Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a ...

The Houston Astros are going with three of the younger starters in their rotation when the Toronto Blue Jays come to town on ...

Christian Walker slugged a two-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning before Isaac Paredes produced a tiebreaking ...

Time will tell if the Astros end up regretting Christian Walker’s contract in a similar way to José Abreu’s ill-fated ...

Walker is in the midst of putting together the worst season of his career since becoming a full-time big leaguer, not a great ...

The Padres and Astros will put on a show in the latest installment of Sunday Night Baseball, and our Padres vs. Astros prop picks expect Jose Altuve to provide the fireworks.

The Houston Astros got a monster game from Cam Smith on Friday. Smith knocked two balls out of the park, to lift Houston to a ...

The Houston Astros came into the new season with a much different look. The front office made an obvious effort last offseason to shift the makeup of the roster ...

Slugging two home runs against the Padres provided the latest portrait of how far Smith has come. At 22 years and 55 days old ...