Robert Ford

But, yeah, so you needed other guys.

You needed Kawe Tongnik.

to move out of the bullpen and get stretched out.

He's been good more often than not in the rotation.

You've needed Peter Lambert, who didn't make the team out of camp, was one of the last cuts.

For him to step up after a couple of weeks at Sugar Land, AAA, and pitch as well as he has.

You've needed Spencer Arrighetti.

who was really the last cut from the rotation, but after two weeks down at AAA to come up and pitch extremely well.

They've needed guys like that to step up because Hunter Brown just came off the IL.

It's going to be his second start back today.

Christian Javier, he may be back here at the end of this road trip coming up this weekend when the Astros are in Detroit.

You know, you've just had all these injuries in the rotation.

And, you know, when that happens, your depth gets tested.

And the fact that the Astros really emphasized acquiring more arms this offseason, it's paid off.

Well, I think what the decision comes down to in terms of five-man versus six-man is where the Astros are in the schedule.

The Astros are in the middle of a stretch of 13 straight days with a game.

They don't have another off day until next Thursday.

So I think that's why you're seeing this stretch right now with going to a six-man rotation in addition to Hunter Brown coming back, Christian Javier, maybe not too far behind.

As for Burroughs, yeah, I mean, I think when you have the highest ERA of any qualified pitcher in baseball, I mean, you're pitching for your job, right?

Especially with the fact that you are starting to see some guys coming back.