The Astros would be better off with a healthy starting rotation. But the depth options--France, Blanco, and Bielak--were effective in 2023. There's every reason to think they can do it again in 2024.
Concur that France, Blanco, and Bielak should be good enough to hold things over until reinforcements arrive (JV, Garcia, McCullers). Stuff like this reminds me of just how healthy Houston SPs were in 2022. A lot was made about how lights out the bullpen was during that run but the Astros got 140 of 162 starts from JV, Framber, Urquidy, Javier, and Garcia with the worst ERA being under 4.00. Truly unheard of health and consistency.
Concur that France, Blanco, and Bielak should be good enough to hold things over until reinforcements arrive (JV, Garcia, McCullers). Stuff like this reminds me of just how healthy Houston SPs were in 2022. A lot was made about how lights out the bullpen was during that run but the Astros got 140 of 162 starts from JV, Framber, Urquidy, Javier, and Garcia with the worst ERA being under 4.00. Truly unheard of health and consistency.