Astros to appear twice on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball

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The Astros will make two appearances on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball this season, the network announced.

The World Series champions will be on April 15 against the Rangers at Minute Maid and again on May 20 against the Indians. The network will announce its June through September dates during the season.

Also, the Houston chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America vote Jose Altuve as the team's MVP for 2017, Dallas Keuchel and Brad Peacock as pitchers of the year, and Yuli Gurriel as rookie of the year. Carlos Correa was named the Darryl Kile Good Guy of the Year, Diamondbacks infielder Paul Goldschmidt was named the Houston-area player of the year, and Bob Watson was honored for long and meritorious service.