Prior to this afternoon’s game, the Astros placed José Urquidy on the 10-day injured list, manager Dusty Baker told reporters (including Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle). The righty exited his start Wednesday evening with shoulder discomfort and it had already been revealed he’d miss his upcoming start, so it’s not especially surprising he wound up on the IL. Baker said earlier this week an MRI hadn’t revealed “anything significant,” so it’s possible it’ll be a short-term absence.
Urquidy has again been highly productive in the early going. Over eight starts, the righty has pitched to a 3.22 ERA that’s a bit better than his strong 3.36 career mark. Urquidy has never racked up huge strikeout or ground ball totals, but he rarely walks hitters and has generally done a solid job of avoiding dangerous contact.
It’s not yet clear who’ll take Urquidy’s place in the rotation while he’s on the shelf, although a pair of Astros starters are progressing in recoveries from their own injuries. Framber Valdez was scheduled to begin a minor league rehab assignment during his recovery from a finger fracture with Triple-A Sugar Land today, and Jake Odorizzi isn’t far behind in that regard. Odorizzi is lined up to start tomorrow for Sugar Land (via Mark Berman of FOX 26) as he builds back from a pronator muscle strain in his forearm. (The Skeeters’ game this evening was subsequently rained out and will be made up with a doubleheader tomorrow).
To replace Urquidy on the active roster, Houston activated reliever Enoli Paredes from the IL. Paredes missed a little more than a month with a side issue. The 25-year-old has tossed 22 MLB innings over the past two seasons, working to a 2.86 ERA/5.37 SIERA.
Anyone else pronounce his last name as “your kitty”, and then talk in puns about things like “your kitty” being on the mound for the Astros? Like “not my kitty, your kitty”.
*Kitty not meant in a sexual context here. Just something me and the wife say. We’re weird.
Na, more like ur quidy
Who are the Stros starters now?
Grenkie
McCullers jr
Javier
Garcia (spot starter)
On the IR
Valdez
Urquidy
Verlander
Odorizzi
That’s a pretty good 4 man rotation on IL
Indeed! I’m holding out hope that the stros make it to the postseason and Verlander is able to pitch. Probably wont start but if he is healthy enough to pitch an inning or two after the 5th it would make for great baseball to watch!
I’d like to see Dusty win it all.