The Astros have designated right-hander Tayler Scott for project, per Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle. Righty Logan VanWey has been recalled because the corresponding transfer. Houston’s 40-man roster rely drops to 39.
Scott was solely simply chosen to Houston’s roster yesterday and has now been rapidly got rid of. That’s a mirrored image of the membership getting trounced two video games in a row. On Sunday, they misplaced 12-0 to the Orioles. Yesterday, it was a 10-0 defeat on the hand of the Tigers.
They used six pitchers in Sunday’s recreation, not together with outfielder Chas McCormick coming in for some mop-up obligation. Scott was added previous to final night time’s recreation, to provide them a contemporary arm. Starter Spencer Arrighetti allowed 5 runs in 5 innings final night time, placing the Astros in a gap. They put in Scott at that time however he couldn’t cease the bleeding. He allowed 5 extra runs to attain, recording 5 outs within the course of.
He threw 42 pitches and sure wasn’t going to be obtainable for a day or two, so the Astros have bumped him off the roster. Since he’s out of choices, he needed to be faraway from the 40-man and despatched into DFA limbo.
With the commerce deadline having handed, Scott will likely be positioned on waivers. He has cleared waivers a few occasions already this 12 months, so it’s truthful to count on that he’ll achieve this once more. He was in a position to put up a 2.23 earned run common final 12 months however that has ballooned to 7.90 right here in 2025. The opposite occasions he cleared waivers, he elected free company and signed minor league offers, one with the Diamondbacks and one with the Astros. It wouldn’t be a shock to see him again with the Astros on a contemporary minor league deal just a few days from now.
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