winner Justin Verlander and emerging star Framber Valdez.
Not even a month into the regular season, the Chicago White Sox already have a score to settle with the Tampa Bay Rays. Fortunately for the White Sox, they have one of their best arms to call on when the teams start a four-game series on Thursday in Chicago.
Before the season started, we were convinced Masataka Yoshida of the Boston Red Sox was going to run away with AL Rookie of the Year. But that hasn't been the case.
Rookie Hunter Brown allowed two hits and one unearned run over seven innings and Chas McCormick homered and drove in four runs to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
It's a tough ask for a rookie starting pitcher to assume a role in a World Series-caliber rotation. It comes with responsibility most have never faced in their life, much less career.
After a promising spring training which had Hunter Brown on track to become the Houston Astros’ fifth starter, he was scratched on Wednesday with lower back tightness.
Hunter Brown was one of the Astros’ top prospects in 2022 and had a dominant season in the minor leagues. He was the 2022 Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year and was a late-season call-up for Houston.
One more injury could start to test the Houston Astros' starting rotation depth, forcing them to tap into a group of mostly unproven hurlers from the upper minors. Who are their options?
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