Today, the Houston Astros finalized their 26-man Opening Day Roster.
The roster includes 13 pitchers and 13 position players.
To finalize the Opening Day roster, the Astros made several roster moves official this morning:
- RHP Christian Roa and C Christian Vázquez have been added to the 40-man roster.
- OF Zach Dezenzo (right elbow sprain) has been placed on the 10-day IL.
- RHP Ronel Blanco (recovery from right elbow surgery), RHP Enyel De Los Santos (right knee strain), LHP Josh Hader (left biceps tendinitis), RHP Nate Pearson (recovery from right elbow surgery), LHP Bennett Sousa (left oblique strain) and RHP Hayden Wesneski (recovery from right elbow surgery)have been placed on the 15-day IL.
- LHP Brandon Walter (recovery from left elbow surgery) has been placed on the 60-day IL.
- C César Salazar has been designated for assignment.
- OF Zach Cole has been optioned to Triple A Sugar Land.
Following today’s roster moves, the Astros 40-man roster remains full.
Several Astros have made their first career Opening Day rosters as active players, including 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 club by making his 14th career Opening Day roster. He’s also in line to make his 14th career Opening Day start, which would rank third in club history, trailing only 2B Craig Biggio (19) and 1B Jeff Bagwell (15).
The Astros begin play tomorrow afternoon with a 3:10 p.m. CT Opening Day matchup against the visiting Los Angeles Angels. RHP Hunter Brown will get the start for the Astros, marking his first career Opening Day start.
