The Astros pulled Scrubb from ... Beyond those arms, the reliever depth consists of Bryan Abreu, Tyler Ivey, Nivaldo Rodriguez and two rehabilitating pitchers, Austin Pruitt and Josh James.

The 2023 and 2024 seasons exemplified those issues. I have revised ... Since we need five more pitchers for depth, I have listed the next five Astros starting pitchers by projected Fielding ...

Placing Ronel Blanco on the injured list Thursday means three-fifths of Houston's season-opening starting rotation is ...

On Monday I wrote about the conundrum the Astros face due to the combination of exceedingly thin starting pitching depth and potential ... does it foretell bigger problems? Astros Playoff Odds ...

Now he's proving that he can hang with the best of them, setting the Astros up to have a good problem: a surplus of starting pitching options. "We decided to send him down to the minor leagues ...

The Houston Astros scratched veteran right-hander Justin Verlander from his scheduled start on Saturday, continuing the season-long injury issues with ... left the Astros' depth virtually nonexistent.

The club's depth is ... shoulder issues. Blanco has already set a career high for innings pitched in a season at 59 (he worked 52 last year). On top of all this, the Astros' awful 12-24 start ...

Assuming, best case scenario, the Astros will need eight starting pitchers to get through 162 games, let’s find the depth options for No. 7 and No. 8, assuming your top six are Framber Valdez ...

When right-hander Forrest Whitley took the mound in the top of the ninth inning against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, he became the 22nd pitcher that the Houston Astros have used this season.

The evolution of Houston’s pitching depth and the frequency with which it propels the Astros deep into October have made those who found that talent coveted commodities around the game ...