GM: James Click
2022: World Series champions · 106–56. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 32 | FA-elig | 141 | 6.9 | 29.0 | -3.8 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 25 | arb | 135 | 6.4 | 0.8 | +22.5 |
| Justin Verlander | 39 | FA-elig | 28 | 6.1 | 25.0 | -2.8 |
| Alex Bregman | 28 | FA-elig | 155 | 5.4 | 13.0 | +6.8 |
| Kyle Tucker | 25 | pre-arb | 150 | 4.9 | 0.8 | +17.1 |
| Framber Valdez | 28 | arb | 31 | 4.4 | 3.0 | +13.1 |
| Cristian Javier | 25 | pre-arb | 30 | 3.4 | 0.7 | +11.6 |
| Jeremy Peña | 24 | – | 136 | 3.3 | 0.7 | +11.4 |
| Chas McCormick | 27 | pre-arb | 119 | 2.4 | 0.7 | +7.9 |
| Luis Garcia | 25 | pre-arb | 28 | 2.0 | 1.3 | +6.2 |
| Héctor Neris | 33 | FA-elig | 70 | 1.6 | 8.0 | -2.0 |
| Rafael Montero | 31 | FA-elig | 71 | 1.5 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| Bryan Abreu | 25 | pre-arb | 55 | 1.4 | 0.7 | +4.3 |
| Ryan Pressly | 33 | FA-elig | 50 | 1.4 | 10.0 | -5.0 |
| Jake Odorizzi↔ ATL | 32 | FA-elig | 12 | 1.2 | 4.4 | -0.0 |
| Michael Brantley | 35 | FA-elig | 64 | 1.1 | 16.0 | -12.0 |
| José Urquidy | 27 | pre-arb | 29 | 1.0 | 0.7 | +2.9 |
| Ryne Stanek | 30 | arb | 59 | 0.9 | 2.1 | +1.3 |
| Aledmys Díaz | 31 | FA-elig | 92 | 0.8 | 4.5 | -1.4 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 28 | FA-elig | 8 | 0.8 | 15.9 | -13.0 |
| Martín Maldonado | 35 | FA-elig | 113 | 0.8 | 5.0 | -2.2 |
| Jose Siri↔ TBR | 26 | – | 48 | 0.6 | 0.2 | +2.2 |
| Hunter Brown | 23 | – | 7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | +2.1 |
| Seth Martinez | 27 | pre-arb | 29 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +1.1 |
| Jake Meyers | 26 | pre-arb | 52 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +0.7 |
| Will Smith↔ ATL | 32 | FA-elig | 24 | 0.3 | 4.8 | -3.5 |
| David Hensley | 26 | – | 16 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +1.0 |
| Christian Vázquez↔ BOS | 31 | FA-elig | 35 | 0.2 | 2.1 | -1.5 |
| Parker Mushinski | 26 | – | 7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +0.1 |
| Mauricio Dubón↔ SFG | 27 | pre-arb | 83 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| Joe Perez | 22 | – | 1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Enoli Paredes | 26 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Pedro Báez | 34 | FA-elig | 3 | -0.0 | 5.8 | -5.8 |
| Taylor Jones | 28 | – | 1 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| Yainer Diaz | 23 | – | 6 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Ronel Blanco | 28 | – | 7 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Phil Maton | 29 | arb | 67 | -0.1 | 1.6 | -1.9 |
| Brandon Bielak | 26 | pre-arb | 5 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| Blake Taylor | 26 | pre-arb | 19 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -1.0 |
| J.J. Matijevic | 26 | – | 32 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
| Trey Mancini↔ BAL | 30 | FA-elig | 51 | -0.3 | 2.7 | -3.6 |
| Niko Goodrum | 30 | arb | 15 | -0.4 | 2.1 | -3.4 |
| Korey Lee | 23 | – | 12 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -1.6 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 38 | FA-elig | 146 | -0.7 | 8.0 | -10.5 |
| Jason Castro | 35 | FA-elig | 34 | -0.8 | 3.5 | -6.4 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 6.1 |
| Jeremy Peña | 3.3 |
| Héctor Neris | 1.6 |
| Hunter Brown | 0.6 |
| Will Smith | 0.3 |
| David Hensley | 0.3 |
| Player | 2021 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Carlos Correa | 6.3 |
| Zack Greinke | 1.2 |
| Myles Straw | 1.0 |
| Brooks Raley | 0.8 |
| Yimi García | 0.3 |
| Kendall Graveman | 0.3 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2022, 2022–2028. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2022; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 32 | 10.072 | $29.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Justin Verlander | 39 | 16.002 | $25.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Michael Brantley | 35 | 11.131 | $16.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 28 | 6.140 | $15.9M | $15.9M | $17.7M | $17.7M | $17.7M | FREE AGENT | |
| Ryan Pressly | 33 | 8.039 | $10.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Héctor Neris | 33 | 6.068 | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Yuli Gurriel | 38 | 6.000 | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Pedro Báez | 34 | 8.000 | $5.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Martín Maldonado | 35 | 9.156 | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Will Smith | 32 | 10.000 | $4.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jake Odorizzi | 32 | 8.042 | $4.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jason Castro | 35 | 11.104 | $3.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Christian Vázquez | 31 | 7.031 | $2.1MCLUB | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bregman | 28 | 5.070 | $13.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Aledmys Díaz | 31 | 5.100 | $4.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rafael Montero | 31 | 5.138 | $2.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Trey Mancini | 30 | 5.015 | $2.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Niko Goodrum | 30 | 5.000 | $2.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ryne Stanek | 30 | 4.038 | $2.1M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Phil Maton | 29 | 4.047 | $1.6M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 28 | 2.163 | $3.0M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Luis Garcia | 25 | 2.000 | $1.3M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Yordan Alvarez | 25 | 2.113 | $765k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Kyle Tucker | 25 | 2.079 | $764k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Cristian Javier | 25 | 2.000 | $749k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| José Urquidy | 27 | 2.049 | $749k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Bryan Abreu | 25 | 1.022 | $720k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jeremy Peña | 24 | 0.000 | $700k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Chas McCormick | 27 | 1.000 | $696k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Blake Taylor | 26 | 2.000 | $643k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jake Meyers | 26 | 0.065 | $590k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Mauricio Dubón | 27 | 1.162 | $452k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Seth Martinez | 27 | 0.014 | $427k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Taylor Jones | 28 | 0.162 | $307k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| J.J. Matijevic | 26 | – | $300k | ||||||
| Parker Mushinski | 26 | 0.000 | $269k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| David Hensley | 26 | 0.000 | $177k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jose Siri | 26 | 0.031 | $161k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Hunter Brown | 23 | 0.000 | $131k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Korey Lee | 23 | 0.000 | $119k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brandon Bielak | 26 | 1.143 | $119k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Yainer Diaz | 23 | 0.000 | $112k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ronel Blanco | 28 | 0.000 | $96k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Enoli Paredes | 26 | 1.096 | $27k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Joe Perez | 22 | – | $23k |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Astros 2022; 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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