Jason Hirsh

Brad Lincoln, Chris Snyder, Chris Wallace, Jesse Crain, Blake Kelso, Bryan Pounds, Ryan Wagner, Caleb Ramsey, Michael Goodnight, Brad Sullivan and Doug Drabek joined Williams as the University of Houston baseball alumni who took part in the event.  

HOUSTON -- Jordan Lyles got his first shot at the big leagues last season for the Astros at the age of 20 and demonstrated plenty of long-term promise, despite finishing with unfavorable results. Lyles, who entered the 2011 campaign rated as Houston's top ...  

I don't know how John Mozeliak and the St. Louis Cardinals did it, but it seems like the moment they traded Brett Wallace in the Matt Holliday deal, the worst-case-scenarios about their erstwhile top prospect became a permanent and terrible reality.  

HOUSTON -- The buzzword for the Astros entering Spring Training is competition ... job with switch-hitter Paredes. RHP Brandon Lyon: The 2011 campaign was one to forget for Lyon, who had an awful start to the season before being shut down ...  

“Baseball has to approve all of those logos and all of those ... The Astros have had several uniform styles in their history, including the shooting star jerseys and the now infamous rainbow ones. They’ve had their current uniforms, which ...