We’re almost 60 games into the 2021 season, and there remains some residual murkiness about the Astros’ starting rotation going forward. In this case, it isn’t necessarily a lack of depth with the staff when healthy. No, it is a question of who specifically will lose their job when the staff regains all of its members. Once Lance McCullers Jr. makes his return from the IL in the nearish future, the rotation will probably look something like this one.
- Zack Greinke
- Framber Valdez
- Lance McCullers Jr.
- Jake Odorizzi
- José Urquidy
By fWAR, Greinke has been the Astros’ most valuable starter in 2021 with 1.