What It Means:

Houston is resting Josh Reddick, who came back on Tuesday for his first game since going on the 7-day concussion DL. Aoki is starting in his place, and may still rotate with him for the next few days.

At Oakland, the Astros are playing in the third-worst hitter's park on the slate today (0.934 park factor). To make matters worse, Oakland starter Sean Manaea has the fourth-highest strikeout rate among Wednesday starters and is good at keeping the ball down (seventh-highest ground-to-fly ball ratio). This is not a recommended matchup for Houston bats.