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Brice Matthews at home: .212/.350/.248, 0 HR, 4 doubles, .598 OPS

On the road: .333/.436/.641, 10 HR, 8 doubles, 5 triples, 1.077 OPS

66.6% contact rate on the season; only one qualified Major League hitter (Michael Toglia, 64.5%) has a lower rate.

10.07.2025 23:16 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2

The Astros are calling up top prospect Brice Matthews and he will join the team for tomorrow's game against the Rangers, source tells @theathletic.bsky.social. MLB dot com was first to report.

10.07.2025 22:55 — 👍 29 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 7

Brice Matthews Still Has Progress To Make One of the Astros’ top prospects fits a position of need, but Brice Matthews still has room to improve before he can help the active roster.

Brice Matthews Still Has Progress To Make

01.07.2025 21:24 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

I can watch Luis Guillorme play defense all day.

17.06.2025 03:29 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

Pitches per plate appearance by team and first pitch swing rate by team in 2025

The Astros are drawing more pitches than they did last season (3.65 Pit/PA), but not significantly more.
Still swinging at a high rate of first pitches, too, but a decline from 2024 (37.7%).

17.05.2025 21:04 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Three Astros Things Alvarez, Brown, and Hitters On Upswing

Three #Astros Things

05.05.2025 18:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Astros and the AL West An early look at the AL West standings

Astros and the AL West

28.04.2025 21:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Trajectory of Astros’ Pitching Staff A forward looking view of the current Astros’ pitching

Trajectory of Astros’ Pitching Staff

25.04.2025 15:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Jeremy Peña, An Above Average Hitter? It Could Happen. There are seemingly a few times each season when I write about Jeremy Peña, typically focusing on his offensive production or the lack thereof. Perhaps there's another adjustment at the plate to...

Jeremy Peña, An Above Average Hitter? It Could Happen.

15.04.2025 17:10 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Today in Astros history - April 15 What happened today in team history?

Today in Astros history - April 15

15.04.2025 17:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Astros Prospect Report: April 13th See how the prospects performed last night.

Astros Prospect Report: April 13th

14.04.2025 17:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Today in Astros history - April 14 What happened today in team history?

Today in Astros history - April 14

14.04.2025 17:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Early view of the Astros’ defense Astros may be reversing the diminished defensive metrics of 2024

Early view of the Astros’ defense

14.04.2025 17:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

FIP and wRC+ graph by team through April 9, 2025

Yeah, that's looks about right so far...

10.04.2025 16:24 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

A Quick Look at Strikeout Rates And Swinging Strike Rates Among Pitching Staffs We’re only ten games into the season for the Astros, so it makes little sense to stress too much about what has happened thus far. Yes, not every game has gone according to plan, like Monday...

A Quick Look at Strikeout Rates And Swinging Strike Rates Among Pitching Staffs

08.04.2025 21:24 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Today in Astros history - April 8 What happened today in team history?

Today in Astros history - April 8

08.04.2025 21:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Astros Crawfish Boil: April 8, 2025 Welcome to the Tuesday Crawfish Boil!

Astros Crawfish Boil: April 8, 2025

08.04.2025 21:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Strikeout Rate and Swinging Strike Rate by team in 2025 through April 6, 2025

Although the last two series against the Giants and Twins have seen the Astros' pitching staff give up runs in bunches, I am encouraged by the swing-and-miss capability of this staff so far.

07.04.2025 16:29 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Pitch chart of Jeremy Peña's home run off of Joe Ryan on April 3, 2025

Jeremy Peña slugged .517 against 4-seam fastballs in his rookie season (2022). Dropped to .486 in 2023 and .394 in 2024.

If he can start hammering four seams again like he just did against Joe Ryan, I'd feel pretty good about his offensive prospects his season.

03.04.2025 20:43 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0