GM: Jeff Luhnow
2019: won pennant · 107–55. 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 | 25 | arb | 156 | 8.3 | 0.6 | +26.6 |
| Gerrit Cole | 28 | FA-elig | 33 | 7.4 | 13.5 | +10.7 |
| Justin Verlander | 36 | FA-elig | 34 | 6.4 | 28.0 | -7.0 |
| George Springer | 29 | arb | 122 | 6.1 | 12.0 | +8.0 |
| Jose Altuve | 29 | FA-elig | 124 | 5.0 | 9.5 | +6.8 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 35 | arb | 144 | 4.0 | 10.4 | +2.8 |
| Michael Brantley | 32 | FA-elig | 148 | 4.0 | 16.0 | -2.9 |
| Carlos Correa | 24 | arb | 75 | 3.8 | 5.0 | +7.6 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 22 | – | 87 | 3.8 | 0.3 | +12.1 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 35 | FA-elig | 114 | 2.5 | 5.8 | +2.5 |
| Wade Miley | 32 | FA-elig | 33 | 2.0 | 4.5 | +2.1 |
| Zack Greinke↔ ARI | 35 | FA-elig | 10 | 1.7 | 9.6 | -4.0 |
| Roberto Osuna | 24 | arb | 66 | 1.6 | 6.5 | -1.1 |
| Ryan Pressly | 30 | FA-elig | 55 | 1.6 | 2.9 | +2.2 |
| Aledmys Díaz | 28 | arb | 69 | 1.4 | 2.0 | +2.7 |
| Will Harris | 34 | FA-elig | 68 | 1.1 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
| Brad Peacock | 31 | FA-elig | 23 | 1.1 | 3.1 | +0.6 |
| Jake Marisnick | 28 | FA-elig | 120 | 1.0 | 2.2 | +1.1 |
| Myles Straw | 24 | pre-arb | 56 | 1.0 | 0.2 | +3.1 |
| José Urquidy | 24 | – | 9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | +2.6 |
| Josh Reddick | 32 | FA-elig | 141 | 0.7 | 13.0 | -10.8 |
| Tony Kemp↔ CHC | 27 | arb | 66 | 0.6 | 0.4 | +1.7 |
| Kyle Tucker | 22 | pre-arb | 22 | 0.6 | 0.1 | +1.9 |
| Collin McHugh | 32 | FA-elig | 35 | 0.6 | 5.8 | -3.9 |
| Josh James | 26 | pre-arb | 49 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +1.2 |
| Martín Maldonado↔ CHC | 32 | FA-elig | 27 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +0.9 |
| Rogelio Armenteros | 25 | – | 5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | +1.4 |
| Joe Smith | 35 | FA-elig | 28 | 0.5 | 8.0 | -6.5 |
| Abraham Toro | 22 | – | 25 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +1.3 |
| Chris Devenski | 28 | arb | 61 | 0.3 | 1.5 | -0.7 |
| Bryan Abreu | 22 | – | 7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.7 |
| Derek Fisher↔ TOR | 25 | – | 17 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.4 |
| Framber Valdez | 25 | pre-arb | 26 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
| Cy Sneed | 26 | – | 8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| Garrett Stubbs | 26 | – | 19 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Max Stassi↔ ANA | 28 | FA-elig | 31 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
| Jack Mayfield | 28 | – | 26 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.7 |
| Aaron Sanchez↔ TOR | 26 | arb | 4 | -0.2 | 0.6 | -1.1 |
| Cionel Pérez | 23 | pre-arb | 5 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.7 |
| Héctor Rondón | 31 | FA-elig | 62 | -0.2 | 4.5 | -5.2 |
| Brady Rodgers | 28 | – | 3 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.9 |
| Reymin Guduan | 27 | – | 7 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -1.1 |
| Corbin Martin | 23 | – | 5 | -0.5 | 0.1 | -1.7 |
| Tyler White↔ LAD | 28 | arb | 71 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -2.1 |
| Joe Biagini↔ TOR | 29 | arb | 13 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -1.8 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Michael Brantley | 4.0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3.8 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 2.5 |
| Wade Miley | 2.0 |
| Zack Greinke | 1.7 |
| Aledmys Díaz | 1.4 |
| Player | 2018 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Dallas Keuchel | 3.2 |
| Charlie Morton | 2.8 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 1.8 |
| Tony Sipp | 0.8 |
| Ken Giles | 0.7 |
| Brian McCann | 0.3 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2019, 2019–2025. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2019; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 36 | 13.002 | $28.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Michael Brantley | 32 | 8.131 | $16.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Josh Reddick | 32 | 8.050 | $13.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Zack Greinke | 35 | 14.057 | $9.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jose Altuve | 29 | 7.072 | $9.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Joe Smith | 35 | 11.091 | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Robinson Chirinos | 35 | 6.102 | $5.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Héctor Rondón | 31 | 6.000 | $4.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Wade Miley | 32 | 7.025 | $4.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Martín Maldonado | 32 | 6.156 | $643k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrit Cole | 28 | 5.111 | $13.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| George Springer | 29 | 4.166 | $12.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Yuli Gurriel | 35 | 3.000 | $10.4M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Roberto Osuna | 24 | 3.097 | $6.5M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Collin McHugh | 32 | 5.084 | $5.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Carlos Correa | 24 | 3.119 | $5.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Will Harris | 34 | 5.102 | $4.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brad Peacock | 31 | 4.165 | $3.1M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Ryan Pressly | 30 | 5.039 | $2.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jake Marisnick | 28 | 4.132 | $2.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Chris Devenski | 28 | 3.000 | $1.5M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Aaron Sanchez | 26 | 4.069 | $578k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Joe Biagini | 29 | 3.000 | $186k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aledmys Díaz | 28 | 2.100 | $2.0M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Alex Bregman | 25 | 2.070 | $640k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Framber Valdez | 25 | 0.041 | $567k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Josh James | 26 | 0.030 | $557k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tyler White | 28 | 1.101 | $499k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Max Stassi | 28 | 2.049 | $359k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Tony Kemp | 27 | 1.098 | $350k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Yordan Alvarez | 22 | 0.000 | $337k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Myles Straw | 24 | 0.016 | $221k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Cy Sneed | 26 | 0.000 | $203k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Garrett Stubbs | 26 | 0.000 | $179k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| José Urquidy | 24 | 0.000 | $152k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jack Mayfield | 28 | 0.000 | $122k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Cionel Pérez | 23 | 0.067 | $119k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Abraham Toro | 22 | 0.000 | $113k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Kyle Tucker | 22 | 0.051 | $84k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Bryan Abreu | 22 | 0.000 | $78k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Corbin Martin | 23 | 0.000 | $69k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Reymin Guduan | 27 | 1.068 | $63k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Rogelio Armenteros | 25 | 0.000 | $57k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Derek Fisher | 25 | 0.151 | $54k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brady Rodgers | 28 | 1.063 | $51k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Astros 2019; 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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