The Houston Astros haven't been winning at the level MLB is used to so far this season, and now they're losing one of their most important pitchers.
Garcia has been one of the Astros' most dependable pitchers over the last few years, holding a career 3.61 ERA in 352 regular-season innings since debuting in 2020. In his last two starts before the injury, he allowed zero runs and five hits in 13 combined innings while striking out 16.
That's not the kind of guy the Astros want to lose when they were already facing a season without the services of reigning AL Cy Young winner Justin Verlander, who left for the New York Mets onThe Astros already had rotation members José Urquidy and Lance McCullers Jr. on the IL.
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