{"id":232461,"date":"2025-10-17T22:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232461\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T22:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:23:11","slug":"astros-sign-rhp-nate-pearson-to-1-year-deal-source-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232461\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros sign RHP Nate Pearson to 1-year deal, source confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760739791_210_rogers_jesse.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jesse RogersOct 17, 2025, 03:42 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a>Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"00a3015f-09ec-1b03-52af-656f5e0a18d5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-astros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Astros<\/a> got a jump on the offseason, signing right-hander <a data-player-guid=\"374346d7-9bc3-06ab-ff93-8902c8dd90a4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39646\/nate-pearson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Pearson<\/a> to a one-year contract worth $1.35 million, a source confirmed to ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Pearson, 29, spent most of last season in the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"5cda5067-7075-66b1-4b94-2333ab8d9807\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/chc\/chicago-cubs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cubs<\/a> organization, appearing in 11 big league games, giving up 15 runs in 14\u2154 innings. He was released in September after spending most of the year at Triple-A, where he appeared in 38 games, compiling a 2.22 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 first-round pick of the Blue Jays was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/40655844\/sources-blue-jays-trade-reliever-nate-pearson-cubs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">traded to the Cubs<\/a> in July 2024, appearing in 19 games in the second half of the season. He pitched well enough to earn an Opening Day roster spot in 2025 but was eventually sent back down to the minors. Known for a strong arm, Pearson has yet to completely establish his role in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Pearson is 9-6 with a 5.17 ERA in 123 career games which includes six as a starter.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic was first to report the signing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jesse RogersOct 17, 2025, 03:42 PM ET CloseJesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-232461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}