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Relief pitchers: Specifically, the Astros are in need of back-of-the-bullpen help.

Shortstop Jiovanni Mier, a member of the 2009 squad, is the highest rated player from Greeneville at number two on the list, trailing only catcher Jason Castro.

Baseball America released its list of top Astros' prospects last week and there may be some good news.

Houston Astros assistant general manager of scouting Bobby Heck faces a challenging task of restoring the depleted farm system, but already has eight of his draftees since 2008 ranked on Baseball America's recent list of top 10 Astros' prospects.

Yes, it's November, but why not take an early look at what the Astros' roster may look like next season.

Houston Astros The Astros curiously selected a slew of high school prospects with their top picks in 2009, signaling an end to their win-now ways.

Over the last several days, I've taken a few questions about Astros playing Winter Ball.

By the weekend, Ed Wade likely will start asking clubs for permission to interview managerial candidates or, at least, have the list of candidates finalized.

As rain drenched Citi Field on Saturday afternoon, hardly anybody would have blamed the umpiring crew for ending a meaningless contest between two of the worst clubs in the National League on the penultimate day of the season.

This team is old. Patch work teams hardly ever make any significant noise and that sentiment held true for the Astros as they've sunken to fifth in the NL Central thanks in part to this team's inability to recover from minor injuries or maintain any sort of winning streak.

Fittingly, perhaps, the Astros were shut out Sunday afternoon to end their miserable 2009 season by suffering a sweep against one of only seven teams in the majors that actually had a worse record than them this year.

Pat Misch pitched five solid innings before his outing was cut short by a long rain delay and the New York Mets beat the Houston Astros 5-1 on Saturday.

Miguel Tejada is no saint. He never has proclaimed to be one. He just happens to have had his problems exposed more than others in an era when some stars have been lucky to have had their true personalities or demons hidden from public view.

Raul Ibanez hit a two-run homer to set a new career-high, drove in three runs for a balanced Phillies attack, and Philadelphia captured its third consecutive National League East title Wednesday, beating Houston, 10-3, at Citizens Bank Park.

Like white butterflies on a blue canvas, rally towels fluttered throughout Citizens Bank Park on a chilly Monday night in the city of Brotherly Love .

The Astros sent out their standard lineup Sunday, making it the first time since Tuesday that September call-ups J.R. Towles, Chris Johnson and Tommy Manzella all began the game on the bench.

A change in the man filling out the lineup card did not lead to much of a change in the lineup itself.

I ascribe a good deal of significance to the last time Cecil Cooper stepped onto the field as Astros manager.

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Jeff Suppan pitched seven strong innings and Prince Fielder set the Milwaukee record for RBIs in a season to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.