VYPE 5-Star — The Woodlands’ Drew Romo is future of Houston baseball
Diamond Dominance
Mackenzie Malatesta
17 January 2018
Originally appeared on Vype.com
Welcome to VYPE’s new series “5-Star” as we go behind the scenes with Houston’s top athletes.
Our first segment is on The Woodlands’ Drew Romo.
The Highlanders are a tradition-rich baseball program with three state titles and a national championship. Dozens of all-sate stars have filtered through Scotland Yard, including the likes of New England Patriot Danny Amendola, Pittsburgh Pirate Jameson Taillon and MLB MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt.
The next star at The Woodlands?
Drew Romo was named the city of Houston’s Newcomer of the Year last season as a freshman. The LSU-commit is now a sophomore and has hopes of building on his high school resume. He is already considered a pro prospect at catcher and hits from both sides of the plate.
This is VYPE 5-Star Drew Romo.
Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez is going on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his right hand.
The issue had caused the three-time All-Star to miss the last two games of the Astros’ weekend series with the Chicago White Sox. The move, announced before the Astros' Monday night game at Milwaukee, is retroactive to Saturday.
Houston recalled catcher César Salazar from Triple-A Sugar Land in a corresponding move.
Alvarez, 27, has batted .210 with a .306 on-base percentage, three homers and 18 RBIs in 29 games this season. That follows a 2024 season in which he batted. 308 with a .392 on-base percentage, 35 homers and 86 RBIs in 147 games while earning a third straight All-Star Game selection and finishing ninth in the AL Most Valuable Player voting.
He has posted an OPS of at least .959 each of the past three seasons and ranked fourth in the AL in that category last year.
Salazar, 26, was hitting .197 with a .305 on-base percentage, two homers and seven RBIs in 21 games for Sugar Land. He hit .320 with a .387 on-base percentage, no homers and eight RBIs in 12 games with Houston last year.
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