#Cristian Javier

The Astros' offseason has been filled with disrespectful prediction after slanderous column. And we get it--people are sick of the bad boys of baseball and they are sick of their winning ways. Since 2017, the Astros have made it to the ALCS six straight seasons, won the AL West five times, appeared in four World Series and won two. Needless to say,…

For all the talk about how division races supposedly don't matter as much as they used to -- and I can think of a couple No. 1 and No. 2 seeds who would very much disagree with you -- it still means something to be able to call yourself a champion. I guarantee you there are Guardians fans who have 2022 AL Central champs shirts. It might not be the…

Whether it's the Astros' hunt for a second straight World Series title, the UH Cougars' pursuit of another deep NCAA tournament run or the continued rebuilding efforts of the Rockets and Texans, 2023 is shaping up to be an intriguing year in the Houston sports scene. Chron's Josh Criswell and Michael Shapiro tackled the top 10 questions facing the…

Earlier today we ran a piece on MLB.com's prediction of Cristian Javier as the 2023 AL Cy Young winner. We alluded to the Astros finally being given the respect they deserve from the national media. Love'em or hate'em, you have to respect Houston. Well, you can't win them all. Bradford Doolittle of ESPN is the latest to display a laughable level of…

This article is part of our MLB Picks series. Last Article's Record: 2-2, +0.30 units Season Record: 34-38, -3.00 units New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays The red-hot Yankees have won nine games in a row, including the first two games of this series by a combined score of 16-3. They send the resurgent Luis Severino to the mound today, who has…

Before this offseason, the Yankees had given three nine-figure free-agent contracts to a pitcher. In each case it was an established ace (though not all in MLB). In each case it has - at least to date - worked out well. CC Sabathia received a seven-year, $161 million pact after the 2008 season and was central to a 2009 championship. Masahiro Tanaka…

Jose Altuve is coming off a 4 hit performance that helped the Astros take care of business last night. The opening game of the series saw the Astros score 5 unanswered runs to win against the Rangers 5-1. The Astros got seven strong innings out of their starter, Framber Valdez, who struck out seven and only allowed one run in the first inning. The…

The Philadelphia Phillies (9-2, 4-2 away) have been very good en route to their first World Series appearance in more than a decade. However, in getting back to the Fall Classic for the second time in as many years, the Houston Astros (7-0, 4-0 home) are the picture of perfection. Playing in the World Series for the fourth time over the past six…

After seven months of abuse from across the sport, the Astros won the American League pennant for the third time in five years but fell two wins shy of a redemptive World Series title. Their window to claim another championship did not slam shut, though. Eight of their nine everyday position players return for 2022 along with a blossoming young…

Sean Murphy and the Oakland Athletics take the field on Wednesday at Oakland Coliseum against Cristian Javier, who is starting for the Houston Astros. First pitch will be at 3:37 PM ET. The Astros' 3.04 team ERA ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs. The Athletics have hit 81 homers this season, which ranks 25th in the league. Before watching…

Last night in Oakland, Framber Valdez outdueled the previously unbeaten Paul Blackburn to lead the Houston Astros over the A's in the series opener between the two AL West rivals. Tonight, Cristian Javier will look to do the same against Frankie Montas to lead Houston to its seventh series win in its last nine series. The Astros lost two of three…

Pity the poor Houston Astros. Now that Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander has left to sign with the New York Mets, the Astros starting pitching rotation must be in shambles. Wait, you mean the Astros still have the best 5-man rotation in baseball? At less money all told than the Mets will pay one Justin Verlander? This is like the time…

Pity the poor Houston Astros. Now that Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander has left to sign with the New York Mets, the Astros starting pitching rotation must be in shambles. Wait, you mean the Astros still have the best 5-man rotation in baseball? At less money all told than the Mets will pay one Justin Verlander? This is like the time…

Pity the poor Houston Astros. Now that Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander has left to sign with the New York Mets, the Astros starting pitching rotation must be in shambles. Wait, you mean the Astros still have the best 5-man rotation in baseball? At less money all told than the Mets will pay one Justin Verlander? This is like the time…

Affiliate Disclosure: Covers may receive advertising commissions for visits to a sportsbook. The Philadelphia Phillies will try to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the World Series when they host the Houston Astros for Game 4 at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday night. Our DraftKings promo code can help new users get in on the action. Just make a…

Who: Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies When: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 Time: 8:03 p.m. ET Where: Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia, PA) Betting Odds Summary Moneyline: Astros (-102), Phillies (-116) Runline: Astros -1.5 (+160), Phillies+1.5 (-194) Total: Over/Under 7.5 Runs (+100/-122) The Philadelphia Phillies' unlikely postseason run continued…

The Texas Rangers take on the Houston Astros. Check out our MLB odds series for our Rangers Astros prediction and pick. Cole Ragans goes to the mound for the Rangers, while Cristian Javier takes the bump for the Astros. Cole Ragans got called up in early August as the Rangers - playing out the string and having no shot at the playoffs - began their…

The New York Yankees have dug themselves a 2-0 hole in the 2022 American League Championship Series but they'll look to Gerrit Cole to get their postseason run back on track on Saturday in Game 3 against the Houston Astros. Cole won twice for the Yankees during their ALDS win over the Guardians and has a career ERA of 2.57 against his former team…

Game 6 of the 2022 World Series on Saturday will be the first opportunity for the Houston Astros to close out the Philadelphia Phillies to win their second championship. Framber Valdez will take the ball for Houston while Zack Wheeler is Philadelphia's pick as the Phillies look to extend what has already been a magical ride through the…

The Houston Astros will visit the Oakland Athletics in the second game of their series in the American League West matchup from RingCentral Coliseum on Tuesday Night. The weather is expected to be not too humid with a 0% chance of rain and 11 miles per hour winds. The Houston Astros are coming off of a 4 run win against the Oakland Athletics in…

The New York Yankees (52-19) host the Houston Astros (44-26) in the third game of their series on Saturday afternoon. New York had a two-game win streak halted on Friday, when it fell 3-1 to the Astros. Both teams sit atop their respective divisions and own the two best records in the American League. Gerrit Cole (6-1, 3.14 ERA) will be starting…

The Boston Red Sox will visit the Houston Astros in the second game of their series in the American League West versus American League East from Minute Maid Park Park on Tuesday night. The weather is expected to be extremely humid with a 14.3% chance of rain and 2.2 miles per hour winds. The Boston Red Sox are coming off of a 1 run win against the…

An American League showdown features the Houston Astros (40-25) hosting the Chicago White Sox (31-32) in a primetime battle on Sunday Night Baseball. The Astros sit in first place in the AL West standings. Meanwhile, Chicago is currently in third place in the AL Central. Michael Kopech (2-2, 1.92 ERA) gets the start for Chicago, while Cristian…

Affiliate Disclosure: Covers may receive advertising commissions for visits to a sportsbook. The Philadelphia Phillies seized control of the 2022 World Series at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday night with an emphatic 7-0 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 3. They'll now look to build a 3-1 series lead in Game 4 of the Fall Classic on Wednesday…

When he introduced newest Astros slugger José Abreu on Tuesday, owner Jim Crane said he wasn't done with free agency and specifically mentioned being "in the mix" for Justin Verlander and Yuli Gurriel. If Gurriel were to return, it would be in a limited role behind Abreu, who was sitting immediately to Crane's left as he made the comments.…

MLB odds series for our Mariners Astros prediction and pick. Robbie Ray goes to the hill for the Mariners, while Cristian Javier takes the bump for the Astros. Robbie Ray has been one of the single most disappointing players in Major League Baseball this season, and that is not hyperbole. There's no exaggeration involved in viewing Ray as one of…

Welcome to the Daily Dish, where we go through the MLB schedule for the day, giving you the starting pitcher matchups, and recent performance trends, and then listing some of our best bets if you choose to bet on the games. We had a solid week on our MLB bets last week, finishing 49-37-1 (57%). We're still just below that 60% mark we aim for, so…

Gerrit Cole already has two outstanding outings in the MLB playoffs, and he might need a third tonight if the New York Yankees are going to get back into their ALCS matchup with the Houston Astros. Great pitching and timely home runs led Houston to two wins in Houston. In Game 1, Justin Verlander's stellar start was backed up by three homers. Then…

After dropping the first two games of the ALCS in Houston, the New York Yankees have their backs against the wall. The series is far from over, but oddsmakers are giving the Pinstripes roughly a 15.4% chance of coming back and advancing to the World Series, according to their+550 odds. The Astros, meanwhile, are -800 to punch their ticket to…

Happy Saturday, all. This could be the second-to-last day of 2022 that we get two baseball games on the same day, so let's take it all in. While we're doing so, it doesn't hurt to make a little extra change on the side. The LCS round has been pretty fruitful for us through five games, thanks in part to players like Bryce Harper, Joe…

After coming so close to ending their playoff drought in 2021, the Seattle Mariners have been a disappointment thus far in 2022. Sitting at 24-30, the M's are 11 games behind the Houston Astros in the American League West and three games back of the Boston Red Sox for the final Wild Card spot. The Astros, meanwhile, just keep chugging along.…

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With the season, goodness, only days away now, it's time to start previewing some divisions. While allotting for the fact that there are still surely plenty of moves to be made, we have a pretty good idea, at this point, what teams will generally look like. Today: The American League West Every team wants to make the playoffs, but the AL West may…

A premier American League showdown is on tap for Saturday night as the Tampa Bay Rays square off with the Houston Astros for game two of the series. Join us for our MLB odds series, where our Rays-Astros prediction and pick will be revealed. With the AL playoff field officially set after the Rays were able to clinch a postseason berth in their 7-3…

The Oakland Athletics are hosting their AL West rival, the Houston Astros to wrap up this three-game series. The A's took home a win in games one and two, and are looking for the rare sweep against the Astros tonight. Can the Astros fight back and not get swept tonight, or will the A's continue their dominance in this series? Here are the…

The Houston Astros and Texas Rangers will finish their brief two-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Texas. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes an Astros-Rangers prediction and pick we have laid out below. The Houston Astros have the best record in the American League at 83-47, owning a comfortable…

With the 2022 World Series set to get going Friday night, now is the best time to get familiar with what FanDuel has to offer. It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a 2022 World Series cheat sheet. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Diego Padres in the NLCS. The Phillies' offense is hot right now and they are actually the last team…

The Houston Astros, who have been present in the final four for every season since 2017, have gotten back to the top of the mountain, with their first title since that'17 campaign. Dusty Baker finally has his ring as a World Series-winning skipper, with Houston beating the Phillies in six games. They say that history repeats itself. Last year, the…

The Houston Astros will take on the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. It's time to continue our MLB odds series and make an Astros-Athletics prediction and pick. These teams have pretty much had opposite seasons. The Astros, to no one's surprise, have been one of the best teams in the MLB this season. They are currently the owners of a 31-18…

Our Astros vs. Angels picks may be backing Ohtani's bat as well as another gem on the mound, but even that might not be enough against the division-leading Astros. Read more in our MLB betting preview below. The Los Angeles Angels and Shohei Ohtani come into Game 2 of a three-game set versus the division-leading Houston Astros as -120 favorites…

Happy weekend baseball fans! To kick off the scheduled slate this Saturday, the Houston Astros will make a trip to the nation's capital to take on the Washington Nationals in a thrilling inter-league showdown. Join us for our MLB odds series, where our Astros-Nationals prediction and pick will be revealed. The Astros enter play as the hottest team…

The master pitching plan, at least on the development side, appears to be taking shape for the Rangers. Three pitchers selected out of high school in the 2018 draft-Cole Winn, Owen White, and Mason Englert-have put themselves in the nearly immediate picture. Had they gone to TCU, South Carolina, and Texas A&M, which were their intended college…

Joe Namath. Mark Messier. Joe from Brooklyn. "The Yankees in seven. Guaranteed." Love your confidence, Joe, but as we've learned the only sure things are death, taxes and subway crime. And I guarantee President Joe Biden is the only person on the planet who still uses the word malarkey. The Yankees will have to beat the Astros four of five to…

Even with the baseball season wrapping up just days ago, BetMGM wasted little time putting up World Series futures for the 2023 campaign. And despite the title this season, the Houston Astros are not the favorites to pick up a successive championship. Instead, the Los Angeles Dodgers have the shortest odds on the board at 5-1. Over the past five…

The New York Yankees had an outstanding first half of the 2022 Major League Baseball season. They entered the All-Star break with the best record in the league at 64-28. The starting rotation has been fantastic, led by Gerrit Cole. The Yankees bullpen has been equally dominant. Then there's what Aaron Judge has been doing this year. He, along with…

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In Game 2 of the World Series, Framber Valdez delivered to help the Houston Astros tie things up after a tough loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1. If he can repeat his Game 2 performance in Game 6 on Saturday night, the Astros will put the bow on an incredible season with their second World Series title. Last night in Game 5, Justin…

Less than a week to the midterms. It's a win-win in the Pennsylvania Senate race between oddballs Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman. The winner will become Senator. The loser will be offered a role in the next Star Trek movie. The Philly finale. Win or lose, Game 5 is the last game at Citizens Bank Park this season. Noah Syndergaard is slated to…

The Philadelphia Phillies will host the Houston Astros for the last time in the World Series, as the end of the series will take place in Houston. Philly's bats are looking for revenge after being embarrassed in Game 4. Cristian Javier and three Astros relievers combined for the second no-hitter in World Series history, evening the series 2-2 in…

After a historic Game 4 win in Philadelphia, the Houston Astros will turn things over to Justin Verlander tonight aiming for a 3-2 World Series lead over the Phillies and a chance to clinch at home tomorrow night. After allowing five homers and getting blanked by the Phillies in Game 3 on Tuesday, the Astros punched back in the most astounding way…