The Astros are likely to activate star third baseman Alex Bregman from the injured list on Tuesday, manager Dusty Baker told Jake Kaplan of The Athletic and other reporters.
Houston has gone without Bregman since he suffered a strained right hamstring on Aug. 19, temporarily depriving the club of one of baseball’s greatest talents. Bregman’s production has dipped a bit compared to the previous couple seasons, but his output has still been outstanding this season. The 26-year-old slashed .272/.374/.500 (139 wRC+) with four home runs in 107 plate appearances before hitting the IL. The Astros have since turned to Abraham Toro, Jack Mayfield and Aledmys Diaz at the hot corner, but those three have registered terrible numbers this season. Plus, having dropped four straight to fall to 21-19, the Astros as a whole have slumped of late, so they’ll be all the more pleased to welcome Bregman back.
Meantime, the news isn’t nearly as positive for Houston’s pitching staff, which lost left-hander Blake Taylor and righty Chris Devenski to the IL with elbow problems on Monday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle tweets. The Astros will use righties Chase De Jong and Humberto Castellanos to take their open roster spots.
The rookie Taylor, 25, has been a bright spot for an Astros relief corps that has dealt with injuries to the likes of Roberto Osuna and Brad Peacock, among others. In his first 17 major league frames, Taylor has posted a 2.12 ERA/4.09 FIP with 7.94 K/9 and a 51.1 percent groundball rate, though he has walked 5.82 batters per nine. Devenski, formerly a key cog for Houston’s bullpen, has been battling elbow issues throughout the season. He made two appearances in July, missed all of August and then totaled another two appearances this month (on Sept. 5 and 6), in which he combined for 1 2/3 innings of three-run ball, before going back to the IL.
More pitching injuries… Where is Tyler White when you need him to pitch?
Over/Under 5 Trashcan comments? (This one not included)
uhhh….why would your comment not be included?! lol…You literally have the 1st one mentioning a trash can which has to be included along with mine…so I’m going over since we are 2 down already smh…
Once again an MLBTR author slobbering over the disgraced cheater Bregman, calling him a “star” and “one of baseball’s greatest talents” despite clear revelations that he earned his stats and his world series ring through fraud. How about instead of saying “his production has dipped a bit from his last couple of seasons”, we say much more honestly that “his production has dipped since he got caught cheating and had to abandon his fraudulent scheme.”
MLBTR’s silence is deafening and its consistent enabling of this type of cheating through puff pieces like this is disgusting.
Technically it is true…
He IS one of mlb’s greatest talents… AT CHEATING!
It’s like a-rod. He was a known user, and it wasn’t a secret. Still, he couldn’t be nailed with a positive test.
Bregman, like the rest of the trashtros, is a great cheater, and collectively they had far reaching effects throughout MLB – players who didn’t get signed, and other did, changing rosters and teams beyond their own because of their fraud.
And if you think he’s clean or plays on the level now, you also probably believe all the steroid users were framed.
lol
It is time to pull the plug on Devenski. He hasn’t been reliable since 2017. He was a flash in the pan that has long since lost his luster.
Hmmmm wonder why Bregman and Altuve aren’t producing like they have been…..it’s a mystery!
Because Houston is allowed only paper waste containers from now on and can’t decipher the tip off?
Biggest issue with Houston not having fans in the stands is they can’t use the trash cans everyone would hear them, but altuve can still use the beeper or vibrator or whatever he used under his jersey
Clearly someone forgot to pay the Boost Mobile bill then
Just in time to cheat the ‘Stros into the playoffs. Betcha didn’t see that coming.
lmao