{"id":82284,"date":"2025-12-09T22:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/82284\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T22:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:13:07","slug":"astros-announce-sale-of-sugar-land-space-cowboys-corpus-christi-hooks-fayetteville-woodpeckers-to-ownership-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/82284\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros announce sale of Sugar Land Space Cowboys, Corpus Christi Hooks, Fayetteville Woodpeckers to ownership group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Astros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Astros\/\">Houston Astros<\/a> announced they are selling three of their minor league affiliates \u2014 the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (Triple-A), Corpus Christi Hooks (Double-A), and Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Single-A) \u2014 to Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH). <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Astros announced the sale in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Despite the sale, all three teams will remain Astros affiliates and retain their current leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Each team will also continue to operate at its current stadium: Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, and Segra Stadium in Fayetteville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In the statement announcing the move, Astros General Manager Dana Brown emphasized the importance of these affiliates in player development and community engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">DBH is a sports ownership and management group that operates multiple Minor League Baseball clubs nationwide. In the statement, DBH said it plans to build on the teams\u2019 local foundations while investing in fan experiences and player development. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome these three outstanding Astros affiliates to the DBH family,\u201d BDH Executive Chairman Pat Battle and CEO Peter Freund said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The transaction is expected to close in the coming weeks, pending MLB approval and other standard conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cDiamond Baseball Holdings is the perfect partner for the Astros,\u201d said Astros owner Jim Crane. \u201cWe remain committed to these communities as our affiliate partners and look forward to continuing to grow the game of baseball together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Astros announced they are selling three of their minor league affiliates \u2014 the Sugar Land Space&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[2792,155,157,39797,156,56,66,223,154,39798],"class_list":["post-82284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-astros","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-hooks","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-houston","tag-local","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sugar-land-space-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}