{"id":581024,"date":"2026-04-13T05:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/581024\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T05:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:10:07","slug":"cody-bolton-to-undergo-imaging-for-mid-back-tightness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/581024\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Bolton To Undergo Imaging For Mid-Back Tightness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right-hander Cody Bolton<\/a> only recently stepped into a beleaguered Astros rotation, but his spot already appears to be in danger. As noted by Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle<\/a>, Bolton was removed from his start for the Astros today in the second inning due to what was described as \u201cmid-back tightness.\u201d\u00a0That\u2019s the same spot where Bolton was hit by a pitch during a spot start against the Rockies last week, and while he underwent imaging on the area in the aftermath of that incident he\u2019s now set to undergo another round of imaging after the injury resurfaced tonight.<\/p>\n

While the Astros haven\u2019t said yet whether or not Bolton will require a trip to the injured list or how long he\u2019ll be out, it certainly seems to be trending that way. Chandler Rome of The Athletic<\/a> reported this evening that right-hander J.P. France<\/a> is headed back to Seattle to re-join the Astros just one day after being optioned to the minors. As Rome notes, that\u2019s only an allowable transaction if France is replacing a player on the injured list. That would certainly indicate that the Astros expect Bolton (or another pitcher with an as-of-yet unknown ailment) to require a trip to the shelf, though it\u2019s at least possible that France is rejoining the team purely as an insurance policy against the possibility of Bolton heading to the IL.<\/p>\n

Bolton, 28 in June, entered this year with a career 5.79 ERA in the majors but had been pitching rather well with the Astros in his limited opportunities. In 7 1\/3 innings of three-run ball this year entering today, Bolton had struck out ten while walking just three. That all unraveled today, when he surrendered two runs on one hit and four walks before exiting with manager Joe Espada and a team trainer. France, 31, made his big league debut with the Astros back in 2023 and enjoyed a strong season at the back of Houston\u2019s rotation. Since then, however, he\u2019s pitched to a 7.31 ERA and 5.19 FIP in 32 innings of work at the big league level, including 2 2\/3 innings of four-run ball earlier this year.<\/p>\n

This potential switch comes against the backdrop of a litany of major pitching injuries for the Astros. Ace righty Hunter Brown<\/a> is currently sidelined with a shoulder strain, and right-hander Cristian Javier<\/a> was sidelined with the same ailment not long after. With Tatsuya Imai<\/a> now back in Houston to be evaluated due to \u201carm fatigue,\u201d\u00a0that leaves the Astros\u2019 rotation in tatters. If Bolton and Imai wind up on the IL, that will leave Mike Burrows<\/a> and Lance McCullers Jr.<\/a> as the only healthy starters on the major league roster. France could join that group, as could depth arms like Spencer Arrighetti<\/a> and Colton Gordon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Right-hander Cody Bolton only recently stepped into a beleaguered Astros rotation, but his spot already appears to be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[254784,254785,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-581024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cody-bolton","9":"tag-j-p-france","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}