But, if Valdez signs elsewhere, Reddick says the Astros have their next ace ... Brown pitched five innings of five-hit baseball, giving up one run. He struck out seven and walked none.

The A's look like a team on the rise despite getting almost nothing from their last rebuild. Read how they did it at MLB ...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s contract extension shook baseball. Would the Houston Astros do something similar ... Recently, Josh Reddick called Brown the “next Verlander” on the Crush City Podcast ...