Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman was placed on the injured list due to health and safety protocols on Wednesday. The third baseman joins four other Astros on the list and there is no confirmed report as to whether Bregman has tested positive for COVID-19. Bregman does not have to sit for a minimum amount of days and can return to the field if he tests negative. This could have him in line to return to the lineup on Friday but fantasy teams need to prepare to play the Friday slate ...

Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, catcher Martin Maldonado, third baseman Alex Bregman, designated hitter Yordan Alvarez and infielder Robel Garcia were placed on the COVID-19 injured list on Wednesday afternoon, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network. Heyman adds that there is word that there is one known person has potentially tested positive for COVID-19, but the team has not yet confirmed that report. Officially all five players were placed on the list due to health and safety ...

Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman (hamstring) said he still doesn't feel like his legs are fully underneath him early in the season after he dealt with hamstring problems last year and in spring training. He missed the first two weeks of Grapefruit League games, and manager Dusty Baker has held Bregman out of the lineup twice in the first 10 games of the season. However, he feels as though he's trending in the right direction and hasn't had any setbacks. Normally a slow starter with the...

Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman (leg) is out of Saturday's lineup with soreness in his legs, according to Brian McTaggart of MLB.com. Bregman dealt with a hamstring injury throughout Spring Training, and the team has been taking things slow with him to start the year. Holding Bregman out Saturday gives him two days to rest up, as the team is off on Sunday. Bregman has looked great so far, hitting 9-for-29 with two home runs and six RBI in seven games. Managers should expect Bregman to...

Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman is off to a hot start to his season and will have an excellent matchup for Friday's action. Bregman is slugging .640 through his first six games and will face A's left-handed starter Sean Manaea to kick off a weekend series. Bregman has absolutely crushed left-handed pitching, posting a .985 OPS during last year's shortened season and a 1.186 mark in 2019. In his career, the slugger also is hitting .308 with three home runs in 26 career at-bats against...

Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman is not in the lineup on Saturday for the series finale in Oakland. The Astros will start Aledmys Diaz in his place, who will be batting third against Cole Irvin and the Athletics. The team is taking things slow to start the year according to Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle, as he continues to build back up to full strength from an offseason hamstring injury. Managers should expect Bregman to return on Sunday.

Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman went 2-for-4 with one walk, two runs scored and three runs batted in as Houston took down the A's 9-5. Bregman smacked his second home run of the young season in the third inning, a three-run shot to get the Astros on the board. Two games into the season and Bregman already has five runs batted in. The talented third baseman will be an excellent DFS play the rest of the weekend.

Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman went 2-for-4, with a solo home run, in the Astros 8-1 throttling of the A's on Opening Day. Bregman battled a hamstring injury during the spring but looked ready to roll. The third baseman picked up an RBI early in the game with a groundout and then popped a 418-foot bomb to left field for his first home run of the season. When Bregman is on his offensive game, he is a top-five MVP candidate. This performance is a great first step in a long season ...

Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker revealed that the Opening Day lineup will be the same lineup that was used in Monday's Spring Training finale, with the exception that Myles Straw will also be in the lineup, according to Steve Schaeffer of the Houston Chronicle. Baker said that Straw was held out of Monday's game due to COVID-19 protocols, but he has since been cleared to play. The Astros' lineup will go Jose Altuve, Michael Brantley, Alex Bregman, Kyle Tucker, Carlos Correa, Yordan ...

Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman has played only three spring games heading into the final week of Spring Training. Bregman has been dealing with a hamstring injury and has only nine at-bats during the exhibition portion of the season. When healthy, Alex Bregman is a force at the plate and a top-20 play in fantasy. But the game of baseball is based heavily on timing and Bregman coming out of the gate slowly is a real possibility to start the season. This should not deter fantasy teams ...