Astros starter Hunter Brown was knocked around by the Rays last time out. Before that, though, he’d given up five runs over five starts. We’ll bank on a bounce-back for Brown against the Rangers, who over the last week are averaging 8.3 runs in three wins and 1.3 runs in the three losses. Rangers RHP Can Quantrill has a home ERA 2.5 runs higher than his road split. Since joining the starting rotation he hasn’t gone over five innings, and the Texas bullpen owns a 5.40 bullpen in July.
Curvelo was sent outright to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday.
Javier will start Tuesday's game against the Angels in Houston, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
Jansen (forearm) went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI for Triple-A Round Rock on Sunday.
Pena went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Mariners.
Brown (3-3) took the loss Sunday, allowing two runs on three hits and five walks over five innings in a 3-2 loss to the Mariners. He struck out five.
Quantrill is slated to start Tuesday's game against the Nationals at Globe Life Field.
The Rangers could bring Leiter (ankle) back from the 60-day injured list during the upcoming week if Jacob deGrom (triceps) is unavailable to make his next scheduled start Wednesday versus the Nationals, Theo DeRosa of MLB.com reports.
Burger went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and a second RBI in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Athletics.
Bradford allowed two runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out four over four innings in a no-decision versus the Athletics on Sunday.
Smith is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners.
