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Chris Carter, Ronny Cedeno and Brandon Laird homered, Lucas Harrell pitched seven innings, and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 10-3 on Wednesday.

Jeff Bagwell is one of 12 players in baseball history with 400 or more homers and a career on-base percentage of .400 or better. He slugged 449 homers, finished first in the MVP voting in one season, second in another, and in the top 10 six times. H...

Blog | January 10, 2012

Buster Olney writes that Jeff Bagwell is seemingly close to the Hall of Fame -- earning 56 percent of the votes this year -- but yet so far because of the ramifications of his era and PED suspicions that some writers can't seem to overlook.

Blog | Conversation | January 10, 2012

The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced its 2012 class of inductees earlier today, and shortstop Barry Larkin was the only player elected. He is certainly deserving of the honor and should enjoy all the accolades that come with it, but much of t...

Blog | January 09, 2012

Are you buying your team's vision for the future based on those hot prospects it just acquired by trade? A word of advice: Don't. Your favorite front office just surrendered.

From 1979 through 2006, the Houston Astros were one of baseball's best and most consistent franchises. They suffered just six losing seasons and made the playoffs nine times. They finally reached their first World Series in 2005, but that was primari...

Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jeff Bagwell, the four-time All-Star and 1994 MVP with the Astros who took over as the team's hitting coach during the All-Star break, won't return next season.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Lance Berkman knew that if he accepted a trade from the Houston Astros to the New York Yankees that he could retire his first-baseman's glove for the rest of the season. Wearing pinstripes as a hired bat wasn't necessarily attr...

Each member of the Houston Astros' coaching staff, except for hitting instructor Jeff Bagwell, has agreed to a two-year contract extension.

Jeff Bagwell is a hardcore Hall of Fame candidate who finds himself back in the game as the Astros' hitting coach.

July 31 gets all the attention as MLB's trade deadline, but big names get moved in August, too -- remember John Smoltz in 1987 or Jeff Bagwell in 1990? FanGraphs looks at the best (and worst) August deals in MLB history. Sorry, Angels fans.

Story | Conversation | August 03, 2010

Carlos Lee hit two homers and the Astros rocked the Cubs on Wednesday.

The Houston Astros have dismissed Sean Berry as hitting coach and appointed Jeff Bagwell, one of the best hitters in franchise history, to take over the position.

Craig Biggio agreed to a three-year personal services contract with the Houston Astros, similar to deals the team struck with former stars Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens and Jeff Bagwell.

Astros GM Ed Wade and other team executives haven't discussed whether they'll ask Roger Clemens to join Nolan Ryan and Jeff Bagwell as an instructor at their annual pitching and hitting camp for prospects.