Astros first quarter award winners

In 2024, Diaz’s first season as the Astros’ primary catcher, he ranked in the top quartile in blocks above average and caught stealing above average, though he was below average in framing and pop time, per Baseball Savant. He declined in three of those four metrics last season and has regressed in all four this year, even after the Astros brought in new catching coach Tim Cossins from the Baltimore Orioles.

Cy Young- Spencer Arrighetti

Arrighetti opened the season in Sugar Land due to a numbers crunch, but the move allowed him to stay on a starter’s routine and hit the ground running when he joined the Astros rotation on April 15. He struck out 10 Rockies in his debut while allowing just one run over six innings. Arrighetti won his first four starts before defensive miscues caught up with him Saturday in Cincinnati.

The 26-year-old is 4-1 with a 1.88 ERA. While his 13.6% walk rate has prevented him from pitching deeper into games, Arrighetti has still completed five innings in each of his five starts, which has been crucial for a team missing three starters from its Opening Day rotation.

Opposing hitters are 4 for 33 with 20 strikeouts with a 50.9% whiff rate against Arrighetti’s curveball this season, and they are just 2 for 16 against his sweeper.

Arrighetti’s 2025 season was torpedoed by a fractured thumb suffered in an April batting practice accident. After returning to make five starts in August, Arrighetti was shut down in September due to elbow inflammation. He’s bounced back nicely, even while starting the season in Sugar Land.

Cy Yuck- Brian Abreu

Abreu went from closer looking to cash in after the season to unusable in the span of just a few weeks.

He became the first Astros reliever since 2017 to allow at least one earned run in six straight games in the same season, and while he’s only been scored on twice in the eight outing since, everything has felt like a struggle

Abreu has a 9.24 ERA through 14 games this season, and his strikeout rate has dipped from 35.5% to 30.3% while his walk rate has shot up to 24.2% from 10.5%, and his fastball velocity is down 2.3 MPH.