It took a while, but one of the Houston Astros top pitching prospects finally looks like what he was billed to become when he was in the minors.
With injuries to multiple of their expected contributors immediately, that became a sign of things to come as even more starting arms hit the injured list at some point throughout the year.The Astros were constantly being shelled by opposing lineups, giving their own normally prolific offense no chance to win them games while they were dealing with these issues. This was a huge reason why they got off to such a slow start and put themselves in a major hole regarding their postseason chances.
coming out about injured starters Jose Urquidy and Cristian Javier, it seems like Houston might have to brace themselves for being without those two for an extended period of time. Nothing has been made official, but the tone surrounding their current evaluations don't sound positive.Spencer Arrighetti struggled mightily in his first Major League action, allowing 13 earned runs over 10 2/3 innings of work during his first three starts.
But the No. 3 ranked prospect in their pipeline entering the season has seemingly started to find his groove, and is coming off the best performance of his career against theon Thursday where he threw six shutout innings while only allowing two hits and striking out eight batters.This is a great sign for the Astros.
MLB Pipeline has seemingly graduated him from prospect status as it looks like he's going to be part of Houston's Major League roster going forward, especially if Urquidy and Javier do have to miss extended time.Brad Wakai graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Journalism. While an undergrad, he did work at the student radio station covering different Penn State athletic programs like football, basketball, volleyball, soccer and other sports.
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