HOUSTON ASTROS
MAJOR TRANSACTIONS
03/30/2026
Monday, March 30th , 2026
SP Miguel Anzaldo was designated for assignment and placed on waivers (from active).
Recalled SP Jayden Washington from Triple A Sugar Land.
Purchased the contract of CF Rudy Dawson from Double A Corpus Christi.
Optioned CF Liam Crask to Triple A Sugar Land.
Sunday, March 29th , 2026
C Joe Sullivan was claimed off waivers from Colorado.
Optioned C Hugo Lozoya to Triple A Sugar Land.
Tuesday, March 24th , 2026
Optioned SP Jayden Washington to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned SP Francisc Bojescu to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned RP Doug Hill to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned RP Pedro Justiniano to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned RP Arnaldo Cotorim to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned RP Phil Mecham to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned RP Jordan Norton to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned RP Ray Westrich to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned LF Oscar Brito to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned LF Josh Muench to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned 3B Alex Sarmiento to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned LF Mike McAlister to Triple A Sugar Land.
Optioned SS Matt Piscopo to Double A Corpus Christi.
Optioned RF Justin Teator to Class A Asheville.
Saturday, March 21st , 2026
Activated RP Jayden Washington from the injured list.
Sent RP Jayden Washington to Triple A Sugar Land for injury rehab.
Recalled RP Jayden Washington from Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned 1B Gus Soto from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Tuesday, March 17th , 2026
Assigned 3B Elias Chacon from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned 3B Jose Cortes from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned 2B Joe DeMarco from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned RF Albert Garcia from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned LF Kurt Hughes from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned 1B Brian Kofstad from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned C Marcos Rocha from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned CF Danny Thompson from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned 2B Steve Vizzini from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned SS Nate Haynes from Spring Training camp to Double A Corpus Christi.
Tuesday, March 10th , 2026
Assigned 1B Max Alas from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned LF Rudy Dawson from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned RF Hidekazu Hayashi from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned LF Jim Murphy from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Assigned SS Jose Cevallos from Spring Training camp to Double A Corpus Christi.
Assigned LF Jason Laster from Spring Training camp to Double A Corpus Christi.
Assigned 2B Joey Smith from Spring Training camp to Double A Corpus Christi.
Assigned C Trevor Walker from Spring Training camp to Double A Corpus Christi.
Assigned RF Tyler Hoggatt from Spring Training camp to Double A Corpus Christi.
Assigned CF Steve Polen from Spring Training camp to Double A Corpus Christi.
Saturday, February 28th , 2026
Invited non-roster C Trevor Walker to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster LF Rudy Dawson to Spring Training camp.
Friday, February 27th , 2026
Traded 26-year old SS Cheng-ji Yang to the Tampa Bay Rays, getting 23-year old minor league RHP Zachary Williams in return.
Traded 37-year old 1B Dave Kelly and 23-year old minor league C Matt Klemann to the New York Yankees, getting 19-year old minor league LF Peter Boone in return.
Saturday, February 21st , 2026
Invited non-roster SP Eddie Flores to Spring Training camp.
Assigned C Joe Patterson from Spring Training camp to Triple A Sugar Land.
Tuesday, February 17th , 2026
Invited non-roster RP Tom Jackson to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster SS Jeremy Root to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster LF Kurt Hughes to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster 2B Joe DeMarco to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster 2B Steve Vizzini to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster RF Albert Garcia to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster SS Nate Haynes to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster 1B Brian Kofstad to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster CF Danny Thompson to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster 2B Joey Smith to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster 3B Jose Cortes to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster 1B Max Alas to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster LF Jason Laster to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster 3B Elias Chacon to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster SS Jose Cevallos to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster 1B Gus Soto to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster RF Tyler Hoggatt to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster RF Hidekazu Hayashi to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster LF Jim Murphy to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster CF Steve Polen to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster C Marcos Rocha to Spring Training camp.
Invited non-roster C Joe Patterson to Spring Training camp.
Sunday, February 15th , 2026
Traded 25-year old LHP Amichai Sousa to the Texas Rangers, getting 19-year old minor league 1B Juan Lugo and 19-year old minor league SS Ed Keown in return.
Friday, January 23rd , 2026
Assigned 2B Joe DeMarco to Triple A Sugar Land.
Wednesday, January 21st , 2026
Assigned 3B Albert Garcia to Triple A Sugar Land.
2B Joel Howell was claimed off waivers by River Hills.
2B Nick Williams was claimed off waivers by Athletics.
Tuesday, January 20th , 2026
2B Joe DeMarco was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Purchased the contract of 2B John Huber from Triple A Sugar Land.
Sunday, January 18th , 2026
Placed RP Jayden Washington on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 01/15/2026.
Placed SP Mike Linden on the 60-day injured list.
Signed free agent RP John Liff to a 1-year contract worth a total of $840,000.
Signed free agent LF Cooper Long to a 6-year contract worth a total of $74,400,000.
3B Albert Garcia was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
2B Joel Howell was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
2B Nick Williams was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Purchased the contract of SP Chris Krahn from Triple A Sugar Land.
Purchased the contract of SP Tommy Beals from Triple A Sugar Land.
Purchased the contract of RP Mike Reilly from Triple A Sugar Land.
Purchased the contract of CF Liam Crask from Triple A Sugar Land.
Thursday, January 15th , 2026
Purchased the contract of RP Aaron Shaw from Triple A Sugar Land.
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