With the shortened MLB season starting today with a pair of games, the Houston Astros unveiled their roster on Thursday and for the most part, it featured the usual suspects.
To set today’s roster, the Astros had to make a flurry of roster moves, which included selecting RHP Brandon Bailey to the Major League roster and recalling RHP Cristian Javier, IF Jack Mayfield, RHP Enoli Paredes, C Garrett Stubbs and LHP Blake Taylor. Additionally, three players were placed on the Major League Injured List: RHP Rogelio Armenteros, RHP Brad Peacock and RHP Austin Pruitt. The remaining players were assigned to minor league camp.
The Astros will carry 30 players on their active roster until Aug. 6, at which point they will have to trim their roster to 28. They will carry 28 players until Aug. 20, before going down to 26 for the remainder of the season.
The players that did not make the Astros 30-man roster, and all players on the injured lists, will report to Double-A Corpus Christi, where they will continue to train as part of the Astros Player Pool.
Below is the 30-man roster.
PITCHERS (15)
Abreu, Bryan
Bailey, Brandon
Biagini, Joe
Devenski, Chris
Greinke, Zach
James, Josh
Javier, Cristian
McCullers Jr., Lance
Osuna, Roberto
Paredes, Enoli
Pressly, Ryan
Sneed, Cy
Taylor, Blake
Valdez, Framber
Verlander, Justin
CATCHERS (3)
Garneau, Dustin
Maldonado, Martín
Stubbs, Garrett
INFIELDERS (7)
Altuve, Jose
Bregman, Alex
Correa, Carlos
Díaz, Aledmys
Gurriel, Yuli
Mayfield, Jack
Toro, Abraham
OUTFIELDERS (5)
Brantley, Michael
Reddick, Josh
Springer, George
Straw, Myles
Tucker, Kyle