It doesn’t come very much as a surprise after the performance of Josh James on Sunday night. He obviously wasn’t himself and there was a significant drop in the velocity of his pitches. According to Jake Kaplan of The Athletic, Astros manager A. J. Hinch decided today to not take any chances and opted to place him on the 10-day Injured List, retroactive to Monday.
Josh James’ IL placement is retroactive to yesterday. The Astros are describing his injury as right shoulder soreness.
In the game against the Angels Sunday night, James came in for relief to start the 6th inning.