For four straight years, Joe Espada and Omar López carpooled to work together. When López was named the Astros’ first-base ...

Espada, 48, has been with the Astros since 2018. He served as bench coach under A.J. Hinch and Dusty Baker and has been heavily involved in their success since then, which has included a World ...

The Astros could use depth in the outfield, but the reality is that Smith has only played 35 games of consequential ...

BELOIT — The Beloit Sky Carp will have a change at the top of their 2025 coaching staff with Angel Espada promoted from defensive coach to manager by the parent affiliate Miami Marlins.

The education of Jeremy Peña continues on the back fields of the Astros’ spring complex, where the shortstop has been working ...

Altuve is shadowing two Astros coaches, who worked with him for two weeks at Daikin Park to help prepare for a potential ...

A nine-time All-Star, three-time batting champion and the 2017 AL MVP, Altuve has played all but two of his 1,767 major league games at second base. He won the Gold Glove in 2015 and in 2020 led the ...

Altuve has not appeared in a game yet this spring, but team officials had always targeted Friday for his first taste of left field. Manager Joe Espada confirmed the plan to reporters in West Palm ...

Astros manager Joe Espada asked Clark to shadow Altuve throughout all his defensive work and team with outfield coach Jason Bell to help Altuve learn left field. "He's created the environment for ...