Moves past back issue ...

Astros manager Joe Espada said Monday that Gamel (back) should be ready to return to Grapefruit League action Wednesday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports. Gamel has been sidelined by a ...

Gamel, who played in 20 games for Houston down ... He also worked at The Sacramento Bee and primarily covered baseball, writing about the A’s and Giants. He is a Cal alum and Sacramento native.

Tyler Whitaker hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Houston Astros defeated the Toronto ...

MLB.com named their players with the most to ... Jose Altuve might make the transition and Ben Gamel is another option. If McCormick struggles the way he did last year, he will lose that starting ...