After the game, Blubaugh said he was being optioned back to Triple-A Sugar Land. The Astros expect to activate Lance McCullers Jr. to join their rotation this weekend in Chicago, a move that would ...

A seventh-round pick in 2022 out of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Blubaugh joins the Astros after posting a 4.29 ERA in five outings, four of them starts, this season with 28 strikeouts over 21 innings.

Blubaugh joins Colton Gordon as rotation depth options ... though it’s worth nothing the Astros provide less in the way of health specifics than any other team. In any case, Blubaugh will ...