Reliever Ryan Pressly has agreed to waive his no-trade rights and accept a trade from the Houston Astros to the Chicago ... for the first time under owner Jim Crane. Crane did not rule out ...

Astros owner Jim Crane is reportedly prepared to spend significantly to keep Bregman, underscoring the player's importance to the team. Astros' owner Jim Crane to spend $100,000,000 plus to re ...

Former Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman still has to sign a deal to play in the 2025 season during his free agency period. Bregman had previously seen interest from the Houston Astros ...

After the Houston Astros fielded a payroll in 2024 that triggered MLB’s competitive balance tax, incurring the penalty for the first time amid owner Jim Crane’s tenure, Crane was asked if the ...

All winter, sources have indicated Astros owner Jim Crane is unwilling to pay the tax for a second consecutive season. Shipping $8.5 million of Pressly’s salary to Chicago leaves the Astros less ...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and David Moore discuss the latest buzz on Jacob deGrom out of spring ...

James C. “Jim” Crane, 88, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was reunited with his loving wife. Nancy Jo Sherrill Crane when he entered heavens gates on Sunday, February 2, 2025. Born to the late Fred M.

but it’s unclear if the Astros will budge from the reported six years and $156 million it contained. Owner Jim Crane has never given a free-agent deal longer than five years or more expensive ...

It was Altuve – who has signed a pair of extensions with Houston and is locked up through 2029 – who lobbied Astros owner Jim Crane late in the season to retain Bregman, years after the club ...

The Houston Astros are back in on Alex Bregman ... when his contract expires and he hits the open market. "... Jim Crane has made it abundantly clear that he's only willing to spend up to a ...

which seems to have led the Astros to circle back. As Brown plainly put it, “we never realized that Bregman would still be on the market at this point.” “Jim Crane has been very positive ...