In addition to his 2.67 ERA, Lugo is 6-5 with a 3.1 WAR in 17 starts with the Royals. The former All-Star and Gold Glove winner has also pitched 101 innings. The 35-year-old has been able to stay healthy and emerge into one of the top starters in Major League Baseball. The Astros would certainly benefit from having him around.

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The Astros enter the final series before the All-Star break still at the top of the American League West, with a 55-38 record that surpasses all but one team (the Detroit Tigers). Hayden Wesneski, the pitcher acquired from Chicago,

Lugo going to Houston would create a three-headed monster on the mound for the Astros. Houston already has Hunter Brown and Valdez leading the charge in the starting rotation. Adding a pitcher in Lugo as their No. 3 among their pitchers would make Houston’s rotation as good of a rotation that you can find in baseball.

HOUSTON — Astros center fielder Jake Meyers, who missed games on Monday and Tuesday with a right calf ailment, appeared to re-injure his right leg before a pitch was thrown on Wednesday.

A former Nebraska baseball player has been called up to the major league club. Brice Matthews has been called up to join the Houston Astros, as first reported by Brian McTaggart.

Matthews was a fringe candidate to join the 2025 Astros roster after advancing through various levels in the minor league system. Still, after spending more time at second base and hitting .283 with 10 homers, 39 RBIs and 25 steals, Matthews was chosen to play in the 2025 All-Star Futures Game.

Across the past two seasons, the team has either failed to diagnose or failed to reveal fractures in two franchise players.