A few days ago, the Astros got some bad news: Lance McCullers Jr. will miss Opening Day as he’ll be shut down for a few weeks with an elbow injury. With this opening in the rotation, the Astros are blessed to have promising rookie Hunter Brown stepping up as McCullers’ momentary replacement.
This undeniably tests Houston’s pitching depth since the first day of the season, proving you can never have enough pitching going into a 162-game regular campaign.
Fortunately, Brown should be more than ready, fresh to fill Lance’s void, assuming Dusty Baker decides so.