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This story was excerpted from Brian McTaggart's Astros Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. HOUSTON — This week marked the 10th anniversary of Craig Biggio being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming the first player to wear an Astros cap on his plaque. After falling two votes shy in 2014, Biggio received 82.7 percent of the vote in 2015 and was inducted in July. Biggio was joined in Cooperstown, N.Y., two years later by longtime teammate Jeff Bagwell, who received 86.2 percent of the vote…

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While the Astros didn't sign Yordan Alvarez as an international free agent out of Cuba, the three-time All-Star has undoubtedly become the face of Cuban baseball in Houston.

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HOUSTON -- Billy Wagner , a flamethrowing left-hander who was one of the elite closers of his generation, will take his place among the game's greatest players of all-time after being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in voting revealed Tuesday. Wagner was elected in his 10th and final year on the ballot -- a down-to-the-wire finish fitting for a closer.

HOUSTON -- The Astros have discussed a deal that would send reliever Ryan Pressly to the Cubs, but a source told MLB.com that Pressly has yet to waive his no-trade clause despite a report that a trade was “on the verge” of being completed Thursday night.

HOUSTON -- Despite the Astros' additions of infielder Isaac Paredes in a trade and first baseman Christian Walker in free agency this winter, the club still hasn't closed the door on a possible reunion with free agent third baseman Alex Bregman

HOUSTON -- A reunion with free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman would be met with overwhelming approval in the Astros' clubhouse. It would also give Houston an abundance of infielders and force the Astros to get creative on defensive positioning.

HOUSTON -- Veteran relief pitcher Ryan Pressly, who was on the mound when the Astros clinched the 2022 World Series, will again be teammates in 2025 with right-fielder Kyle Tucker, who caught the final out of the Fall Classic-clinching win over the Phillies. The Astros were finalizing a trade Sunday