Rumors continue to swirl that the Houston Astros are seriously pursuing free agent starting pitcher Blake Snell. Among the smoke that is out there, Jon Heyman tweeted this morning that the Astros are “among teams very much involved” in the pursuit of Snell. And Ken Rosenthal has a piece with Chandler Rome that talks about the Astros “are engaged in a serious pursuit” of Snell.
The Astros, like the Texas Rangers, are expected to start the season with three of their primary starting pitchers on the injured list. Justin Verlander isn’t expected to miss much time, and should be back at some point in April, but Lance McCullers, Jr.