The five players Houston was going to send were Randy Ceser, Abraham Toro, Josh James, JB Bukauskas, and Kent Emanuel. Only Toro has carved out a solid MLB career, as the other four haven't had the career that would've made the Astros regret such a deal.

The Texas Rangers and Houston Astros are getting set to kick off a crucial three-game series at Daikin Park that will take both teams to the All-Star break. But

Jeff Luhnow made a tone-deaf statement that somehow makes it harder to see him returning to Major League Baseball absent any semblance of contrition.

Angel Martinez and Jose Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning in support of right-hander Slade Cecconi, who recorded a career-high nine strikeouts to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-2 win over the host Houston Astros on Wednesday and a three-game series sweep.

After sweeping the Dodgers, the Astros found themselves swept by a Guardians squad that had lost 10 straight games entering the series.

But over a decade ago, the Astros had considered trading away Altuve for a player from the Kansas City Royals. And on the Crush City Territory podcast with Chandler Rome and Tyler Stafford, former Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow revealed the story behind such trade rumors.

Sports' Gabe Lacques discusses the Astros' dominant finish to the first half of the season and why we can never count them out.