Brown took a no-decision against the Phillies on Wednesday, allowing five runs (four earned) on seven hits and no walks in five innings. He struck out seven.
Lombard went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in Wednesday's 6-1 win over Colorado.
Paredes went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 11-7 loss to Philadelphia.
Warren (10-6) earned the win against Colorado on Wednesday, allowing one run on four hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out eight.
The Yankees are expected to recall Volpe from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Jorge Castillo of ESPN.com reports.
Chisholm has been diagnosed with a right thumb sprain and will be placed on the 10-day injured list, Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record reports.
Chisholm (thumb) is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Rockies.
Wesneski (5-1) picked up the win Tuesday, giving up three runs on five hits over six innings in a 6-5 victory over the Phillies. He struck out three.
Smith went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Phillies.
Walker went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Phillies.
We've got a pair of All-Star lefties pitching in Houston tonight with Max Fried against Framber Valdez. Fried has been excellent in his last two starts, only allowing one run after a brief skirmish of giving up runs. Valdez comes off seven shutout innings against Colorado in a 4-0 win after losing his previous five starts and allowing all kinds of runs, such as allowing seven to the Tigers on August 20th. The Astros won two out of three games against the Yankees last month, with one of the wins being a 7-1 victory against Fried. However, that was a period in the season when the Yankees were struggling to hit. They're hitting now, winning seven of their last eight. Yankees to win.
Max Fried will likely face eight right handed batters tonight and after having struck out just three last time he faced the Astros, I'm going to bet against a 6th strikeout here. The Yankees southpaw has been significantly better against lefties from a strikeout perspective, tallying a 31% strikeout rate, as opposed to just a 20% rate against righties. The underlying numbers look solid vs. lefties with a swinging strike rate nearing 14%, but that goes down to just 10% to righties, with a called strike + whiff rate about 8-10% lower to righties. The Astros have failed to produce against lefties of late and the strikeout rate has risen, but I still think the 6th strikeout is a bit too high here.
