{"id":500205,"date":"2026-02-15T16:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/astros-sign-cavan-biggio-to-minor-league-contract-and-camp-invitation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T16:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:50:48","slug":"astros-sign-cavan-biggio-to-minor-league-contract-and-camp-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/astros-sign-cavan-biggio-to-minor-league-contract-and-camp-invitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros sign Cavan Biggio to Minor League contract and camp invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United States. The <strong>Houston Astros<\/strong> announced the signing of utility player <strong>Cavan Biggio<\/strong> to a Minor League contract that includes an invitation to the Major League team&#8217;s spring training as a non-roster player. The player is scheduled to join the camp in West Palm Beach, Florida this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/uceta-no-lanzara-en-el-clasico-mundial-por-molestia-en-el-hombro-rays-confian-en-que-estara-listo-para-opening-day\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uceta will not pitch in the World Baseball Classic due to shoulder discomfort; Rays are confident he will be ready for Opening Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biggio, son of Hall of Famer <strong>Craig Biggio<\/strong>, has played 561 games in his Major League career, with 80 doubles, 52 home runs, 190 RBIs, and 262 walks, as well as a career OPS of .712. He has also stolen 33 bases in 36 attempts.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2025 season, he saw action in 37 games with the <strong>Kansas City Royals<\/strong>. Throughout seven seasons in the Majors (2019-2025), he has worn the uniforms of the <strong>Toronto Blue Jays<\/strong>, <strong>Los Angeles Dodgers<\/strong>, <strong>Atlanta Braves<\/strong> and the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>Originally selected in the fifth round of the 2016 Draft from the University of Notre Dame by Toronto, Biggio has been characterized by his defensive versatility. He has played in all positions except pitcher and catcher, and has started in each of them except shortstop, pitcher and catcher. In his career, he has 219 starts at second base, 82 at third, 61 at first, and 104 distributed in the outfield, in addition to one appearance as a shortstop.<\/p>\n<p>With this addition, Houston adds depth and experience to its roster for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States. The Houston Astros announced the signing of utility player Cavan Biggio to a Minor League contract that includes an invitation to the Major League team&#8217;s spring training as a non-roster player. The player is scheduled to join the camp in West Palm Beach, Florida this Sunday. You may be interested in: Uceta will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,41186,40230],"class_list":["post-500205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-theperiodicodelatruth","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-267P","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}