The Houston Astros have won three straight games, but the last two came at a price. They lost infielder Isaac Paredes to a hamstring strain in Thursday's 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox and rookie outfielder Jacob Melton to ankle soreness in Friday's 10-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.
The Houston Astros are on a bit of a hot streak lately, catapulting themselves 4.5 games into the lead of the American League West. Unfortunately, they have had some bad injury luck, too, with 11 of their players on the injured list, including many of their starting pitchers like Ronel Blanco, Hayden Wesneski and Spencer Arrighetti.
Houston Astros third baseman Isaac Paredes has provided a steady hand both at the plate and in the field this season, which made the sight of him limping off the field in the seventh inning on Thursday especially concerning.
For all the turnover the Houston Astros experienced this offseason, getting Isaac Paredes was certainly beneficial. Paredes was part of the Kyle Tucker trade.
The Houston Astros, as a team, have failed to put things together consistently this season on the offensive side of the ball. They enter Saturday with a .703 OPS, the 17th-best mark in MLB, behind two divisional rivals in the Seattle Mariners and Athletics.
The Houston Astros have not been able to find a consistent groove so far this season, hovering at or just above .500 and seemingly struggling to string significant numbers of wins together.
Isaac Paredes' three-run eighth-inning home run was the difference as the Houston Astros roared from behind to beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Sunday afternoon in the finale of a four-game series in Arlington, Texas.
Adjustments happen all the time in baseball, and there is never just one particular kind of adjustment; it is more of a broad spectrum. Pitchers, for example, may add a new pitch or adjust the attributes of their existing arsenal.
The Houston Astros face the Texas Rangers for the first time this season. Both teams sit one game behind the Seattle Mariners for the division lead. This is an intriguing matchup as the teams are extremely similar in many ways.
The Houston Astros are going for a series win on Wednesday. After losing a high-scoring affair in Game 1 of their set against the Kansas City Royals, the Astros were able to get back in the winner's circle on Tuesday via a walk-off homer by Isaac Paredes, the first of his career.
When the Houston Astros traded away star outfielder Kyle Tucker this past offseason, they received a bundle of high-value players and prospects in return.
Isaac Paredes socked a walk-off home run leading off the ninth inning and the Houston Astros took a 2-1 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Tuesday to knot the three-game series.
The Houston Astros have struggled mightily to produce runs thus far in the 2025 MLB regular season. They have a team slash line of .226/.304/.336, which are all in the bottom half of the league.
Third baseman Isaac Paredes was a big piece of the return the Houston Astros received when they made the difficult decision to deal longtime superstar outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs.
The Houston Astros have been a legitimate championship contender for the better part of the last decade. However, up until their most recent series, the Astros were limping along throughout the first two weeks of the 2025 season.
The Houston Astros are on the cusp of beginning their season with Opening Day coming up on Thursday against the New York Mets. After the Grapefruit League schedule finished, the Astros now are getting a chance to play two final tune up exhibition games against Triple-A Sugar Land in their home stadium -- the newly named Daikin Park.
The Chicago Cubs traded for Isaac Paredes at the MLB trade deadline, and he is under team control for a few more years. The question is, should the Cubs give him a contract extension while they still have him under that team control?
The Chicago Cubs made a massive move ahead of the MLB trade deadline. That move was acquiring All-Star third baseman Isaac Paredes from the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Chicago Cubs made a massive move for their present and future ahead of the MLB trade deadline by acquiring star third baseman Isaac Paredes from the Tampa Bay Rays.
It’s the week before the All-Star break. The Tampa Bay Rays are 12 games out in the AL East and 5.5 games back of the final AL Wild Card spot. They’re only one game under .500, but their run differential is a putrid -65.
Rays infielder Isaac Paredes has drawn trade interest from several teams, MLB Network’s Jon Morosi reports, with the Mariners and Blue Jays among the suitors.
With the 2023 MLB regular season nearly over and the playoffs looming, there are a few players in the American League East who deserve a little praise for their breakout campaigns in 2023.