Houston Astros transactions Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

110112 Sam Demel --- Acquired off waivers from Diamondbacks
2012: 1-4, 4.07 ERA, 75 K, 1.24 WHIP, 1 SV in 66.1 IP over 56 games at Triple A Reno and 0-1, 9.00 ERA, 0 K, 3.00 WHIP in 1.0 IP in 1 game with Diamondbacks

110112 Jake Elmore --- Acquired off waivers from Diamondbacks
2012: .344/.442/.465 w/ 1 HR, 73 RBI, 95 R, 32 SB in 108 games at Triple A Reno and .191/.247/.250 w/ 0 HR, 7 RBI, 1 R, 0 SB in 30 games with Diamondbacks

112012 Chia-Jen Lo --- purchased from minors
2012: 0-1, 0.00 ERA, 11 K, 0.64 WHIP in 11.0 IP over 8 games at Rookie Gulf Coast and 0-0, 1.42 ERA, 20 K, 0.95 WHIP in 19.0 IP over 11 games at Class A Advanced Lancaster

112612 Trevor Crowe --- signed to minor league contract
2012: .333/.412/.467 w/ 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R, 0 SB in 4 games at Double A Akron, .250/.336/.386 w/ 3 HR, 12 RBI, 20 R, 8 SB in 38 games at Triple A Columbus and .301/.354/.399 w/ 0 HR, 16 RBI, 26 R, 10 SB in 42 games at Triple A Salt Lake

112612 Edgar Gonzalez --- signed to minor league contract
2012: 2-2, 2.84 ERA, 25 K, 1.29 WHIP in 31.2 IP over 6 games at Monterrey (Mexico), 3-3, 5.40 ERA, 40 K, 1.39 WHIP in 46.2 IP over 15 games at Triple A Colorado Springs and 1-0, 0.69 ERA, 8 K, 0.61 WHIP in 13.0 IP over 2 games at Triple A Oklahoma City

112612 Sergio Escalona --- signed to minor league contract
2012: did not play

112612 Jose Valdez --- signed to minor league contract
2012: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 7 K, 0.60 WHIP in 5.0 IP over 5 games at Rookie Gulf Coast, 0-5, 4.95 ERA, 59 K, 1.49 WHIP, 21 SV in 43.2 IP over 46 games at Triple A Oklahoma City and 0-0, 2.25 ERA, 10 K, 1.67 WHIP in 12.0 IP over 12 games with Astros

113012 Philip Humber --- Acquired off waivers from White Sox
2012: 1-0, 1.50 ERA, 5 K, 0.33 WHIP in 6.0 IP in 1 game at Double A Birmingham, 0-1, 5.68 ERA, 4 K, 1.89 WHIP in 6.1 IP over 2 games at Triple A Charlotte and 5-5, 6.44 ERA, 85 K, 1.54 WHIP in 102.0 IP over 26 games with White Sox

120412 Alex White --- Acquired from Rockies

120612 Mickey Storey --- Acquired off waivers from Yankees
2012: 7-4, 3.05 ERA, 72 K, 1.17 WHIP, 2 SV in 65.0 IP over 38 games at Triple A Oklahoma City and 0-1, 3.86 ERA, 34 K, 1.22 WHIP in 30.1 IP over 26 games with Astros

121812 Carlos Pena --- signed as free agent
2012: .197/.330/.354 w/ 19 HR, 61 RBI, 72 R, 2 SB in 160 games with Rays

121912 John Ely --- Acquired from Dodgers

122112 Jose Veras --- signed as free agent
2012: 5-4, 3.63 ERA, 79 K, 1.51 WHIP, 1 SV in 67.0 IP over 72 games with Brewers

011213 Jason Jaramillo --- signed to minor league contract
2012: .258/.336/.325 w/ 0 HR, 12 RBI, 14 R, 0 SB in 34 games at Double A Huntsville, .188/.272/.256 w/ 2 Hr, 12 RBI, 7 R, 2 SB in Triple A Nashville and .231/.318/.282 w/ 0 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, 0 SB in 11 games at Triple A Sacramento

011713 Rick Ankiel --- signed to minor league contract
2012: .500/.636/1.000 w/ 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, 0 SB in 3 games at Class A Hagerstown, .333/.455/1.000 w/ 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, 0 SB in 4 games at Double A Harrisburg, .333/.500/.333 w/ 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 R, 0 SB in 1 game at Triple A Syracuse and .228/.282/.411 w/ 5 HR, 15 RBI, 15 R, 1 SB in 68 games with Nationals

012113 Erik Bedard --- signed to minor league contract
2012: 7-14, 5.01 ERA, 118 K, 1.47 WHIP in 125.2 IP over 24 games with Pirates

020413 Chris Carter --- Acquired from Athletics

020413 Brad Peacock --- Acquired from Athletics