Houston Astros outfielder Chas McCormick (hamstring) played in his second straight minor-league rehab game on Wednesday with Double-A Corpus Christi and went 0-for-4 as the designated hitter.

The Astros and McCormick avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $3.4 million contract Thursday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports. McCormick was arbitration-eligible this ...

No offense to Jake Meyers, who is a phenomenal defender, but hasn’t been consistent enough with a bat to warrant playing time over McCormick. Chas is 86th percentile in Outs Above Average via ...