The Astros have their 26-man roster for the American League Wild Card Series against the Chicago White Sox.
Houston will carry 12 pitchers and 14 position players for the best-of-three series beginning Tuesday at Daikin Park. The roster includes Joey Loperfido and Raynel Delgado, while Steven Okert, Mike Burrows, and LaMonte Wade Jr. were left off.
Okert missed the final month of the regular season with a hamstring injury. He threw from a mound Monday but was not ready to be activated for the series.
Pitchers
Bryan Abreu
AJ Blubaugh
Hunter Brown
Josh Hader
Josh Hendrickson
Tatsuya Imai
Bryan King
Peter Lambert
Bennett Sousa
Miguel Ullola
Logan VanWey
Hayden Wesneski
Blubaugh will start Game 1 as Houston opens the series with a bullpen game. Brown is lined up for Game 2 on Wednesday, with Wesneski available for a potential Game 3 on Thursday.
The Astros will have four left-handers in the bullpen: Hader, King, Sousa, and Hendrickson. Imai also made the roster, while Burrows was left off.
Catchers
Yainer Diaz
Christian Vázquez
Houston will carry two catchers for the series.
Infielders
Nick Allen
Jose Altuve
Raynel Delgado
Isaac Paredes
Jeremy Peña
Christian Walker
Delgado gives Houston additional infield coverage. Paredes fouled a ball off his knee Saturday but returned to the lineup for Sunday’s regular-season finale and said Monday that the knee felt “great”.
Outfielders
Yordan Alvarez
Joey Loperfido
Cam Smith
Lucas Spence
Taylor Trammell
Nelson Velázquez
Loperfido gets a postseason roster spot after spending much of the second half at Triple-A Sugar Land. His speed and defensive versatility give Houston another option in the outfield, while Wade was left off the roster.
Spence also makes the roster after his remarkable finish to the regular season. The rookie hit four home runs over his final four games, including a three-homer game against the Athletics.
Daulton Varsho and Brice Matthews are unavailable for the Wild Card Series after both landed on the injured list during the final week of the regular season.
The Astros open the Wild Card Series against the White Sox Tuesday at Daikin Park.
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