The 2025 season is nearing an end, and while the Houston Astros are eyeing another playoff run in October, there will be a shift in focus to the offseason. It may not be as transformative an offseason as it was last winter, when the Astros let Alex Bregman walk in free agency and traded Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs.
As the departures of Bregman and Tucker proved, the Astros aren't afraid of letting key veteran players walk out the door at the end of the season. The silver lining is that this offseason, there really only is one key departure that feels inevitable.