The Houston Astros have been one of the best teams in baseball for nearly a decade. Their success in international free agency has had a lot to do with that.

The Astros and Abreu avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $3.45 million contract Thursday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports. He was arbitration-eligible for a second time this winter.

Of Houston's eight arbitration-eligible players, only Framber Valdez had not reached a deal as the deadline approaches.

While the Astros didn’t sign Yordan Alvarez as an international free agent out of Cuba, the three-time All-Star has ...

The Houston Astros came to terms on one-year contracts for all eight of their arbitration-eligible players on Thursday, ...

HOUSTON, TX - The Houston Astros have avoided arbitration and have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with all eight of their arbitration-eligible players: RHP Bryan Abreu, IF/OF Mauricio Dubón, ...

Houston Astros pitcher Luis Garcia smiles after throwing live batting ... Seven Astros remained set to exchange proposed ...

The Astros announced they had reached deals with all eight of their arbitration-eligible players Thursday, highlighted by All ...

Approaching Bryan Abreu should be a no-brainer, but given his dominance and proximity to free agency, he may wait out his market. Perhaps Spencer Arrighetti, a Houston product and lifelong Astros ...

The Houston Astros came to terms on one-year contracts ... The other seven Houston players who avoided arbitration were right-hander Bryan Abreu and Luis Garcia, infielder/outfielder Mauricio ...