The Houston Astros made the postseason for an eighth consecutive season after finishing with a record of 88-73 and winning the American League West.
Although the Astros made yet another playoff appearance, their streak of seven straight American League Championship Series appearances ended as they lost to the Detroit Tigers in the wild-card round.
The Astros have had an interesting offseason as they traded outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs and could potentially lose third baseman Alex Bregman as a free agent.
While things may look questionable for the current Astros team, they did get some good news as an organization as former reliever Billy Wagner was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Now, the Astros will give Wagner another significant honor.
“The Astros will retire Billy Wagner’s number this season,” FOX Sports: MLB wrote on X.
The Astros will retire Billy Wagner’s number this season
Billy Wagner is part of the BBWAA Hall of Fame Class of 2025 pic.twitter.com/wXS8zObzXn
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) February 4, 2025
Wagner, who wore No. 13 for the Astros, was one of three players voted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2025, including Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia.
After being on the media ballot for nine years and not getting the required votes, Wagner reached the 75 percent needed in his final year of eligibility.
Wagner appeared in 853 games in his MLB career and held a 2.31 ERA with 422 saves and 1,196 strikeouts in 903.0 innings pitched.
He played the first nine years of his career for Houston and appeared in 464 games with 225 saves and 694 strikeouts in 504.1 innings.
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