Yordan Alvarez is recovered from the right knee injury that limited him late last season and expects to be at full capacity when the Houston Astros start spring training next month, the slugger said Thursday.

All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman's free agency has a twist as reports have emerged of the two-time World Series winners' reunion with his former team, Houston Astros.

Coming off a late-season knee sprain, Yordan Alvarez declared himself "good to go" for Spring Training. Visit MLB Trade Rumors for more.

Masataka Yoshida is one of the best designated hitters in the MLB. This year, he's one of just 11 players at the position projected to record 1.2 fWAR or more. The Boston Red Sox left fielder had a 115 wRC+ last year, and he's poised for another strong offensive campaign.

The Houston Astros are pursuing Alex Bregman, but they are also considering second baseman Jorge Polanco to be in the mix for left field

Jose Altuve seeing time in left field next season? It might not be contingent on Alex Bregman returning, Houston Astros GM Dana Brown said Tuesday.

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Alvarez reports that he is ready to hit and field for the start of spring training.

The Houston Astros were long thought to be out of the Alex Bregman sweepstakes. They even tried to pivot to Nolan Arenado, and when that trade fell through, they signed Christian Walker and chose to move the newly acquired Isaac Paredes to third base.

The Houston Astros are reportedly still in pursuit of free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman as of Tuesday morning. Houston's brass also appears to have a cost-effective replacement in mind should Bregman seek greener pastures before next season.

The Houston Astros seem to have their lineup set. After shipping Kyle Tucker out of town which brought back third baseman Isaac Paredes to replace Alex Bregman,

No matter which team captured last year’s World Series, Taylor Trammell was guaranteed to get a championship ring. That made watching the Fall Classic on television a rather unusual experience, especially considering Trammell wanted nothing more than to be on the field competing himself.