“This team is never out of it,” said Tucker during his postgame interview. “Whether we are down by ten in the ninth inning, our offense is phenomenal, and our pitching staff keeps us in games. We feel like we are …

On behalf of the City of Houston, Mayor Sylvester Turner today honored Astros Manager Dusty Baker on reaching a career milestone as a Major League Baseball manager.

Home Plate: Mr. 2,000 Manager Dusty Baker joined an elite club on Tuesday. He became the 12th manager in Major League history to win 2,000 games in his career. He also is the first African American to reach that accomplishment.

“When you have a Hall of Famer in your clubhouse you and you know the success that he has had over his entire career, you tend to listen,” said Odorizzi.

"Those 20 years of experience I would say were invaluable just from a teaching and learning standpoint and how we apply principles and things that we’re going to try to apply,” Caserio said. “I think you take the things that …

“There’s a lot of good football players in the state of Texas and specifically in the city of Houston,” said Caserio. “It’s probably a good place to start.”

"I would say there was definitely a consensus," said Nick Caserio about selecting Stingley with the third overall pick. "I would say organizationally, coaching staff, scouting staff, we put as much time and effort into Derek probably as any player."

“This is a blessing staying in Houston,” Green said to the media after being drafted. “I am a hometown kid. I am ready to work because I know where my roots are now, so I am ready to come to …

Home Plate: It is pretty safe to say that most of the individuals reading this article knew that these two players would touch home plate. It is fun to watch the bats of right fielder Kyle Tucker, and designated hitter …

"As far as position-wise, I'm really just going to playing wherever the team deems me the most valuable, whether it's guard or tackle," Howard said.

“Confidence was back, execution was much better. Just got tired of pitching like crap,” said Odorizzi.

“It was a blur,” Peña said with a slight smile. “I kind of ran the bases a little fast, but it was a great moment.”

“We have to do a better job all across the board of stringing hits together and stringing at-bat after at-bat together and constantly keeping pressure on,” Bregman said. “We haven’t done that to start the year this year, but we …

“It felt pretty good today,” Altuve said about getting back to baseball-related activities. “Obviously, I took some ground balls, ran a little bit and threw some balls. I felt really, really good.”

On Friday, the fans in attendance got a small glimpse of what Houston’s offense used to look like in the 4-3 heartbreaking loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, which pushed the Astros record to 6-7 on the season.