The Astros will begin Grapefruit League play on Saturday when they host the Washington Nationals at 1:05 p.m. ET. They will be playing with a split squad on that day as Houston will also take on the Mets in Port St. Lucie at 1:10 p.m.
Space City Home Network will carry 10 Spring Training games live this season. The talented broadcast team of Todd Kalas, Geoff Blum and Julia Morales are back to call the action.
Astros Spring Training games set to be televised (subject to change)
Sat., Feb. 22 vs. WAS
Sun., Feb. 23 at STL
Tues., Feb. 25 vs. NYM
Sat., March 1 at NYY
Sun., March 9 vs. MIA
Tues., March 11 vs. NYM
Thurs., March 13 vs. STL
Tues., March 18 vs. WAS
Sat., March 22 vs. MIA
Mon., March 24 vs. Sugar Land (@Daikin Park)
On the radio
SportsTalk 790 will air all Astros Spring Training games in Florida with the exception of the two split-squad road games. The popular broadcast duo of Robert Ford and Steve Sparks return for their 13th consecutive season as the Astros radio team. Engineer-extraordinaire Matt Boltz also returns to run the broadcasts.
Spring Breakout
Top prospects from the Astros and Nationals will play a game at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches on Friday, March 13, at 2:05 p.m. ET in the second annual Spring Breakout Game. The Astros will also host the Blue Jays in a standard Spring Training game that evening at 6:05 p.m.
Astroline radio show
During Spring Training, Astroline will broadcast live from West Palm Beach on SportsTalk 790. All five shows will be broadcast from Duffy’s Sports Grill, located downtown on Clematis Street.
Astroline dates are: Feb. 20, Feb. 26, March 5, March 13 and March 20 (Subject to change).
