Astros Select Tayler Scott Designate Jordan Weems For Assignmen

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The Astros have selected righty to the roster, with fellow righty designated for a signment. was Fred VanVleet Jersey among those to relay the moves. Weems was just selected to Houstons roster a few days ago. Since then, he has made two appearances for the club. The first one went fine, as he to sed a scorele s inning against the Orioles on Friday. The Astros put him back on the mound yesterday, which led to a far worse outing. They were already losing 7-0 to the Os through seven innings when they sent Weems in there. He faced seven batters but only retired one of them, surrendering three walks and three hits. Five runs came around to score as the club eventually lost 12-0. The Astros used six pitchers, plus a mop-up inning from , by the time that game was done. They have brought up a fresh arm today and bumped out Weems. Since he is out of options, hes been bumped off the 40-man entirely. With the trade deadline having pa sed, Weems will have to be placed on waivers. He was sent through waivers unclaimed in July. His recent performance presumably didnt raise his stock much, so he might do so again. The last time he cleared waivers, he elected free agency and re-signed with the Astros on a new minor league deal. Its po sible the same sequence of events plays out again in the coming days. As for Scott, he is also out of options and has been a fringe bullpen arm this year. He opened the year with the Astros but struggled and lost his roster spot. He ended up with the Diamondbacks for a spell but lost his spot with that club as well. That led him back to the Astros on a minor league deal about six weeks ago. Since then, he has to sed 11 Triple-A innings with a 4.91 earned run average. It hasnt been amazing year overall for Scott, as he has a 6.66 ERA in his 25 2/3 major league innings. However, he was much better in 2024, with a 2.23 ERA. He got some help from a .230 batting average on balls in play and 84.9% strand rate but his 4.13 FIP and 4.80 SIERA were still better than what hes managed to do here in 2025. Due to his aforementioned out-of-options status, his grip on a roster spot could be tenuous, but hell give Houston a fresh arm and try to make the most of the opportunity. Photo courtesy of Thomas Shea, Imagn Images Terence Davis Jersey