The Houston Astros made the postseason for an eighth consecutive season after ending with a file of 88-73 and profitable the American League West.
Though the Astros made one more playoff look, their streak of seven straight American League Championship Sequence appearances ended as they misplaced to the Detroit Tigers within the wild-card spherical.
The Astros have had an attention-grabbing offseason as they traded outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs and will probably lose third baseman Alex Bregman as a free agent.
Whereas issues could look questionable for the present Astros crew, they did get some excellent news as a corporation as former reliever Billy Wagner was voted into the Baseball Corridor of Fame.
Now, the Astros will give Wagner one other important honor.
“The Astros will retire Billy Wagner’s quantity this season,” FOX Sports activities: MLB wrote on X.
The Astros will retire Billy Wagner’s quantity this season 👏
Billy Wagner is a part of the BBWAA Corridor of Fame Class of 2025 pic.twitter.com/wXS8zObzXn
— FOX Sports activities: MLB (@MLBONFOX) February 4, 2025
Wagner, who wore No. 13 for the Astros, was one in every of three gamers voted into the Corridor of Fame Class of 2025, together with Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia.
After being on the media poll for 9 years and never getting the required votes, Wagner reached the 75 p.c wanted in his last 12 months of eligibility.
Wagner appeared in 853 video games in his MLB profession and held a 2.31 ERA with 422 saves and 1,196 strikeouts in 903.0 innings pitched.
He performed the primary 9 years of his profession for Houston and appeared in 464 video games with 225 saves and 694 strikeouts in 504.1 innings.
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