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Astros Place Roberto Osuna On 10-Day IL

By Mark Polishuk | August 2, 2020 at 2:15pm CDT

2:14pm: The Astros have placed Osuna on the 10-day injured list with right elbow soreness, according to Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. He’ll be replaced on the active roster by right-handed pitcher Humberto Castellanos, who had previously been on the Astros’ taxi squad.

8:46am: Astros closer Roberto Osuna left Saturday’s game due to an arm injury, and manager Dusty Baker told reporters that Osuna will head from Anaheim to Houston to undergo an MRI.  Facing his third batter of the ninth inning last evening, Osuna threw a pitch to the Angels’ Jason Castro and immediately signaled for the trainer to visit the mound.  The right-hander was removed and replaced with Cy Sneed.

In the short term, Osuna’s injury quite possibly cost Houston the game, as Castro hit an RBI double to tie the score, and the Angels then scored the winning run in the 10th.  But Saturday’s defeat could be a relatively small matter compared to a potentially serious arm problem for Osuna, especially considering how the Astros’ pitching staff has already been ravaged by injuries.

Chris Devenski, Brad Peacock, Joe Biagini, Jose Urquidy, Austin Pruitt, and reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander are all on the injured list, while Ryan Pressly only just returned from a sore elbow.  The Astros have made some recent acquisitions (signing Fernando Rodney and acquiring Hector Velazquez from the Orioles) to help fill out their pitching depth, though there’s only so much that can be done to replace so many sidelined hurlers.

Should Osuna’s MRI reveal any bad news, his loss would be a particularly tough one for the Astros.  Osuna has a 2.45 ERA, 6.33 K/BB rate, and 9.3 K/9 over 92 innings since coming to the Astros from the Blue Jays in July 2018.  Pressly might be the top choice for save situations with Osuna sidelined, though the club might want to ease Pressly back in action considering that Saturday marked his first game of the season.

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  1. bhambrave

    3 years ago

    I’m tempted to say something, but I won’t.

    Reply
    • denistaylor

      3 years ago

      I think Verlander had the same thought…

      Reply
      • yogineely

        3 years ago

        Nice!

        Reply
      • afsooner02

        3 years ago

        Doubt it

        Reply
  2. Jordan

    3 years ago

    Ya he probably hurt it earlier in the day when he was backhanding his!!!! Oh never mind.

    Reply
  3. ScottCFA

    3 years ago

    If MLB won’t sufficiently punish the Trashtros for their bad behavior (trash cans, Osuna, Brandon Taubman), Karma will have to do it for them!

    Reply
    • Wyoming Bison Expansion Team

      3 years ago

      Osuna was given a 75 game suspension under the domestic abuse l
      policy.

      He wasn’t tried by the criminal justice system.

      Idk why people think the sports leagues need to be the ones to do something when the criminal justice system let’s them off.

      Can’t play sports if you’re in jail.

      Reply
      • 92jays

        3 years ago

        He wasn’t tried in Canada because it was settled out of court plus he was traded before that happened anyway

        Reply
      • Cey Hey

        3 years ago

        He broke Major League Baseball’s rules. Players are often suspended for fighting, throwing at batters, bumping umpires, missing practice, etc. What happened with Osuna is no different. An employer can discipline, and even terminate, an employee without the aid of the criminal justice system.

        Reply
        • 12isbetter

          3 years ago

          You going to throw out that ring that Aroldis helped with?

        • Wyoming Bison Expansion Team

          3 years ago

          So you expect the Jays, or any team, to do something about what he did..

          But don’t actually expect the criminal justice system to do it’s job by prosecuting and putting people behind bars, people like him. You know punishment for your crime.

          Got it. Really proving my point that fans, like you, hold teams to better standards than the criminal justice system.

    • Randy_Watson

      3 years ago

      You’re a clown & quite good at being one too, I might add!

      Reply
    • DarkSide830

      3 years ago

      Taubman was fired and banned by baseball for at least a year, and regardless i dont think he’s holding another high profile FO job again.

      Reply
    • 12isbetter

      3 years ago

      Scott, you Poor little guy….

      Reply
    • coupofthecentury

      3 years ago

      But that logic scotty boy karma has struck every team with the record number of IL stints and covid-19 related players missing. Get off your high horse buddy

      Reply
  4. bluejays92

    3 years ago

    This furthers my belief that the Stros are going to take a chance on Kelvin Herrera should they have the opportunity.

    Reply
  5. Yank4Life

    3 years ago

    I will keep my feelings reserved

    Reply
  6. Wyoming Bison Expansion Team

    3 years ago

    One goes out and comes up lame.

    No more Astros pitching in games

    Reply
  7. grnmtbaseball

    3 years ago

    good.

    Reply
  8. pinstripes17

    3 years ago

    thoughts and prayers!

    Reply
  9. Tiger_diesel92

    3 years ago

    Why is it when dusty gets pitchers and they start falling apart

    Reply
    • johnrealtime

      3 years ago

      You really can’t blame the coach this early in the season. You could argue that he has overworked pitchers in the past but he obviousy hasn’t done that in Houston and didn’t have such a problem in Washington either

      Reply
      • yogineely

        3 years ago

        Hard to over pitch when you don’t even make the playoffs

        Reply
        • johnrealtime

          3 years ago

          What? First of all that isn’t true and second of all the nationals made the playoffs both years that Dusty was managing. He’s never had issues getting a team to the playoffs

  10. Vizionaire

    3 years ago

    it must be astros’ turn to have a bunch of pitchers on i.l.

    Reply
  11. Cey Hey

    3 years ago

    Paging Dr. Andrews,

    Reply
  12. HalosHeavenJJ

    3 years ago

    I don’t think anyone will shed a tear or feel bad for him.

    Reply
  13. Joeypower

    3 years ago

    Hope for the best for ozuna and hope for the worst for the astros. Cheaters!!

    Reply
    • bkwalker510

      3 years ago

      why? osuna is a piece of trash that belongs in the banging can.

      Reply
      • HalosHeavenJJ

        3 years ago

        Yeah. He’s the lowest character guy on the team, which is really saying something.

        Reply
        • pinstripes17

          3 years ago

          yuli gurriel might be a close second

        • jjd002

          3 years ago

          What has Yuli done? Made one facial gesture, but never heard a bad thing about him from anyone.

  14. jabronieramone

    3 years ago

    I’ll

    Reply
  15. jabronieramone

    3 years ago

    I’ll forgive the cheating before the wife beating

    Reply
  16. floridapinstripes

    3 years ago

    Karma police ….

    Reply
  17. Gigorilla

    3 years ago

    Soooo many little injuries to MLB players during the first week back, after “staying in shape and a second spring training”.

    Strange????

    Reply
    • Cey Hey

      3 years ago

      There is a long spring training for a reason. Baseball is different than other sports. Stand around in the field, then you suddenly need to stretch muscles that haven’t been stretched in a while. The stop-and-start nature of this season hasn’t done these guys any favors. Staying in shape at home isn’t the same as stretching out in games. It is a hard sport to play, especially at that level.

      Reply
  18. CrookedAsstros

    3 years ago

    “THANK GOD WE GOT OSUNA. I’M SO F*CKING GLAD WE GOT OSUNA”

    Reply
  19. higgy5220

    3 years ago

    You hate to see happen to such a good guy in a classy organization

    Reply
  20. Polish Hammer

    3 years ago

    Gotta keep the pimp hand strong…

    Reply
  21. nick effing punto

    3 years ago

    I can’t decide between a cheating joke and an Ike Turner joke

    Reply
  22. Larry Bernandez 1324IM

    3 years ago

    Giles for Ozuna’s looking just about right

    Reply

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