Astros shut down Collin McHugh (elbow) for six weeks
Houston Astros starting pitcher Collin McHugh has been shut down for the next six weeks after being diagnosed with a posterior impingement of his right elbow.
McHugh underwent an MRI and his UCL is intact, so right now the team is playing it safe with their hurler dealing with dead arm this spring. He left a rehab start early on Thursday with biceps/elbow tightness and it looks like he won't be big-league ready until at least June. Mike Fiers will continue to occupy McHugh's spot in Houston's rotation
Before the news of the shutdown, our models projected McHugh for a 3.86 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 167 strikeouts over 186.4 innings pitched remaining in 2017.
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