The Astros officially released their 28-man roster for their ALCS matchup with the Rays. Only one change was made from the Astros’ ALDS roster, as rookie outfielder Chas McCormick (who didn’t play in any of the four games against the Athletics) was omitted in favor of right-hander Chase De Jong. This gives Houston an additional arm and more pitching depth over what could be a seven-game series with no off-days.
Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle notes that De Jong “is stretched out” and could thus be used to eat multiple innings out of the bullpen, if necessary. Since De Jong only had a 14.73 ERA over 7 1/3 innings this season, however, one would imagine the Astros aren’t planning to deploy him for any critical situations.
Here is how the rest of the roster shakes out:
Right-Handed Pitchers
- Chase DeJong
- Luis García
- Zack Greinke
- Josh James
- Cristian Javier
- Lance McCullers, Jr. (Game 2 starter)
- Enoli Paredes
- Ryan Pressly
- Andre Scrubb
- Cy Sneed
- José Urquidy
Left-Handed Pitchers
- Brooks Raley
- Blake Taylor
- Framber Valdez (Game 1 starter)
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
I’d love to be wrong but the Rays are gonna win because of pitching depth.
The schedule with no off days favors the team with the deeper pitching staff. It’ll be quite different from what the Nationals did a year ago.
Springer and Correa take it to new levels in the playoffs, Altuve is in a good groove and Brantley always hits
No doubt Rays have a ton more pitching depth, but this should be a great series
Astros starters can match up fine, we just need them to go deep so the pen isn’t exposed
Corrected Headline: Cheaters Set ALCS Roster.
WFW!! LOL
That ring fits just fine!
Lighten up Francis!
Buzz buzz
Why does Houston insist on keeping Josh James on the roster? I’d have replaced him with Perez. I never want to see James throw another pitch in an Astros uniform.
I’d rather have Jesse James…Josh is horrendous
make him a cardboard cutout fan in the stands
James is on the roster because of his garbage can bashing skills.
Puhl did you get a ring? If not how do you know how it fits. You need to know jokes will be made about your team for a long time. They cheated everybody knows it. I would not be so brash about winning a championship while cheating. The worst part is they were good enough to win without cheating. You can say what you want to me I am on solid ground cheaters not so much.
I didnt see the trash can on the roster??
It’s obviously still there….living rent free in your head!!
No trash can. Buzzer
Note all the players that weren’t on the 2017 roster.
plug and play. they overcame a lot of injuries after all.
2020 needs an Astros-Dodgers WS. Let’s go Astros!
Exactly 1/4 of this roster played in the 2017 postseason.
But still, F* everyone on this team and in the organization.
Makes sense?
Wellput