During Thursday night’s broadcast, I asked what would happen to get Scott Kazmir on the 25-man roster? Most fans on Twitter said that Jon Singleton would be sent down, and others said that Roberto Hernandez would get the pink slip. No one suspected that the Astros would demote L.J. Hoes back to Triple-A, because it would leave the Astros with only three outfielders. But Friday afternoon, Chandler Rome of MLB.com Tweeted the following.
That probably took Astros fans by surprise, but the Astros now have 13 pitchers on the team with 12 hitters, which only three of them are pure outfielders.