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With another reliever headed to the injured list – lefty Blake Taylor sprained his ankle in the eighth inning Friday night -- the Astros recalled right-handed prospect Peter Solomon on Saturday. Solomon, the Astros’ No. 14-ranked prospect by MLB Pipeline, was already in Seattle as part of the Astros’ traveling taxi squad.
“We’re going to use him as needed,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “He has really good stuff and the better he pitches, the more elevated [in his role] he will become. … I like his attitude; I like his stuff. He could be one of those pleasant surprises that you didn’t count on.”