Remember when Dusty Baker lamented the lack of starting depth last season? Yeah, I think he would lament this year’s development, too. I certainly do. With José Urquidy now out for an indefinite amount of time, the Astros are already pushing against the precipice of last season’s conundrum: A lack of depth in starting pitchers.
To be clear, it is possible to envision a situation when Dana Brown and Joe Espada face — believe it or not — a logjam in the rotation by August if good health abounds. Both Lance McCullers Jr. and Luis Garcìa could be back by that point.