There is palpable excitement surrounding the Houston Astros heading into this upcoming season after maintaining a roster that should compete for their third World Series championship.
The Houston Astros are gearing up for another run after their strong 2023 season in the AL West. Houston has massive contributors returning, but they signed left-handed pitcher Josh Hader in free agency.
Houston's primary closer since 2020 is taking it in stride: 'He makes our team better'
Houston's primary closer since 2020 is taking it in stride: 'He makes our team better'
New Houston Astros manager Joe Espada announced Wednesday that newly acquired Josh Hader will be the team's closer this season, bumping Ryan Pressly to a setup role.
Houston Astros pitcher Ryan Pressly proved again that all Major League Baseball players are humans first. They all, at once, had the same dream that every child has had. That came to light as Blake Foley, an 11-year-old Houston boy, was seen playing catch in his front yard.
The only thing stranger than how long it took one of baseball’s best closers to get a deal is where he ended up. On the surface, the Houston Astros didn’t have a closer problem entering 2024, not with Ryan Pressly on the roster.
It is more of a 2025 and beyond issue, but the Astros have one more tough decision to make in the nearish future. We’re all aware by now that the Astros aren’t exactly flush with cash this offseason, at least according to the reports.
The Houston Astros have bullpen help on their mind this offseason, as several of their set-up men for closer Ryan Pressly are free agents. That list includes Hector Neris, who opted out of his deal, along with Ryne Stanek and Phil Maton.
Thoughts on a couple of pitching keys to the ALCS The Astros enter their third straight AL championship series this weekend. As a prelude, I will focus on two important pitchers in this series.
The Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Saturday night. The final score was 6-4 and Astros closer Ryan Pressly tossed a scoreless ninth for the save - a save which moved him further up the record books.
Ryan Pressly blows a two run lead in the ninth after Astros make numerous comebacks This was a crushing loss. In a see-saw game where each team came from behind to tie or take the lead numerous times, all the Astros had to do to win was hold a two run lead in the ninth to gain another game in the AL West.
For as much attention as Ryan Pressly and Bryan Abreu garner from the Astros’ bullpen, Héctor Neris deserves his own considering how his season up to this point.
The red-hot Astros completed a two-game sweep of the Red Sox in style Wednesday night in Boston, with closer Ryan Pressly throwing the coolest curveball
Houston Astros catcher Martín Maldonado has been one of the best defensive backstops in Major League Baseball for many years. But what, exactly, makes him so special?
Anchoring the most efficient bullpen in 2022, Houston Astros closer Ryan Pressly battled injuries along the way. The righty missed over two weeks in April with right knee inflammation.
For the second day in a row, the Houston Astros kept the New York Yankees' bats quiet.
The Houston Astros placed two-time All-Star closer Ryan Pressly on the 15-day injured list Thursday due to neck spasms. The move was retroactive to Monday.
The end of the streak only cast a brighter light on its remarkable nature, with Astros closer Ryan Pressly finally seeing his franchise-record-tying run of consecutive batters retired come to an end on Thursday.
The Seattle Mariners came into the second half of the 2022 season red-hot, having won 14 consecutive games to end the first half. But they ran into a bit of buzzsaw when their division rivals, the Houston Astros, came into town.
Astros starter Framber Valdez fanned 13 Angels batters in his six innings on the mound.
The 2007 11th-round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox spent the first five-plus seasons of his career from 2013 to 2018 with the Minnesota Twins as a late-inning reliever before being traded to Houston in July 2018.
Before heading to the injured list, there were concerns about Pressly's velocity going back to spring training.
The Astros had four players selected to the All-Star Game: Michael Brantley, Ryan Pressly, Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa. None of the four players will be going to Denver for the All-Star Game.
Baseball fans were treated to a close World Series Game 2 until the seventh inning, when Kurt Suzuki's go-ahead home run set off a flurry of offense that will now send the series to D.C. with the Nats in a commanding 2-0 lead.
A Kurt Suzuki go-ahead home run in the seventh inning opened up the floodgates for the Nationals, who soon broke the game wide open and took a 10-2 lead. The MLB world took notice.
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