The Astros have reinstated Brooks Raley from the COVID-related injured list. To create a spot on the active roster, catcher Garrett Stubbs was optioned to Triple-A. To make room on the 40-man roster, Ryan Hartman was designated for assignment, per The Athletic’s Jake Kaplan (via Twitter).
Hartman, 27, made one appearance, the first of his Major League career and perhaps his last with the Astros. He threw 2 1/3 innings on June 30th against the Orioles, allowing one earned run on three hits and no walks while striking out two.
Stubbs doesn’t have much of a role with Martin Maldonado and Jason Castro on the roster. He does have 25 plate appearances, hitting .182/.217/.227 while starting five games behind the dish.
Raley, 33, has just a 5.93 ERA in 30 1/3 innings, though his peripherals suggest a much stronger performance. The southpaw has a solid 30.1 percent strikeout rate, 6.8 percent walk rate, and 2.80 FIP.
Hartman with technically the most average career ever? Lol
lol…and you’re sitting behind a computer fat and ugly…lol
Oakland is falling apart, they’ve lost 18 of their last 30 games.
There are 5 other teams in position to pass them for the 2nd wild card in the AL. They’re no longer on pace to win 90 games, they might not even win 85 this year the way they’re playing.
To be fair, all of their peripheral stats earlier in the season suggested that they were getting very very lucky in terms of wins and losses.