GM: Jeff Luhnow
2020: made playoffs · 29–31. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 36 | FA-elig | 12 | 2.2 | 35.0 | -19.2 |
| Framber Valdez | 26 | pre-arb | 11 | 2.0 | 0.2 | +14.5 |
| George Springer | 30 | FA-elig | 51 | 2.0 | 21.0 | -6.6 |
| Kyle Tucker | 23 | pre-arb | 58 | 1.8 | 0.2 | +13.1 |
| Alex Bregman | 26 | arb | 42 | 1.3 | 13.0 | -3.8 |
| Carlos Correa | 25 | arb | 58 | 1.2 | 8.0 | +0.4 |
| Michael Brantley | 33 | FA-elig | 46 | 1.1 | 16.0 | -7.6 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 26 | arb | 11 | 1.1 | 4.1 | +4.2 |
| Martín Maldonado | 33 | FA-elig | 47 | 0.9 | 3.5 | +2.7 |
| Ryan Pressly | 31 | FA-elig | 23 | 0.7 | 8.8 | -3.8 |
| Cristian Javier | 23 | – | 12 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +3.3 |
| Enoli Paredes | 24 | – | 22 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +2.3 |
| José Urquidy | 25 | pre-arb | 5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +2.2 |
| Brooks Raley↔ CIN | 32 | pre-arb | 17 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +1.5 |
| Roberto Osuna | 25 | arb | 4 | 0.2 | 10.0 | -8.7 |
| Andre Scrubb | 25 | – | 20 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.6 |
| Luis Garcia | 23 | – | 5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.7 |
| Cionel Pérez | 24 | pre-arb | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.3 |
| Aledmys Díaz | 29 | arb | 17 | 0.1 | 2.6 | -2.0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 23 | pre-arb | 2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.3 |
| Blake Taylor | 24 | – | 22 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
| Brad Peacock | 32 | FA-elig | 3 | 0.0 | 3.9 | -3.6 |
| Jack Mayfield | 29 | pre-arb | 21 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| Justin Verlander | 37 | FA-elig | 1 | -0.0 | 33.0 | -33.1 |
| Cy Sneed | 27 | pre-arb | 18 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Chris Devenski | 29 | arb | 4 | -0.0 | 2.0 | -2.2 |
| Brandon Bailey | 25 | – | 5 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Chase De Jong | 26 | – | 3 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Humberto Castellanos | 22 | – | 8 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| Carlos Sanabria | 23 | – | 2 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.6 |
| Joe Biagini | 30 | arb | 4 | -0.1 | 1.0 | -1.6 |
| Jose Altuve | 30 | FA-elig | 48 | -0.1 | 29.0 | -29.7 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 36 | arb | 57 | -0.1 | 8.4 | -9.1 |
| Josh Reddick | 33 | FA-elig | 56 | -0.1 | 13.0 | -14.0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 23 | pre-arb | 4 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -1.1 |
| Garrett Stubbs | 27 | pre-arb | 14 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -1.2 |
| Taylor Jones | 26 | – | 7 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -1.6 |
| Dustin Garneau | 32 | arb | 17 | -0.3 | 0.7 | -2.5 |
| Myles Straw | 25 | pre-arb | 33 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -2.1 |
| Josh James | 27 | pre-arb | 13 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -2.5 |
| Nivaldo Rodriguez | 23 | – | 5 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -2.6 |
| Abraham Toro | 23 | pre-arb | 33 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -3.5 |
| Brandon Bielak | 24 | – | 12 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -3.8 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 1.1 |
| Cristian Javier | 0.5 |
| Enoli Paredes | 0.3 |
| Brooks Raley | 0.2 |
| Andre Scrubb | 0.1 |
| Luis Garcia | 0.1 |
| Player | 2019 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Gerrit Cole | 7.4 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 2.5 |
| Wade Miley | 2.0 |
| Will Harris | 1.1 |
| Jake Marisnick | 1.0 |
| Tony Kemp | 0.6 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2020, 2020–2026. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2020; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 36 | 15.057 | $35.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Justin Verlander | 37 | 14.002 | $33.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jose Altuve | 30 | 8.072 | $29.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Michael Brantley | 33 | 9.131 | $16.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Josh Reddick | 33 | 9.050 | $13.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ryan Pressly | 31 | 6.039 | $8.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Martín Maldonado | 33 | 7.156 | $3.5M | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Springer | 30 | 5.166 | $21.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Alex Bregman | 26 | 3.070 | $13.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Roberto Osuna | 25 | 4.097 | $10.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Yuli Gurriel | 36 | 4.000 | $8.4M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Carlos Correa | 25 | 4.119 | $8.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 26 | 4.140 | $4.1M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brad Peacock | 32 | 5.165 | $3.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Aledmys Díaz | 29 | 3.100 | $2.6M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Chris Devenski | 29 | 4.000 | $2.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Joe Biagini | 30 | 4.000 | $1.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Chase De Jong | 26 | 3.000 | $25k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Garneau | 32 | 1.058 | $650k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Blake Taylor | 24 | 0.000 | $564k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Cionel Pérez | 24 | 0.107 | $234k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Yordan Alvarez | 23 | 0.113 | $225k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Josh James | 27 | 1.030 | $219k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Framber Valdez | 26 | 0.163 | $216k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| José Urquidy | 25 | 0.049 | $213k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Abraham Toro | 23 | 0.039 | $212k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Myles Straw | 25 | 0.112 | $212k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Kyle Tucker | 23 | 0.079 | $211k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Cristian Javier | 23 | 0.000 | $211k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Cy Sneed | 27 | 0.067 | $210k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Enoli Paredes | 24 | 0.000 | $209k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brandon Bielak | 24 | 0.000 | $193k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Andre Scrubb | 25 | 0.000 | $193k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jack Mayfield | 29 | 0.044 | $181k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Garrett Stubbs | 27 | 0.060 | $150k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brooks Raley | 32 | 0.045 | $124k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Humberto Castellanos | 22 | 0.000 | $97k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Luis Garcia | 23 | 0.000 | $93k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brandon Bailey | 25 | 0.000 | $75k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Nivaldo Rodriguez | 23 | 0.000 | $62k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Taylor Jones | 26 | 0.000 | $53k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Bryan Abreu | 23 | 0.025 | $47k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Carlos Sanabria | 23 | – | $34k |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Astros 2020; 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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