The Houston Astros acquired Brooks Raley from the Reds for a player to be named later, the Reds announced. Raley was designated for assignment on Thursday.
In a corresponding move, the Astros transferred closer Roberto Osuna to the 45-day injured list, per Mark Berman of Fox 26. Osuna is likely to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery.
Raley made four appearances for the Reds this season, giving up four earned runs in four innings. The 32-year-old appeared in the major leagues for the first time since his initial appearances with the Cubs in 2012 and 2013. The southpaw has been a reliable rotation arm in the KBO for the past five seasons, however. Raley made 30 or 31 starts in each season from 2015 to 2019 for the Lotte Giants, totalling a 48-53 record with a 4.13 ERA across 910 2/3 innings. That’s an average season of more than 182 innings per season.
The Astros have struggled to fill out their rotation after an early injury to Justin Verlander. Raley will likely jump into the Houston bullpen if he’s added to the active roster, though his ability to start or pitch multiple innings is certainly a plus for a team looking for length.
Raley retroactively hits Laureano in today’s game
Clintron comes out of the dugout to start the fight then runs back in and hides behind 4 players. That was the most chicken move I seen in a long time
What happened?
Oh never mind I got it.
Altuve looks like a average hitter now that he doesn’t know what pitches are coming.
they all do, even Brantley…even though they didn’t apparently cheat last year…
Brantley’s problem has been injuries. He was a top player in Cleveland. Their 1B is the only player that is showing any power. the rest are now average hitters.
I blame Manfred for all of this..especially letting someone who was by all accounts relaying signs in the Astros dugout (Alex Cintron) to continue to be on Astros payroll and in the capacity he is in.
@sacball, I agree you have to blame Manfred. You have to realize that MLB has swept under the rug many cheating accusations. In 2018, MLB investigated the Astros of using trash cans in the 2017 but no evidence was “found” by MLB. That same year, the Brewers accused the Dodgers of cheating, yet nothing came up. It took Fiers for MLB to really investigate. Now that being said, I’m not defending the Astros for what they did, it was wrong. MLB turned a blind eye to the environment they created then want shift all blame to one team. They did same thing with steroids. Don’t be MLB’s sheep.
This is the best news of the year for Houston.
Did anyone catch cole using a substance today???? Yankees fans don’t want to talk about that right???
I’m not a Yankees fan or anything but most pitchers use substance behind their hat or inside the brim
They all have it in the back pocket call “ hand sanitizer 0
Lamest looks good
Lamet
Paddock
Gore
Patino
Future looks good…
Typical Met fan…He complains about the Yankees because his team sucks big time and their only pleasure is talking negatively about the Yankees. Sad to be a Mets fan.
Mets will go further than Yankees this year… winning 100 games in the AL isn’t that impressive.
Winning 100 games in the AL would actually be very impressive. Most of us don’t think it’s possible for any team to get there this year.
I meant last year.. the twins and the Yankees beat up on horrible teams last year.
Who cares who go’s further this year.
You are technically correct, Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
its impossible, since the season is only 60 games
Hence the “most of us” part.
You get it.
I’m a Twins fan and from the stands you can see the substance the Yankees pitchers use. They also steal signs.
I’m not a Yankees fan or a Trevor Bauer fan, but Bauer explained this clearly for everyone…
Cole started using pine tar in Houston to improve his spin rate.
Every pitcher in the league uses pine tar, and its for the better. Stop complaining and check yourself first, worry about your garbage mets team.
If the Astros finish with a putrid record, I’m relieved they lose their 1st & 2nd draft picks next year.
Brooks Raley should be a decent multi inning reliever/starting pitcher in the MLB.
Did they show him where the trash can was?
I really hope they embrace it and go full villain with an ironic (but effective) recycling initiative.
It’s warms my heart to watch the Astros get slaughtered.
Astros = cheating cowards; what a complete waste of an organization