Gerrit Cole, who was scratched from his last scheduled start, will sit out his spot in the rotation once again. Rogelio Armenteros gets his third call-up this season to start in this afternoon’s matchup between the Astros and the Oakland Athletics.
In his warm-up last week prior to the game against the White Sox, Cole felt a grabbing sensation in his right hamstring and was a last-minute scratch. After tests and evaluations from team doctors, it was determined that it wasn’t anything serious. As Cole put it, this isn’t anything “super serious”.