2020 Houston Astros season

The 2020 Houston Astros season will be the 59th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas, their 56th as the Astros, eighth in the AL West division, and 21st at Minute Maid Park. The team will enter the season as the defending champions of the American League.

2020 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
  • AL West Division (since 2013)
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jim Crane
General manager(s)James Click
Manager(s)Dusty Baker
Local televisionAT&T SportsNet Southwest
(Todd Kalas, Geoff Blum)
Local radioKTRH 740 Weekday Night Games Sportstalk 790
Houston Astros Radio Network
(Robert Ford, Steve Sparks, Geoff Blum)
KLAT (Spanish)
(Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than fifty people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players will report to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 23 or 24 Opening Day.[3]

Roster moves

Coaching staff
  • On December 7, 2019, first base coach Don Kelly departed for the position of bench coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates, joining the coaching staff of newly-hired manager Derek Shelton.[4] The first base coach position went to Omar Lopez, a long-time manager in the Astros' minor league system.[5]
  • On January 13, Astros owner Jim Crane fired Jeff Luhnow and A. J. Hinch, after both were implicated in MLB's investigation into the Houston Astros' sign stealing scandal.[6][7] Crane temporarily assumed control of baseball operations while a search was ongoing for new personnel.[8]
  • On January 29, the Astros hired Dusty Baker as the new manager for the 2020 season with an option for 2021.[9]

Releases and departures
  • On December 18, 2019, the New York Yankees announced they had signed RHP Gerrit Cole to a 9-year contract, which was rumored to be worth $324 million, the fourth-richest contract in MLB history.[10][11][12] Cole had elected free agency at the conclusion of the 2019 season, and had rejected a $17.8 million qualifying offer from the Astros to return for 2020.[13]

Signings

Season standings

American League West
American League West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 00 -nan — 0–0 0–0
Los Angeles Angels 00 -nan — 0–0 0–0
Oakland Athletics 00 -nan — 0–0 0–0
Seattle Mariners 00 -nan — 0–0 0–0
Texas Rangers 00 -nan — 0–0 0–0

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 00 -nan
Chicago White Sox 00 -nan
Houston Astros 00 -nan


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Boston Red Sox 00 -nan —
Cleveland Indians 00 -nan —
Detroit Tigers 00 -nan —
Kansas City Royals 00 -nan —
Los Angeles Angels 00 -nan —
Minnesota Twins 00 -nan —
New York Yankees 00 -nan —
Oakland Athletics 00 -nan —
Seattle Mariners 00 -nan —
Tampa Bay Rays 00 -nan —
Texas Rangers 00 -nan —
Toronto Blue Jays 00 -nan —

Record against opponents
2020 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore —0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Boston 0–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Chicago 0–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Cleveland 0–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Detroit 0–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Houston 0–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Kansas City 0–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Los Angeles 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Minnesota 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
New York 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–00–0
Oakland 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–00–0
Seattle 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–00–0
Tampa Bay 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–00–0
Texas 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–00–0
Toronto 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0—0–0

Updated with the results of all games through xxx xx, 2020.

Roster
Houston Astros 2020 spring training roster
40-man roster Non-roster invitees Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 82 Jamie Ritchie

Infielders

  • 86 Alex De Goti
  • 89 Jeremy Peña
  • 87 Nick Tanielu

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches


Restricted list

31 active, 9 inactive, 8 non-roster invitees

7- or 10-day injured list
 * Not on active roster
 † Suspended list
 Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated March 26, 2020
 Transactions • Depth Chart
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Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Round Rock Express Pacific Coast League
AA Corpus Christi Hooks Texas League
A-Advanced Fayetteville Woodpeckers Carolina League
A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League
Rookie DSL Astros Dominican Summer League

Charitable efforts during Coronavirus pandemic

As of mid-April 2020, Astro teammates Carlos Correa and Martin Maldonado, along with fellow Major Leaguers such as Francisco Lindor and Eddie Rosario, as well as musical stars, have already shipped 26 pallets of medical supplies to the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Astros owner Jim Crane has waived all shipping and logistic charges through his company Crane Worldwide Logistics.[14]

See also

References
  1. Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. https://www.mlb.com/pirates/press-release/press-release-don-kelly-named-pirates-bench-coach?t=pirates-press-releases
  5. https://climbingtalshill.com/2019/12/24/astros-omar-lopez-promoted-first-base-coach/
  6. https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-sign-stealing-penalty
  7. https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/mlb/cglrhmlrwwbkacty27l7.pdf
  8. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2871181-astros-fire-aj-hinch-jeff-luhnow-for-cheating-joe-espada-to-be-interim-manager
  9. "Astros sign Baker, emphasize 'respect' factor". ESPN.com. January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  10. https://www.mlb.com/yankees/press-release/press-release-yankees-sign-gerrit-cole-to-nine-year-contract
  11. https://www.mlb.com/news/gerrit-cole-yankees-deal
  12. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/where-gerrit-coles-historic-324-million-deal-ranks-among-richest-contracts-in-mlb-history-for-a-pitcher/
  13. https://www.mlb.com/news/gerrit-cole-rejects-astros-qualifying-offer
  14. Carlos Correa, Martin Maldonado Helping Aid Puerto Rico, Real GM Wiretap, April 15, 2020.
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