The Astros’ pitching has been holding the team together, even when the offense doesn’t score a lot of runs. The remarkable part of this story is that the Astros have played through repeated pitching injuries. Spencer Arrighetti suffered a freak finger injury which will keep him on the IL for awhile. Both Hayden Wesneski and Ronel Blanco are on the IL with elbow injuries. Wesneski faces TJ surgery and Blanco is likely to face the same result.
So let’s look at where the Astros’ pitching ranks. For the season, the Astros’ ERA ranks 8th at 3.42, just behind the Rangers at 3.