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The Houston Astros are battling issues with the luxury tax, after the signing of Jake Odorizzi. If the team was to add Steven Souza Jr. and Steve Cishek to the 40-man roster, their contracts will border and go over this threshold, leaving the Astros in a position to be penalized.
Although his contract is an issue if he makes the roster, Souza has been underperforming and shouldn’t take a spot of a current player on the roster by being designated for assignment or moving someone like Forrest Whitley to the 60-day injured list and starting his service time clock.