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Astros, Cooper Hummel Agree To Minor League Deal

By Anthony Franco | June 6, 2025 at 6:51pm CDT

The Astros are bringing back outfielder/first baseman Cooper Hummel on a minor league deal, reports Ari Alexander of KPRC 2. The Gaeta Sports Management client will head to Triple-A Sugar Land after electing free agency from the Orioles yesterday.

Hummel spent most of the 2024 season in the Houston organization. The Astros grabbed him off waivers from the Giants in early April. They quickly outrighted him off the roster but would later reselect his contract. Hummel didn’t get much MLB action, appearing in six games and going 0-8 with two strikeouts. He hit well in the minors, though, running a .277/.419/.454 slash line across 442 trips to the plate. He walked at a massive 17.9% clip while hitting 10 homers and stealing 15 bases.

The switch-hitting Hummel remained on the roster throughout the winter and Spring Training. He’s out of options and the Astros decided not to have him break camp. They had no choice but to place him on waivers as a result. Hummel signed a minor league deal with the Yankees and was limited to 10 Triple-A games by injury. He went on to sign a pair of MLB contracts with the Orioles but was only on the active roster for a combined four days and took one at-bat.

Hummel figures to have a little more stability in a familiar setting in Sugar Land. This is the second reunion signing in as many days for the Astros. They brought back veteran catcher Omar Narváez, who finished last year with their Triple-A team, on a minor league deal last night.

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  1. LordD99

    2 months ago

    I was concerned I wouldn’t have my daily dose of Cooper Hummel news.

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    • Hawktattoo

      2 months ago

      I can sleep much better tonight.

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    • Davis0126

      2 months ago

      Life long orioles fan here they pay COOPER HUMMEL $ 765.000 thousand dollars for one at bad I’m so glad that nothing will ever change it seemed that the ANGELOS had back off and let MIKE ELIAS run things but anyone with a brain can tell ever since DAVID RUBENSTEIN took off MIKES not making the calls anymore.side note when RUBENSTEIN had his first news conference he said I bought the team to make money so in closing another 30 years in the cellar AWESOME 👌

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      • Steinbrenner2728

        2 months ago

        Chill out, Chris Davis.

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  2. cooperhill

    2 months ago

    Anyone want to buy my Hummel Orioles jersey?🤣🤣🤣

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    • Hawktattoo

      2 months ago

      Orioles legend…only struck out once all year.

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    • Steinbrenner2728

      2 months ago

      You already asked this in the article where the Orioles DFA’d him. You’re absolutely depressing, cooperhill

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    • Ok Yankees Fan

      2 months ago

      I’ll trade you for a Hummel Scranton jersey.

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  3. ❤️ MuteButton

    2 months ago

    I’m actually glad the Astros re-signed him. He almost made the team out of spring training. He’s a very good AAA player and could actually help the big club at some point.

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    • astros_fan_84

      2 months ago

      Adding catcher depth is interesting move. Maybe it’s just a good value, but I wonder if the Astros might trade Carintini for a SP?

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      • ❤️ MuteButton

        2 months ago

        Cooper has played catcher in the past but he’s primarily an outfielder

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  4. mbreslow77

    2 months ago

    Nice uniform update, trade rumors.

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