This was the second career Gold Glove Award for the utility spot Dubón has won, with his first in 2023.

The Astros have stated for months their priority is to re-sign Alex Bregman. They have an offer on the table, but a handful of teams have now entered the Bregman race with Juan Soto off the board.

The AL Central was overlooked to the point of mockery before opening day.

Astros General Manager Dana Brown and Manager Joe Espada are scheduled to address the season's end in a final press conference at Minute Maid Park.

The Baltimore Orioles were swept out of the playoffs in their only series for a second consecutive year.

The Kansas City Royals endured two seven-game losing streaks in the final month of the season.

Bobby Witt Jr. beat out an infield single to drive in the go-ahead run and send the Kansas City Royals into an AL Division Series with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles for a two-game sweep of their Wild Card Series.

Tarik Skubal kept up his stellar season with a sensational playoff debut and the Detroit Tigers got to Framber Valdez early in a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros in their AL Wild Card Series opener.

The Houston Astros will face the Detroit Tigers in the AL Wild Card series this week.

The AL Wild Card Series opener between the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays drew an announced crowd of just 19,704, the lowest for a postseason game since the 1919 World Series other than during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

HOUSTON – The Houston Astros came into the AL Wild Card series vs. the Minnesota Twins as underdogs. ‘Rispy’ businessAfter struggling with runners in scoring position, the Astros scored six of the team’s seven runs by either hitting in or walking with runners in scoring position. While Houston wasn’t overall impressive in RISP (runners in scoring position) situations, they did enough to beat the Twins. Long reliefManager Dusty Baker chose to stick pitchers Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier in the bullpen instead of making the Game 2 start. In Game 1, Valdez came in with the Astros trailing 1-0 and shut down the Twins for five innings.