Houston Astros pitcher Brad Peacock (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
The Houston Astros could be starting season soon and will the benefit of a shortened season help this rotation? What should it look like? Let’s examine.
The addition of Zack Greinke to the rotation for the Houston Astros at the 2019 trade deadline always felt like more of an insurance policy than it was a contingency plan for the Gerrit Cole sweeps. Most people close to the franchise felt that Cole was as good as gone and that the front office would need to find a way to replace those 200+ innings pitched and bolster the front end of the rotation.