2017 Houston Astros season

2017 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
American League (since 2013)
AL West Division (since 2013)
Location
Minute Maid Park (since 2000)
Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Crane
General manager(s)	Jeff Luhnow
Manager(s)	A. J. Hinch
Local television	Root Sports Southwest (Todd Kalas, Geoff Blum)
Local radio	Sportstalk 790 (Robert Ford, Steve Sparks, Geoff Blum) KLAT (Spanish) (Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2017 Houston Astros season is the 56th season for the franchise in Houston, their 53rd as the Astros, their fifth in the American League and their 18th season at Minute Maid Park. The Astros began the season at home against the Seattle Mariners on April 3, 2017. They will finish the season against the Boston Red Sox on October 1.

Offseason

November 2016

Source^[1]

November 3, 2016	Claimed OF Nori Aoki off waivers from Seattle.
November 4, 2016	Traded RHP Pat Neshek to Philadelphia for a player to be named or cash. Exercised the 2017 option on C Evan Gattis.
November 6, 2016	Selected the contract of LHP Reymin Guduan from Fresno (PCL).
November 15, 2016	Named Alex Cora bench coach.
November 16, 2016	Agreed to terms with RHP Charlie Morton on a two-year contract.
November 17, 2016	Traded RHP Albert Abreu and RHP Jorge Guzman to New York for C Brian McCann.
November 19, 2016	Announced Buies Creek (Carolina) will serve as a temporary Class A-Advanced affiliate through the 2018 season.
November 23, 2016	Agreed to terms with OF Josh Reddick on a four-year contract.

December

Source^[1]

December 5, 2016	Agreed to terms with Carlos Beltrán on a one-year contract.
December 6, 2016	Claimed LHP Ashur Tolliver off waivers from the L.A. Angels.
December 9, 2016	Agreed to terms with LHP Cionel Perez on a minor league contract.
December 13, 2016	Signed a 30-year lease agreement with Fayetteville, N.C. to relocate their Class A Advanced affiliate to Fayetteville beginning with the 2019 season.

January 2017

Source^[2]

January 9, 2017	Agreed to terms with C Luis Barajas on a minor league contract.
January 10, 2017	Named Darryl Robinson hitting coach, Aaron DelGiudice development coach and Lee Meyer trainer of Fresno (PCL); Omar Lopez manager, Chris Holt pitching coach, Troy Snitker hitting coach, Mickey Storey development coach, John Gregorich trainer and Mark Spadavecchia strength coach of Buies Creek (Carolina), Russ Steinhorn manager, Drew French pitching coach, Ben Rosenthal hitting coach, Jason Bell development coach, Elliot Diehl trainer and Hazael Wessin strength coach of Quad Cities (MWL); Morgan Ensberg manager, Bill Murphy pitching coach, Jeremy Barnes hitting coach and Daniel Cerquera trainer of Tri-City (NY-P); Erick Abreu pitching coach and Jacob Behara strength coach of Greeneville
January 14, 2017	Agreed to terms with LHP Dallas Keuchel and OFs Jake Marisnick and George Springer on one-year contracts and with INF Reid Brignac, C Juan Centeno and LHP C.J. Riefenhauser on minor league contracts.
January 19, 2017	Agreed to terms with RHP Mike Fiers on a one-year contract.

February

Source^[2]

February 2, 2017	Agreed to terms with RHP Dayan Diaz on a minor league contract.
February 7, 2017	Agreed to terms with RHP Will Harris on a two-year contract.
February 17, 2017	Agreed to terms with INF Marwin Gonzalez on a one-year contract.

March

Source^[2]

March 14, 2017	Reassigned RHPs Edison Frias, Cy Sneed and Aaron West, LHP Brian Holmes and C Garrett Stubbs to their minor league camp.
March 16, 2017	Reassigned OF Andrew Aplin, RHP Brady Rodgers and LHPs Reymin Guduan and Ashur Tolliver to minor league camp.
March 16, 2017	Optioned OF Andrew Aplin, RHP Brady Rodgers and LHPs Reymin Guduan and Ashur Tolliver to Fresno (PCL).
March 18, 2017	Reassigned OF Ramon Laureano and RHP Francis Martes to their minor league camp.
March 22, 2017	Assigned C Max Stassi outright to Fresno (PCL). Optioned INF/OF Tony Kemp, OF Teoscar Hernandez, 3B Colin Moran and 1B A.J. Reed and Tyler White to Fresno. Reassigned C Tyler Heineman and 1B Jonathan Singleton to minor league camp.
March 25, 2017	Reassigned OF Alejandro Garcia, RHP Jordan Jankowski, OF Jon Kemmer and RHP Tyson Perez to their minor league camp. Granted LHP C.J. Riefenhauser his unconditional release.
March 29, 2017	Optioned OF Preston Tucker to minor league camp.

April

Source^[2]

April 1, 2017	Optioned RHP James Hoyt to Fresno (PCL).

Regular season

Season standings

American League West

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	71	44	0.617	—	33–25	38–19
Seattle Mariners	59	58	0.504	13	32–29	27–29
Los Angeles Angels	59	58	0.504	13	33–26	26–32
Texas Rangers	55	59	0.482	15½	29–26	26–33
Oakland Athletics	51	65	0.440	20½	32–28	19–37

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Houston Astros	71	44	0.617
Boston Red Sox	66	50	0.569
Cleveland Indians	62	52	0.544

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	61	54	0.530	+3
Minnesota Twins	58	57	0.504	—
Seattle Mariners	59	58	0.504	—
Los Angeles Angels	59	58	0.504	—
Tampa Bay Rays	59	59	0.500	½
Kansas City Royals	58	58	0.500	½
Baltimore Orioles	57	59	0.491	1½
Texas Rangers	55	59	0.482	2½
Toronto Blue Jays	55	61	0.474	3½
Detroit Tigers	53	63	0.457	5½
Oakland Athletics	51	65	0.440	7½
Chicago White Sox	45	69	0.395	12½

Record against opponents

2017 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	7–6	4–3	2–4	3–4	1–5	3–3	1–2	2–5	5–7	1–1	0–0	6–6	6–1	9–3	8–10
Boston	6–7	—	6–1	2–0	3–4	2–1	2–4	2–4	5–2	3–6	1–3	3–3	5–6	5–1	7–3	11–4
Chicago	3–4	1–6	—	5–7	6–6	3–0	6–6	0–3	4–7	3–4	1–5	3–4	1–2	2–1	3–3	4–11
Cleveland	3–1	0–2	7–5	—	6–6	5–1	4–5	3–0	8–5	2–1	3–4	2–2	1–2	6–1	4–2	5–13
Detroit	4–3	4–3	6–6	6–6	—	3–4	6–7	3–4	6–3	2–1	1–2	1–6	2–5	1–2	2–1	5–9
Houston	5–1	1–2	0–3	1–5	4–3	—	3–4	6–4	5–1	5–2	10–2	8–5	2–1	7–4	4–3	9–1
Kansas City	3–3	4–2	6–6	5–4	2–4	4–3	—	6–1	4–8	2–4	1–2	5–2	3–3	1–6	2–1	5–5
Los Angeles	2–1	4–2	3–0	0–3	4–3	4–6	1–6	—	2–5	4–2	7–6	7–4	3–4	4–5	4–3	10–8
Minnesota	5–2	2–5	7–4	5–8	3–6	1–5	8–4	5–2	—	2–1	3–3	3–4	1–2	4–3	0–0	8–7
New York	7–5	6–3	4–3	2–2	1–2	2–5	4–2	2–4	1–2	—	2–5	3–1	8–5	1–2	5–5	11–5
Oakland	1–1	3–1	5–1	4–3	2–1	2–10	2–1	6–7	3–3	5–2	—	6–5	2–5	3–6	2–5	5–12
Seattle	0–0	3–3	4–3	1–2	6–1	5–8	2–5	4–7	4–3	1–3	7–6	—	3–0	8–4	1–6	10–7
Tampa Bay	6–6	6–5	2–1	2–1	5–2	4–3	1–3	4–3	2–1	5–8	5–2	0–3	—	2–4	6–6	8–6
Texas	1–6	1–5	1–2	1–6	2–1	4–7	6–1	5–4	3–4	2–1	6–3	4–8	4–2	—	3–4	12–5
Toronto	3–9	1–5	3–3	2–4	0–0	3–4	1–2	3–4	0–0	5–5	5–2	6–1	6–6	4–3	—	7–7

Game log

2017 Game Log: 71–44 (Home: 33–25; Away: 38–19)

April: 16–9 (Home: 9–5; Away: 7–4)

May: 22–7 (Home: 11–5; Away: 11–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
26	May 1	Rangers	6–2	Devenski (2–1)	Cashner (0–3)	Giles (7)	22,556	17–9	W2
27	May 2	Rangers	8–7	Hoyt (1–0)	Kela (0–1)	Harris (1)	26,208	18–9	W3
28	May 3	Rangers	10–1	Morton (3–2)	Martinez (0–1)	—	27,439	19–9	W4
29	May 4	Rangers	4–10	Griffin (3–0)	Musgrove (1–3)	—	27,391	19–10	L1
30	May 5	@ Angels	7–6 (10)	Giles (1–1)	Norris (0–1)	Devenski (2)	34,556	20–10	W1
31	May 6	@ Angels	1–2	Norris (1–1)	Devenski (2–2)	—	41,097	20–11	L1
32	May 7	@ Angels	5–3	Fiers (1–1)	Shoemaker (1–2)	Giles (8)	38,383	21–11	W1
33	May 9	Braves	8–3	Morton (4–2)	Colón (1–4)	—	28,724	22–11	W2
34	May 10	Braves	4–2	Musgrove (2–3)	García (1–2)	Giles (9)	23,676	23–11	W3
35	May 11	@ Yankees	3–2	Keuchel (6–0)	Pineda (3–2)	Giles (10)	39,050	24–11	W4
36	May 12	@ Yankees	5–1	McCullers (3–1)	Montgomery (2–2)	—	41,150	25–11	W5
—	May 13	@ Yankees	Postponed (inclement weather). Makeup date: May 14.
37	May 14 (1)	@ Yankees	6–11	Warren (1–0)	Harris (1–1)	—	47,883	25–12	L1
38	May 14 (2)	@ Yankees	10–7	Morton (5–2)	Tanaka (5–2)	—	47,883	26–12	W1
39	May 15	@ Marlins	7–2	Musgrove (3–3)	Tazawa (1–1)	—	16,448	27–12	W2
40	May 16	@ Marlins	12–2	Keuchel (7–0)	Koehler (1–2)	—	18,056	28–12	W3
41	May 17	@ Marlins	3–0	McCullers (4–1)	Ureña (1–2)	Giles (11)	24,699	29–12	W4
42	May 19	Indians	3–5	Bauer (4–4)	Morton (5–3)	Allen (11)	36,446	29–13	L1
43	May 20	Indians	0–3	Clevinger (2–1)	Fiers (1–2)	Allen (12)	34,698	29–14	L2
44	May 21	Indians	6–8	Salazar (3–4)	Musgrove (3–4)	—	33,476	29–15	L3
45	May 22	Tigers	1–0	Devenski (3–2)	Fulmer (5–2)	Giles (12)	22,146	30–15	W1
46	May 23	Tigers	6–2	McCullers (5–1)	Zimmermann (4–3)	—	23,179	31–15	W2
47	May 24	Tigers	3–6	Greene (1–0)	Devenski (3–3)	—	26,481	31–16	L1
48	May 25	Tigers	7–6	Gregerson (2–1)	Wilson (1–2)	Giles (13)	25,046	32–16	W1
49	May 26	Orioles	2–0	Musgrove (4–4)	Gausman (2–4)	Giles (14)	31,380	33–16	W2
50	May 27	Orioles	5–2	Keuchel (8–0)	Miley (1–3)	Harris (2)	32,761	34–16	W3
51	May 28	Orioles	8–4	McCullers (6–1)	Asher (1–3)	—	34,720	35–16	W4
52	May 29	@ Twins	16–8	Jankowski (1–0)	Breslow (1–1)	—	24,272	36–16	W5
53	May 30	@ Twins	7–2	Fiers (2–2)	Berríos (3–1)	—	22,616	37–16	W6
54	May 31	@ Twins	17–6	Feliz (2–0)	Santiago (4–5)	—	25,593	38–16	W7

June: 16–11 (Home: 5–8; Away: 11–3)

July: 15–9 (Home: 6–3; Away: 9–6)

August: 2–8 (Home: 2–4; Away: 0–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
106	August 1	Rays	4–6	Archer (8–6)	Fiers (7–6)	Colomé (31)	22,985	69–37	L1
107	August 2	Rays	0–3	Pruitt (6–2)	Keuchel (9–1)	Colomé (32)	26,722	69–38	L2
108	August 3	Rays	3–5	Boxberger (3–3)	Liriano (6–6)	Colomé (33)	23,404	69–39	L3
109	August 4	Blue Jays	16–7	Peacock (10–1)	Valdez (1–1)	—	39,287	70–39	W1
110	August 5	Blue Jays	5–6 (10)	Tepera (6–1)	Liriano (6–7)	Osuna (28)	41,950	70–40	L1
111	August 6	Blue Jays	7–6	Martes (4–1)	Osuna (3–3)	—	36,300	71–40	W1
112	August 8	@ White Sox	5–8	Holland (6–11)	Keuchel (9–2)	Clippard (2)	13,974	71–41	L1
113	August 9	@ White Sox	1–7	González (6–10)	McHugh (0–1)	—	14,824	71–42	L2
114	August 10	@ White Sox	2–3 (11)	Holmberg (2–3)	Martes (4–2)	—	18,034	71–43	L3
115	August 11	@ Rangers	4–6	Hamels (7–1)	Morton (9–5)	—	33,897	71–44	L4
116	August 12	@ Rangers	–			—		–
117	August 13	@ Rangers	–			—		–
118	August 14	@ D-backs	–			—		–
119	August 15	@ D-backs	–			—		–
120	August 16	D-backs	–			—		–
121	August 17	D-backs	–			—		–
122	August 18	Athletics	–			—		–
123	August 19	Athletics	–			—		–
124	August 20	Athletics	–			—		–
125	August 22	Nationals	–			—		–
126	August 23	Nationals	–			—		–
127	August 24	Nationals	–			—		–
128	August 25	@ Angels	–			—		–
129	August 26	@ Angels	–			—		–
130	August 27	@ Angels	–			—		–
131	August 29	Rangers	–			—		–
132	August 30	Rangers	–			—		–
133	August 31	Rangers	–			—		–

September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Astros team member

Roster

Houston Astros roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

53 Ken Giles

Catchers

30 Juan Centeno
16 Brian McCann

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

11 Evan Gattis

Infielders

Outfielders

18 Tony Kemp
20 Preston Tucker

Manager

14 A. J. Hinch

Coaches

52 Craig Bjornson (bullpen)
85 Javier Bracamonte (bullpen catcher)
48 Rich Dauer (first base)
26 Alex Cora (bench)
39 Dave Hudgens (hitting)
96 Carlos Muñoz (bullpen catcher)
8 Gary Pettis (third base)
56 Brent Strom (pitching)
55 Alonzo Powell (assistant hitting)

60-day disabled list

61 Jandel Gustave

Restricted list

63 David Paulino †

25 active, 14 inactive

7- or 10-day disabled list
Suspended list
^# Personal leave
Roster and coaches updated August 9, 2017
Transactions • Depth chart

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Statistics

Batting

(Through July 9, 2017)
Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage;

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	TB
Altuve, JoséJosé Altuve	86	334	62	116	25	2	13	50	18	37	46	.347	.417	.551	184
Aoki, NorichikaNorichika Aoki	62	178	21	47	9	0	1	12	5	14	25	.264	.316	.331	59
Beltrán, CarlosCarlos Beltrán	75	286	40	65	18	0	11	35	0	22	66	.227	.284	.406	116
Bregman, AlexAlex Bregman	84	289	40	74	21	1	8	27	8	33	56	.256	.338	.419	121
Centeno, JuanJuan Centeno	2	7	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	2	14	.254	.319	.393	9
Correa, CarlosCarlos Correa	81	317	62	103	18	1	20	65	0	41	68	.325	.402	.577	183
Feliz, MichaelMichael Feliz	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Fiers, MikeMike Fiers	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Gattis, EvanEvan Gattis	55	194	30	55	16	0	8	39	0	15	30	.284	.343	.490	95
González, MarwinMarwin González	71	224	39	69	12	0	16	53	4	27	52	.308	.391	.576	129
Gurriel, YulieskiYulieski Gurriel	76	293	39	87	24	0	11	44	1	6	37	.297	.321	.491	144
Kemp, TonyTony Kemp	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0
Keuchel, DallasDallas Keuchel	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0
Marisnick, JakeJake Marisnick	66	137	28	34	5	0	10	24	5	10	50	.248	.320	.504	69
McCann, BrianBrian McCann	57	212	27	54	8	0	10	43	1	22	35	.255	.333	.434	92
McCullers, LanceLance McCullers	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Musgrove, JoeJoe Musgrove	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Reddick, JoshJosh Reddick	75	262	55	82	20	3	9	41	7	25	40	.313	.365	.515	135
Sipp, TonyTony Sipp	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Springer, GeorgeGeorge Springer	83	336	76	104	21	0	27	61	2	34	83	.310	.380	.613	206

Pitching

(Through May 29, 2017)
Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Devenski, ChrisChris Devenski	3	3	3.10	17	0	2	29.0	18	10	10	8	47
Diaz, DayanDayan Diaz	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	0.2	3	3	2	0	2
Feliz, MichaelMichael Feliz	1	0	2.53	19	0	0	21.1	13	6	6	9	29
Fiers, MikeMike Fiers	1	2	5.21	9	9	0	46.2	54	30	27	17	38
Giles, KenKen Giles	1	1	3.10	22	0	14	20.1	13	7	7	7	25
Gregerson, LukeLuke Gregerson	2	1	5.66	23	0	0	20.2	24	13	13	8	23
Gustave, JandelJandel Gustave	0	0	5.40	6	0	0	5.0	5	4	3	7	2
Harris, WillWill Harris	1	1	2.49	21	0	2	21.2	18	6	6	3	22
Hoyt, JamesJames Hoyt	1	0	2.03	11	0	0	13.1	12	3	3	3	24
Jankowski, JordanJordan Jankowski	1	0	16.20	2	0	0	3.1	7	6	6	1	4
Keuchel, DallasDallas Keuchel	8	0	1.81	10	10	0	69.2	45	15	14	16	62
McCullers, LanceLance McCullers	6	1	2.48	11	11	0	65.1	50	20	18	19	73
Morton, CharlieCharlie Morton	5	3	4.06	10	10	0	57.2	56	28	26	23	65
Musgrove, JoeJoe Musgrove	4	4	4.89	10	10	0	53.1	59	30	29	17	43
Peacock, BradBrad Peacock	2	0	2.13	14	2	0	25.1	12	6	6	13	38
Sipp, TonyTony Sipp	0	0	3.21	16	0	0	14.0	9	6	5	7	13
Tolliver, AshurAshur Tolliver	0	0	2.25	1	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	2	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco
AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Texas League	Rodney Linares
A-Advanced	Buies Creek Astros	Carolina League	Omar Lopez
A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	Russ Steinhorn
A-Short Season	Tri-City ValleyCats	New York–Penn League	Morgan Ensberg
Rookie	Greeneville Astros	Appalachian League	Danny Ortega
Rookie	GCL Astros	Gulf Coast League	Wladimir Sutil
Rookie	DSL Astros	Dominican Summer League

References

1 2 "Houston Astros 2016 Team Transactions: Trades, DL, Free Agents and Callups - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
1 2 3 4 "Houston Astros 2017 Team Transactions: Trades, DL, Free Agents and Callups - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.

External links

2017 Houston Astros season official site
2017 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

Houston Astros

Formerly the Houston Colt .45s
Based in Houston, Texas

Franchise

Ballparks

Colt Stadium Houston Astrodome Minute Maid Park
Spring training:	Geronimo Park Cocoa Expo Stadium Osceola County Stadium The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Lore

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Jim Crane
President: Reid Ryan
General Manager: Jeff Luhnow
Manager: A. J. Hinch

League pennants (1)

National League:
- 2005
American League:
- none

Division titles (7)

NL West:
- 1980
- 1981
- 1986
NL Central:
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2001
AL West:
- none

Wild card titles (3)

NL:
- 2004
- 2005
AL:
- 2015

Minors

Rivalries

Texas Rangers

Media

TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest
Radio: Houston Astros Radio Network
Announcers: Todd Kalas; Geoff Blum

Seasons (56)
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1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

2017 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto
AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota
AL West	Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington
NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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