A needed day off yesterday for the Astros, who had three extra inning games last week, losing their first one all year to the Brewers on Wednesday night in fourteen innings. To fortify the bullpen, the Astros called up Rogelio Armenteros, who will wear a Big League uniform for the first time tonight. Derek Fisher was sent back to AAA.
The Blue Jays are a young team with a lot of pedigree, players with names like Guerrero, Biggio, Gurriel. Shouldn’t be too long before the Blue Jays are back in the discussion in the tough AL East.
Tonight they face the flame throwing, dart tossing veteran, Gerrit Cole (5-5, 3.