Justus Sheffield vs. Jose Urquidy, 5:10pm
After handling the Astros fairly well at home, the M’s meet a more-or-less full strength version today in Houston. Jose Altuve should make his first appearance since the Covid scare sidelined he and several of the Astros best hitters.
Jose Urquidy was unheralded as an Astros prospect, as he was seen as more of a command and control guy in a system that had ultra-high end talent like Forrest Whitley and a series of pop-up guys sitting in the high-90s, from Josh James to JB Bukauskas. Even the comparatively pedestrial pitchers like Framber Valdez has a huge outpitch and a tick or two more on their fastball.