Astros designate the first basic player Jon Singleton For assignment, according to an announcement from the Singleton wife, Linzy on social networks this afternoon. Additional maneuvers of the alignment will be necessary to replace Singleton on the active list of the club, but it is not clear what will be the corresponding transaction at this stage.
Singleton, 34 years old in September, was added to the club list last week alongside Shay Whitcomb In the wake of an injury to the third basic player Isaac Paredes Last week. Singleton finally appeared in just three games for the astros this year, during which he went 1-in-9 with the marble with a removal of the stick and no walks. He started the season in the Mets Minor League system for the season but signed a minor league agreement with Houston in July. Between these two Triple-A affiliates of the club, Singleton reduced a solid .224 / .373 / .451 this year with 16 circuits in 306 trips on the plate.
The first veteran base player was previously scored by the Astros last year as a first regular goal player after the departure of Jose Abreu. Singleton provided an average league bat for the astros to the position when it reduced .234 / .321 / .386 with a WRC + of 104 on 119 games. It was a solid performance to obtain a single consideration for the club list in 2025, but Houston finally pivoted Singleton due to the first basic player Christian Walker. With Walker at the first base and Jordan Alvarez should serve as a DH every day of the club, there was no way to play time for Singleton in Houston. Wounds have opened the playing time since then, but the astros have generally preferred to opt for younger or more versatile options like Taylor Trammell And Cooper Hummel when filling their list this year.
Singleton has a lot of history with the Astros organization. A higher perspective in the phillie system which was treated in Houston in a business for Hunter PenceSingleton signed an extension of $ 10 million over five years with the Astros even before he made his MLB debut. The agreement was largely considered as a coup d’etat for the astros at the time, but Singleton had trouble arriving in the big leagues in 2014 and did only .171 / .290 / .331 in two seasons in the majors. He did not resurface in the big leagues before the 2023 season and spent time playing both in minors and for independent leagues during his years far from the majors.
The loss of singleton leaves them without any other left -handed bat on the list. While waiting for the corresponding movement for the release of Singleton, the astros have only Trammell (as well as the Switch-tatters Hummel and Backup Catcher Victor Caratini) Capable of hitting on the left side on their list. As for Singleton, the Astros will have until the deadline for trade on July 21 to try to develop a profession that involves it, otherwise it will be transmitted by derogations. If he erases unqualled derogations, he will have the opportunity to accept a pure and simple mission from astros and stay in their minor league system or test the free agency.
