Breaking: Former Longtime Blue Jay Signs With Astros

He was once a highly regarded prospect for the Toronto Blue Jays, spending 5 1/2 seasons with the team. His father is a Hall of Famer. But the career of utilityman Cavan Biggio has taken a nosedive over the past couple of years.

For 2026, he's earned a minor-league deal with the Houston Astros, with an invitation to major-league camp. He will, of course, be only the second most-famous Biggio to ever suit up in an Astros uniform.

The Astros signed Cavan Biggio to a minor-league deal per the team.
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He'll land in West Palm Beach, FL, at the Astros' spring training facility on Sunday.

It's somewhat of a reunion for Biggio, who joins Houston GM Dana Brown once again. It was Brown who was responsible for the Jays' drafting of Biggio in the 5th round of the 2016 MLB Draft. Brown spent nine seasons (2010-18) with the Blue Jays as a special assistant to the general manager, before heading to the Atlanta Braves as their Vice President of Scouting. He took over the GM post in Houston in 2023.

Additionally, Brown has another connection to Biggio, having played with his Hall of Fame dad, Craig, while they were at Seton Hall. And the elder Biggio, of course, made his legendary mark in baseball as an Astro for 20 years.

As for Cavan, he started off his big league career with a couple of promising seasons in Toronto, posting 16 homers and 14 stolen bases in his rookie year of 2019 in just 100 games and 430 plate appearances. The next season, the shortened 2020 campaign, he registered an impressive .807 OPS and 122 OPS+, with a career-best .375 on-base percentage.

After beginning to struggle more in 2021 and 2022, barely staying above the Mendoza Line, it really came apart in 2024. That year, he began the season with the Jays, hitting .197 for the first half of the year, across 224 plate appearances with a 77 OPS+. He was traded to the LA Dodgers, where he played in 30 games and batted .192. He was DFA'd by the Dodgers that August and released. He picked up a handful of games with the Atlanta Braves from his old GM Alex Anthopoulos, but that fizzled quickly as well.

Last season, Biggio hooked up with the KC Royals, but only got into 37 games with the big league club, batting .174. He spent the rest of the year in the minors.

He'll have to break camp with the Astros to continue his career in Houston.