 During the Astros 50th anniversary season in 2012, Ashby was selected as the starting catcher on the team's All-Time 25-Man Roster.In the same year, Ashby was voted through to Round 2 of the 2013 Ford C. Frick Award ballot, becoming one of the top 41 candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster award.On January 4, 2013, Ashby resigned from his position at Sportsnet The Fan-590 to join Houston's television broadcast team alongside Bill Brown in the Houston Astros' TV broadcasting department, replacing Jim Deshaies.