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Houston Astros pitcher Parker Mushinski pitches during work outs at the Astros spring training camp at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches on Thursday, March 17, 2022 in West Palm Beach .WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Parker Mushinski is “probably not” going to be ready for opening day, thrustinginto prime position to grab a spot in the Astros bullpen to start the season.
Astros manager Dusty Baker always is searching for a lefthanded reliever, although he won his first World Series without calling on a lefty from his bullpen during last year's postseason. If he wants to open the season with a southpaw reliever, his options are being narrowed for him since Mushinski and Blake Taylor both have yet to throw in a spring training game.
The 27-year-old Mushinski, who made his big league debut last season and allowed three earned runs in 7.1 innings over seven appearances, suffered lower back spasms early this spring and flew back to Houston for evaluation. He's been back in camp for two weeks, but isn't likely to get ramped up in time for the March 30 opener.
"Probably not," Baker said Tuesday."You’ve got to throw off the mound, then you’ve got to find out how sharp you are, then you’ve got to face hitters. Then, you have to see if you can maybe pitch back-to-back. So, he’s a little ways off." Taylor was the Astros' lefty specialist for much of the 2021 season, but elbow problems limited him to just 16 major league innings last season. He has been throwing in camp, but Baker gave a vague"we'll see" about the possibility of getting him into a game this spring.
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