PT TOMORROW: AL West—A HOU rotation issue?
May 9 2019
As in 2018, the division's deepest club and most stable 25-man roster has enjoyed good health—and made no player moves, apart from swapping out relievers Framber Valdez and Reymin Guduan a couple of times. But while everyone wonders how long the AL West leader can hold off calling up Yordan Alvarez, some cracks are beginning to form in the rotation. Both Colin McHugh (RHP, HOU) and Brad Peacock (RHP, HOU) own 5+ ERAs now six weeks into the season, with the latter's underlying metrics—notably a 7.6 Dom, 9% SwK, and 4.50 xERA—well off last year's performance and looking particularly troublesome. Any continuation into late May is the kind of thing that can ultimately result in a DL stint or bullpen demotion.
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