First-year manager Joe Espada has moved Collins ... be Diaz’s biggest challenge in replacing Martín Maldonado as the primary catcher. The Astros have so far adhered to their plan to give ...

“I remember how a manager told me once,” Maldonado said a few days later ... 606 OPS in 407 plate appearances he had for the Astros in 2023? That, they might be able to absorb.

Wheeler opened the bottom of the sixth inning by hitting Martin Maldonado with ... With the Astros' American League MVP candidate due up, Phillies manager Rob Thomson opted to go to his bullpen ...

First baseman Yuli Gurriel (as per reporter Francys Romero), infielder Jose Iglesias (as per Jon Heyman of the New York Post) and catcher Martin Maldonado ... 978 PA for the Astros, Marlins ...