Today, the Houston Astros finalized their 26-man Opening Day Roster.
The roster contains 13 pitchers and 13 place gamers.
To finalize the Opening Day roster, the Astros made a number of roster strikes official this morning:
Following at this time’s roster strikes, the Astros 40-man roster stays full.
Several Astros have made their first profession Opening Day rosters as energetic gamers, together with RHP Mike Burrows, RHP AJ Blubaugh, RHP Tatsuya Imai, OF Joey Loperfido, IF/OF Brice Matthews, RHP Roddery Muñoz, RHP Christian Roa, RHP Kai-Wei Teng and RHP Ryan Weiss.
Among the veterans, 2B Jose Altuve leads the membership by making his 14th profession Opening Day roster. He’s additionally in line to make his 14th profession Opening Day begin, which might rank third in membership historical past, trailing solely 2B Craig Biggio (19) and 1B Jeff Bagwell (15).
The Astros start play tomorrow afternoon with a 3:10 p.m. CT Opening Day matchup towards the visiting Los Angeles Angels. RHP Hunter Brown will get the beginning for the Astros, marking his first profession Opening Day begin.
