{"id":322735,"date":"2026-06-04T17:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322735\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T17:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:07:24","slug":"houston-astros-cristian-javiers-short-rehab-outing-in-corpus-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322735\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Astros: Cristian Javier&#8217;s short rehab outing in Corpus Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/article\/cristian-javier-josh-hader-injuries-22279564.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Cristian Javier<\/a>\u2019s first rehab start in his return from a shoulder strain was a brief one. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Houston Astros<\/a> right-hander worked two-thirds of an inning for Double-A Corpus Christi on Wednesday in his first game action in nearly two months.<\/p>\n<p>Javier faced six batters in the outing, with two hits allowed, two walks and two strikeouts. He totaled 28 pitches, 16 for strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Astros manager Joe Espada said Wednesday afternoon the hope was Javier could throw 30-40 pitches and work at least part of two innings. Javier\u2019s exit in the first was most likely due to his pitch count rising in that inning.<\/p>\n<p>Javier made three starts for Houston this season before being placed on the injured list with a Grade 2 shoulder strain. He posted a 12.54 ERA in those 9\u2153 innings, exiting his third start in Colorado after one inning due to the shoulder issue.<\/p>\n<p>The Astros intend to give Javier a spring training-type buildup, which usually involves at least four or five starts to build endurance.<\/p>\n<p>Javier is one of three starters from Houston\u2019s season-opening rotation on the injured list. Hunter Brown is also returning from a Grade 2 shoulder strain and scheduled to make his third rehab start Thursday in El Paso with Triple-A Sugar Land. Lance McCullers Jr. is out with shoulder inflammation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cristian Javier\u2019s first rehab start in his return from a shoulder strain was a brief one. The Houston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-322735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}