{"id":74770,"date":"2024-05-28T16:50:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=74770"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:50:37","slug":"injured-astros-starters-piling-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/28\/injured-astros-starters-piling-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured Astros Starters Continue Taking a Toll on Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Houston Astros rotation woes deepened this week, as yet another of their starters heads to the injured list. <\/span>Houston placed starter <\/span>Cristian Javier<\/a><\/span> on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to May 24th, with a right forearm injury. This is Javier’s <\/span>second stint on the injured list<\/span><\/a> this season after neck discomfort sidelined the right-hander in late April. The 27-year-old, who avoided the injured list between 2020-2023, has been limited to just seven starts this season. Injuries aside, Javier has pitched rather well, posting a 3.89 ERA over 34 \u2154 innings of work. His injury is just the latest in a string of injuries that have plagued the Astros rotation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Houston has already had the equivalent of a full five-man rotation on the injured list this season. Starters <\/span>Luis Garcia<\/a> and <\/span>Lance McCullers Jr.<\/a><\/span> both underwent arm surgery last year and are not expected back until the All-Star break. Astros ace <\/span>Justin Verlander<\/a><\/span> and right-hander <\/span>Jos\u00e9 Urquidy<\/a><\/span> both opened the season on the injured list after suffering setbacks in spring training. Then, left-hander <\/span>Framber Valdez<\/a><\/span> joined his rotation-mates on the injured list after being scratched from his third scheduled start.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Houston has since returned both Verlander and Valdez to the rotation, Urquidy has yet to make his season debut.<\/span><\/p>\n

Injured Astros Starters Cristian Javier and Jos\u00e9 Urquidy Suffer Setbacks<\/h2>\n

Urquidy, who spent three months on the injured list last season with a shoulder injury, has been sidelined with forearm discomfort since March. The 29-year-old was expected to return to the Astros rotation after making his third rehab start on Friday. Urquidy threw 56 pitches in Friday\u2019s outing with Triple-A Sugar Land before leaving the game after flexing his hand and fingers after throwing a pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Both Cristian Javier and Jos\u00e9 Urquidy are getting imaging on their forearms tomorrow, Joe Espada said. They\u2019ll have more information then.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) May 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n