Hunter Brown is tantalizingly close to returning to the Houston Astros starting rotation. He’s too close for the franchise to make a mistake.

Hunter Brown is tantalizingly close to returning to the Houston Astros starting rotation. He’s too close for the franchise to make a mistake.

The Houston Astros have used the injured list for their pitching staff far more than they’d like.

If this were a different time, then maybe things would be different for both Mike Burrows and the Houston Astros.

When Framber Valdez left in free agency, the Houston Astros knew they had to shore up the pitching staff behind their ace Hunter Brown.