With less than two weeks before the regular season concludes, the Astros will try to give some starting pitchers some rest. You don’t want to skip a turn in the rotation because it could throw the pitcher off their routine. However, it wouldn’t hurt to give a pitcher extra few days off between starts as the team preps for October. This is why it’s not surprising to see Josh James get the start tomorrow night in place of Gerrit Cole.
According to Jake Kaplan, this is indeed the case. James will make his second MLB start tomorrow.