{"id":360296,"date":"2026-07-03T20:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360296\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:20:09","slug":"houston-astros-send-miguel-ullola-to-minors-activate-cristian-javier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360296\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Astros send Miguel Ullola to minors, activate Cristian Javier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Houston Astros<\/a> optioned reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/article\/miguel-ullola-rookie-relief-pitcher-debut-22324634.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Miguel Ullola<\/a> to Triple-A Sugar Land to clear an active roster spot for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/article\/cristian-javier-bullpen-role-return-22329384.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Cristian Javier<\/a>, who was reinstated from the injured list before Friday\u2019s series opener against the Rays.<\/p>\n<p>Ullola, who was optioned after Wednesday\u2019s game against the Twins, made two appearances in his first major-league call-up. He worked four scoreless innings with two hits allowed and seven strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Javier missed nearly three months on the injured list recovering from a Grade 2 shoulder strain. He will work out of Houston\u2019s bullpen initially upon his return, manager Joe Espada announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In his three starts before going on the injured list, Javier posted a 12.54 ERA in 9\u2153 innings. Javier last made a relief appearance in the majors in 2022. Espada said Javier will be available as a \u201ctypical\u201d reliever.<\/p>\n<p>Left-hander Bennett Sousa was transferred to the 60-day injured list to create a 40-man roster spot for Javier, who was on the 60-day IL. Sousa was placed on the IL on May 9 due to elbow inflammation; the 60-day IL transfer is likely a procedural move that should not impact his return timeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Astros optioned reliever Miguel Ullola to Triple-A Sugar Land to clear an active roster spot for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-360296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360296","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=360296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}