Astros officials last season repeatedly proclaimed Diaz the team’s catcher of the future. General manager Dana Brown ...

“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 ...

“I remember how a manager told me once,” Maldonado said a few days later, “‘You don’t pick to get the guy out, you pick to shorten the secondary lead.’” Martin Maldonado looks on ...