{"id":674757,"date":"2026-04-13T12:23:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/674757\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:23:42","slug":"dana-browns-astros-plan-put-to-test-after-cody-bolton-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/674757\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana Brown\u2019s Astros plan put to test after Cody Bolton injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Dana Brown said just hours before Cody Bolton exited early from the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/houston-astros\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word text-(--theme-primary-color) hover:text-(--theme-text-color) hover:bg-(--theme-primary-color) cursor-pointer font-bold border-b-(length:--theme-border-width) border-b-(--theme-border-color)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Houston Astros<\/a> game against the Seattle Mariners with back tightness that the club had prepared for situations like this by adding multiple pitchers to the roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">\u201cThis is why we went out and signed a lot of pitchers this offseason,\u201d Brown said ahead of Sunday\u2019s game on April 12. He added that the available arms in the bullpen should be more than capable of covering for injured pitchers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">\u201cWe feel like right now that we\u2019re going to be able to sustain these injuries because of the depth we have,\u201d Brown said. He also made it clear that the goal isn\u2019t just to replace injured arms, but to get them back on the mound as quickly as possible once they recover.<\/p>\n<p>Bolton\u2019s rough start to 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Bolton\u2019s 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word text-(--theme-primary-color) hover:text-(--theme-text-color) hover:bg-(--theme-primary-color) cursor-pointer font-bold border-b-(length:--theme-border-width) border-b-(--theme-border-color)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MLB<\/a> season had already gotten off to a shaky start. Through three appearances, he posted a 5.40 ERA, making him one of the less reliable options in the bullpen. He wasn\u2019t with Houston last season, as his year ended early after just one appearance with the Cleveland Guardians.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cody-bolton-exits-with-back-tightness-1920x1080.webp.webp\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Cody Bolton #67 of the Houston Astros is taken out of the game Washington. (Steph Chambers\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-5 text-center text-(length:--theme-text-size)\" style=\"--theme-text-size:14px\">Cody Bolton #67 of the Houston Astros is taken out of the game Washington. (Steph Chambers\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Bolton has yet to show the consistency needed to become a dependable reliever. He spent time with the Mariners in 2024, appearing in 17 games, his highest total in a single season, but has otherwise bounced between the majors and minors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"break-word\">Brown also pointed to other potential options beyond the bullpen. He mentioned Peter Lambert and Colton Gordon as possible rotation depth if needed. Lambert hasn\u2019t pitched in the majors since 2024, but he did post a 2.94 ERA during spring training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana Brown said just hours before Cody Bolton exited early from the Houston Astros game against the Seattle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2389],"tags":[42,5,139,54,3211,4,82291],"class_list":{"0":"post-674757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-astros","8":"tag-astros","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-astros","12":"tag-houstonastros","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-nomsn"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116397385357997111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}