With the Tampa Bays Rays unexpected acquisition of Charlie Morton, the Houston Astros starting pitching suddenly appears a little thinner. How does the Astros rotation project if they went into Spring Training today? Let’s take a look at the Steamer projections for the current crop of starters to analyze their potential impact/contribution to the team.
Fortunately, the Astros will return two of the best pitchers in baseball to their rotation in 2019. Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole went 1-2 in strikeouts in the American League a season ago, were both in the Top 5 in ERA, K-BB%, WHIP, and finished second and fifth in the AL Cy Young Voting, respectively.