Signed RHPs Alex Santos II, and Zach Matthews.Optioned LHP Blake Taylor, C Garrett Stubbs and 2B Jack Mayfield to Round Rock (PCL).Named Ryan Engels development coach of Round Rock (PCL); Gregorio Pettit manager, Jason Kanzler hitting coach and Sean Connole mental skills and development coach of Corpus Christi (TL); Rafael Pe?a hitting coach of Fayetteville (Carolina); Sean Godfrey hitting coach of Quad Cities (MWL); Wladimir Sutil manager, Ernesto Irizarry hitting coach and Tanner Lubbach development coach of Tri-City (NYP); Ricardo Rivera manager of the GCL Astros; Luis Reynoso hitting coach of the DSL Astros; Jeff Lewis minor league rehab coordinator; and Terrence Kennell minor league strength and conditioning rehab coordinator.Agreed to terms with OF George Springer on a one-year contract.Fired manager A.J. Cahill is making his 2020 debut for the Giants.

Certainly, the Astros lineup can and likely will improve in 2020.

The Astros have picked up manager Dusty Baker’s option for 2021.

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6-keys: media/spln/mlb/reg/free/transactions_team Astros: George Springer. By Connor Byrne | August 5, 2020 at 10:53pm CDT The Astros are reshuffling the back end of their rotation, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com relays.

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