The Astros have placed right-hander Brad Peacock on the 10-day injured list with shoulder discomfort and recalled lefty Reymin Guduan from Triple-A Round Rock, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle was among those to report.
The severity of Peacock’s injury is unknown, but regardless, it’s the latest unfortunate turn of events for the slumping Astros. The club has lost nine of 11, including a 10-0 drubbing at the hands of the Pirates on Thursday. Peacock started that game for the Astros and yielded six earned runs on seven hits and a walk (with two strikeouts) in three innings. The 31-year-old has now logged a nearly matching 4.13 ERA/4.14 FIP with 9.42 K/9 and 2.65 BB/9 across 85 innings and 17 appearances (15 starts) in 2019.
Houston already looks as if it’ll be in the market for starting pitching leading up to the July 31 deadline, and Peacock’s injury could further put the onus on the team’s front office to add reinforcements if he misses a solid amount of time. Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole are once again enjoying excellent seasons, and Peacock and Wade Miley have done well in complementary roles. However, Collin McHugh, Corbin Martin (now injured and in the minors) and Framber Valdez (just demoted to the minors) have failed to nail down the No. 5 spot in the Astros’ rotation this season.
I heard Peacock is actually a nickname he earned in high school for doing something obscene.
Please go back to 4th grade.
Ditto!
They are missing Morton for sure!
Why Guduan? That guy is awful and not even a starter.
probably go opener with McHugh being stretched out in case Peacock is out longer.
40 man roster and lack of other options who are MLB ready.
Armenteros would have been a much better option in my opinion and he could come back before the 10 day waiting period due to Peacock’s injury.
That’s a valid point. I retract my previous statement and concur that Guadan suuuucks.
Armerteros started the night Peacock did so would not be available for 5 days.
Time to trade for a starter. Have no idea who, but time to trade for a starter.
Bumgarner?
Six pitchers will be FA after this year. We don’t need to waste prospects on a rental.
B S ! Every time these guys get rocked they are hurt.
The Homer Winers Squad. Oh my arm. Oh it’s the ball. Suck it up buttercups!
In the weakest division in baseball and they are sliding playing the bottom half of teams.
That was tough to read….
Right?
My sentiments exactly.
4 of 5 teams above .500. what other division can say that? Oh right, none.
AL Central is the weakest in MLB.
Someone doesn’t know how to read the Standings.
I didn’t understand why the Astros let DK and Morton walk for a combined $43M. Now, I really don’t know.
Agreed on Morton only because he could have been had for 2-3 years rather than the 5 or 6 DK was looking for. They are in good shape payroll-wise.
Reportedly Morton preferred to go to the Tampa Bay area to be closer to his family.
It’s possible, but it’s also possible that it’s just a cover story.
The Astros could have given him a QO if they wanted to. They chose not to do that.
Why would CFM cover for the Astros?