HOUSTON — Five days after designating Forrest Whitley for assignment, the Houston Astros traded baseball’s former top pitching prospect to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Astros will receive cash ...

The Houston Astros sent former top prospect Forrest Whitley to the one team that can make them pay. The Tampa Bay Rays knows how to fix young pitchers. Hopefully, it'll work out for Whitley.

At one point in time, Whitley was deemed a "can't miss" prospect, sitting No. 1 in the Astros' pipeline for multiple consecutive years with the mantra of future ace attached to him.

The Houston Astros traded right-hander Forrest Whitley to the Tampa Bay Rays after designating him for assignment last weekend, the team announced Friday, ending his tenure in the organization.

Houston Astros manager Joe Espada, left, takes the ball from pitcher Forrest Whitley, center, as he is taken out of the game against the Tampa Bay Rays during the eighth inning of a baseball game ...

The Forrest Whitley saga with the Houston Astros has finally reached its conclusion. Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reported that the Astros had traded their former top prospect to the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Tampa Bay Rays acquired right-hander Forrest Whitley from the Houston Astros in exchange for cash considerations Friday. Whitley, once a top-10 prospect in baseball, was designated for ...

Oddly enough, Whitley has only thrown 7.1 innings in 2025, 3.1 of which came against the Rays across three games. Tampa Bay rocked him in each encounter, accounting for all 10 of his earned runs.

Whitley, 27, was designated for assignment earlier this week by the Astros, having made five appearances with a 12.27 ERA, allowing 10 runs (nine hits, six walks) over 7 1/3 innings.

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In just five appearances in 2025, Whitley managed to accrue negative 0.4 WAR. It was a rough first impression in the Major Leagues for the former top prospect, but he now heads to Tampa Bay and ...

Whitley, obviously, never made a Correa-like splash. Dealing with a 50-game drug suspension followed by numerous injuries over his minor league career, the 6-foot-7 right-hander didn’t reach the ...