The Astros missed the postseason for the first time in a decade, and now they'll enter the offseason in the unfamiliar position of underdogs in the AL West.
Guaranteed Contracts
Option Decisions
NoneTotal 2026 commitments: $155.85MM Total future commitments: $407.35MM
Arbitration-Eligible Players (service time in parentheses; salary projections via MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz)
Mauricio Dubon (5.162): $5.8MM Steven Okert (5.089): $2MM Luis Garcia (5.083): $2.2MM Ramon Urias (5.025): $4.4MM Bryan Abreu (5.022): $5.9MM Enyel De Los Santos (5.015): $2.1MM Chas McCormick (4.161): $3.4MM Isaac Paredes (4.160): $9.3MM Jesus Sanchez (4.118): $6.5MM Jake Meyers (4.044): $3.5MM Jeremy Pena (4.000): $7.9MM Hunter Brown (3.035): $5.7MM Yainer Diaz (3.035): $4.5MM Hayden Wesneski (2.170): $1.5MM Bennett Sousa (2.156): $1.1MM Taylor Trammell (2.144): $900KNon-Tender Candidates: Dubon, Garcia, Urias, De Los Santos, McCormick, Sanchez, Trammell
Free Agents
Framber Valdez, Victor Caratini, Brendan Rodgers, Craig KimbrelThe Astros finished the season with an 87-75 record and missed out on the final AL Wild Card spot after losing the season series tiebreaker to the Tigers. As far as seasons that don't end in a postseason berth go, Houston's year certainly could've been worse. Yet there's plenty of work for GM Dana Brown and the rest of the front office to do this winter.
The elephant in the room is the impending departure of southpaw Framber Valdez. It's a safe bet that he will be pitching elsewhere come Opening Day, as Houston has rarely made a full-scale effort to retain their free agents over the years. Alex Bregman walked in free agency last winter, and Kyle Tucker was traded before his final year under team control so that he wouldn't do the same. Gerrit Cole previously left for New York after reaching free agency after the 2019 season. Justin Verlander and Carlos Correa both signed elsewhere on two separate occasions, though both did return to Houston in trades after their respective departures.
Jose Altuve is the only one of the club's stars they've managed to keep in town consistently, and comments from Brown haven't offered much reason to expect Valdez's free agency to reverse that trend. Brown said that he expected to have "some conversations" with Valdez's camp, but otherwise largely focused on the emergence of Hunter Brown as a legitimate ace and the club's other internal options when asked about the possibility of a reunion. Valdez is sure to be well outside the club's typical comfort zone even as he enters free agency marketing his age-32 season, and Brown has suggested that the club could look to the trade market in any efforts to bolster its rotation.
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