The Astros have been relatively quiet this offseason when it comes to player transactions. Given their financial situation, that’s not overly surprising. There have been no big trades or free-agent signings and they actually lost a couple of top pitchers to free agency in Gerrit Cole and Will Harris.
Half of the moves the Houston front office has accomplished involved re-signing their own players that became free agents following the 2019 season. They brought back Martin Maldonado to man the catcher position and inked Joe Smith to return to the bullpen.