GM: Jeff Luhnow
2018: made playoffs · 103–59. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bregman | 24 | pre-arb | 157 | 7.9 | 0.6 | +26.3 |
| Justin Verlander | 35 | FA-elig | 34 | 6.6 | 28.0 | -5.5 |
| Gerrit Cole | 27 | arb | 32 | 5.8 | 6.8 | +13.1 |
| Jose Altuve | 28 | FA-elig | 137 | 5.8 | 9.0 | +10.8 |
| Carlos Correa | 23 | arb | 110 | 3.7 | 1.0 | +11.7 |
| George Springer | 28 | arb | 140 | 3.2 | 12.0 | -1.2 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 30 | FA-elig | 34 | 3.2 | 13.2 | -2.4 |
| Max Stassi | 27 | arb | 88 | 2.9 | 0.6 | +9.3 |
| Charlie Morton | 34 | FA-elig | 30 | 2.8 | 7.0 | +2.7 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 24 | arb | 25 | 2.4 | 2.5 | +5.8 |
| Josh Reddick | 31 | FA-elig | 134 | 2.3 | 13.0 | -5.0 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 34 | pre-arb | 136 | 1.9 | 12.4 | -6.0 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 29 | FA-elig | 145 | 1.8 | 5.1 | +1.1 |
| Tyler White | 27 | pre-arb | 66 | 1.6 | 0.3 | +5.0 |
| Collin McHugh | 31 | FA-elig | 58 | 1.3 | 5.0 | -0.4 |
| Héctor Rondón | 30 | arb | 63 | 1.3 | 4.0 | +0.3 |
| Jake Marisnick | 27 | arb | 103 | 1.2 | 1.9 | +2.2 |
| Will Harris | 33 | FA-elig | 61 | 1.1 | 2.8 | +1.0 |
| Ryan Pressly↔ MIN | 29 | arb | 26 | 1.0 | 0.5 | +2.9 |
| Tony Sipp | 34 | FA-elig | 54 | 0.8 | 6.0 | -3.1 |
| Tony Kemp | 26 | pre-arb | 97 | 0.8 | 0.4 | +2.4 |
| Ken Giles↔ TOR | 27 | arb | 34 | 0.7 | 2.8 | -0.4 |
| Martín Maldonado↔ ANA | 31 | FA-elig | 41 | 0.7 | 1.3 | +0.9 |
| Roberto Osuna↔ TOR | 23 | arb | 23 | 0.6 | 3.2 | -1.2 |
| Brad Peacock | 30 | FA-elig | 61 | 0.5 | 2.4 | -0.6 |
| Josh James | 25 | – | 6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +1.2 |
| Brian McCann | 34 | FA-elig | 63 | 0.3 | 17.0 | -15.8 |
| Myles Straw | 23 | – | 9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +0.7 |
| Joe Smith | 34 | FA-elig | 56 | 0.2 | 7.0 | -6.4 |
| Evan Gattis | 31 | arb | 128 | 0.1 | 6.7 | -6.5 |
| Framber Valdez | 24 | – | 8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Reymin Guduan | 26 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| James Hoyt | 31 | – | 1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| AJ Reed | 25 | pre-arb | 1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Dean Deetz | 24 | pre-arb | 4 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.6 |
| Chris Devenski | 27 | pre-arb | 50 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -0.9 |
| Cionel Pérez | 22 | – | 8 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.7 |
| Tim Federowicz↔ CIN | 30 | arb | 10 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.7 |
| Derek Fisher | 24 | pre-arb | 42 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -1.4 |
| Kyle Tucker | 21 | – | 28 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -1.7 |
| J.D. Davis | 25 | pre-arb | 42 | -0.6 | 0.6 | -2.6 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Gerrit Cole | 5.8 |
| Héctor Rondón | 1.3 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 |
| Martín Maldonado | 0.7 |
| Roberto Osuna | 0.6 |
| Josh James | 0.4 |
| Player | 2017 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Joe Musgrove | 0.9 |
| Norichika Aoki | 0.5 |
| Michael Feliz | 0.4 |
| Francis Martes | 0.2 |
| Colin Moran | 0.2 |
| David Paulino | 0.1 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2018, 2018–2024. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2018; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 35 | 12.002 | $28.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brian McCann | 34 | 12.117 | $17.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Josh Reddick | 31 | 7.050 | $13.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jose Altuve | 28 | 6.072 | $9.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Joe Smith | 34 | 10.091 | $7.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Charlie Morton | 34 | 9.009 | $7.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Tony Sipp | 34 | 8.100 | $6.0M | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Keuchel | 30 | 5.089 | $13.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| George Springer | 28 | 3.166 | $12.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Gerrit Cole | 27 | 4.111 | $6.8M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Evan Gattis | 31 | 5.000 | $6.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Marwin Gonzalez | 29 | 5.133 | $5.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Collin McHugh | 31 | 4.084 | $5.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Héctor Rondón | 30 | 5.000 | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Roberto Osuna | 23 | 3.000 | $3.2M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ken Giles | 27 | 3.113 | $2.8M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Will Harris | 33 | 4.102 | $2.8M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brad Peacock | 30 | 3.165 | $2.4M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jake Marisnick | 27 | 3.145 | $1.9M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Martín Maldonado | 31 | 5.156 | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ryan Pressly | 29 | 4.039 | $540k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Tim Federowicz | 30 | 3.022 | $117k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuli Gurriel | 34 | 2.000 | $12.4M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 24 | 2.140 | $2.5M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Carlos Correa | 23 | 2.119 | $1.0M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Chris Devenski | 27 | 2.000 | $599k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Alex Bregman | 24 | 1.070 | $599k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Max Stassi | 27 | 1.049 | $557k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Derek Fisher | 24 | 0.075 | $554k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| J.D. Davis | 25 | 0.058 | $550k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tony Kemp | 26 | 0.132 | $404k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Dean Deetz | 24 | 0.027 | $340k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tyler White | 27 | 1.006 | $278k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Cionel Pérez | 22 | 0.000 | $196k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Kyle Tucker | 21 | 0.000 | $146k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Framber Valdez | 24 | 0.000 | $120k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Josh James | 25 | 0.000 | $88k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Myles Straw | 23 | 0.000 | $47k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Reymin Guduan | 26 | 0.068 | $44k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| James Hoyt | 31 | 1.034 | $24k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| AJ Reed | 25 | 0.110 | $18k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Astros 2018; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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