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  • Forrest Whitley debut: Astros promote former top prospect for first MLB appearance as pitching woes continue
    • Forrest Whitley debut: Astros promote former top prospect for first MLB appearance as pitching woes continue
    Whitley has faced a litany of injuries since he was drafted in 2016...2024
  • • Astros To Promote Forrest Whitley
    The Astros are recalling former top prospect Forrest Whitley for his first MLB promotion, reports Michael Schwab of the Juice Box Journal (X link). He’s already on the 40-man roster, so they’ll only need to make a corresponding active roster transaction. Whitley, now 26, took a circuitous route to the majors. He was a first-round pick…...2024
  • Forrest Whitley debut: Astros promote former top prospect as pitching woes continue, per report
    • Forrest Whitley debut: Astros promote former top prospect as pitching woes continue, per report
    Whitley has faced a litany of injuries since he was drafted in 2016...2024
  • • Astros To Seek Fourth Option Season For Forrest Whitley
    It has been another injury-wrecked season for former top pitching prospect Forrest Whitley. The right-hander was diagnosed with a lat strain at the start of June, an injury that initially came with a three-plus month recovery timetable. Over the weekend, general manager Dana Brown indicated that Whitley was unlikely to return this season (link via Chandler…...2023
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  • • Forrest Whitley Out 3-4 Months With Lat Strain
    Astros minor league pitcher Forrest Whitley has been diagnosed with a lat strain and will miss between three and four months, the club announced today (relayed by Chandler Rome of the Athletic). That timetable puts his 2023 campaign in jeopardy. It’s the latest brutal blow for a player who was once among the sport’s top prospects.…...2023
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  • • Houston Astros Top 10 Prospects for 2023 Fantasy Baseball
    Houston prospects tend to get a little extra bump up the lists from me. My first year doing these, some readers on Reddit came at me for having Jeremy Peña too high (fifth) on the list. I might never forget it: my first time getting cooked in the comments. I wasn’t familiar with the ways of Reddit yet, and to be fair to the Redditors, I wasn’t particularly adept at writing these blurbs to reflect ...2023
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Forrest Whitley injury and suspension

  • • Forrest Whitley debut: Astros promote former top prospect for first MLB appearance as pitching woes continue
    2024
  • • Forrest Whitley debut: Astros promote former top prospect as pitching woes continue, per report
    2024
  • • Astros To Seek Fourth Option Season For Forrest Whitley
    2023
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  • • Astros prospect Forrest Whitley to undergo Tommy John surgery, will miss 2021 season
    Whitley was considered the top pitching prospect in baseball two years ago...2021
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  • Top Astros prospect Whitley to have TJ surgery
    • Top Astros prospect Whitley to have TJ surgery
    Pitcher Forrest Whitley, the Houston Astros' top prospect, will have Tommy John surgery, manager Dusty Baker announced Wednesday....2021
  • • Astros prospect Forrest Whitley might need Tommy John surgery after injuring elbow in spring training
    Whitley was considered the top pitching prospect in baseball two years ago...2021
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  • • Astros’ Forrest Whitley Suffering From Right UCL Sprain
    Astros pitching prospect Forrest Whitley has been advised to undergo Tommy John surgery, according to Mark Berman of KRIV Fox 26 (Twitter link).  Whitley has been battling arm soreness that has now been diagnosed as a right UCL sprain, the team told Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle (Twitter link) and other reporters.  No decision…...2021
  • • Astros' rotation remains a work in progress amid Josh James' injury
    Astros righty Josh James has been diagnosed with a strained right quad, skipper A.J. Hinch told reporters including Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle (links to Twitter). The injury “probably takes [James] out of the conversation” for the club’s final rotation spot, per Hinch. Fortunately, there’s no reason to believe this injury is of long-term concern. To the contrary, James will remain a ca...2019
  • • Astros 'still interested' in Realmuto, but Marlins' asking price is high
    The Marlins’ asking price for catcher J.T. Realmuto has put off many teams, but the Astros are “still interested,” reports Jon Morosi of MLB.com. Per Morosi, the Marlins are insisting on either pitcher Forrest Whitley or outfielder Kyle Tucker, each near-consensus top-10 prospects, to headline the deal, so there’s been “no traction” in discussions.  To say Whitley, 21, is drawing rave reviews in s...2018
  • • Astros offered two solid pitching prospects for Paul Goldschmidt
    Speaking of first base targets, Fancred Sports’ Jon Heyman reports (Twitter link) that the Astros included pitching prospects Cionel Perez and J.B. Bukauskas in talks with the Diamondbacks about Paul Goldschmidt, before Arizona sent Goldschmidt to the Cardinals. MLB.com ranks Perez and Bukauskas 5th and 8th, respectively, in their list of the top 30 prospects in Houston’s farm system, though it co...2018
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "Forrest Whitley debut: Astros promote former top prospect for first MLB appearance as pitching woes continue"

  • 2023
    "Astros minor league pitcher Forrest Whitley has been diagnosed with a lat strain and will miss between three and four months, the club announced today (relayed by Chandler Rome of the Athletic)."

  • 2022
    "Forrest Whitley is like their last big bust, and I wouldn't completely write him off yet."

  • 2021
    "Astros pitching prospect Forrest Whitley has been advised to undergo Tommy John surgery, according to Mark Berman of KRIV Fox 26 (Twitter link)."

  • 2020
    "Astros top prospects 2021: Forrest Whitley, still waiting to make big-league debut, is No. 1 for Houston"

  • 2019
    "When it comes to right-handed pitching prospects -- well, pitching prospects who throw with either hand -- there's Forrest Whitley and then there's everyone else."

  • 2018
    "Forrest Whitley, a right-hander who is considered one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, has been suspended for violating the minor league drug program."

  • 2017
    "The Astros viewed Forrest Whitley as one of the top high school pitchers in the 2016 Draft before selecting him with the 17th overall pick."

  • 2016
    "The Astros have signed their top overall pick from the 2016 First-Year Player Draft, 18-year-old right-hander Forrest Whitley, the team announced Wednesday."

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Forrest Whitley trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Forrest Whitley debut: Astros promote former top prospect for first MLB appearance as pitching woes continue
    2024
  • • Forrest Whitley debut: Astros promote former top prospect as pitching woes continue, per report
    2024
  • • With a franchise-high payroll, Astros may be looking to spend more
    The Astros began last season with a team-record $182M payroll, the fifth-highest mark in the league, but after falling short of their bid to repeat as World Series champs, there’s a possibility that payroll could rise even higher by the start of 2019, according to MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart. They won’t extend beyond the luxury tax mark, but Owner Jim Crane is giving the green light to inch closer t...2018
  • • Astros offered two solid pitching prospects for Paul Goldschmidt
    2018
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  • • Astros’ Mike Elias reportedly favorite to be named Orioles’ GM
    The Orioles long-running search for a new baseball operations leader could be winding to a close. Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweets that “barring a sudden change of heart,” Astros assistant general manager Mike Elias will be named the new general manager in Baltimore. Elias had previously been reported to be among the top candidates in the search. Elias’ official title with Houston is “Assistant...2018
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  • • Whitley keeping ear to ground as rumors swirl
    Forrest Whitley couldn't help but hear his name being thrown around in trade rumors on Wednesday afternoon as speculation began to increase that Houston was on the verge of acquiring right-hander Gerrit Cole from Pittsburgh....2018
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  • • Mike Elias on Drafting and Developing Astros Pitchers
    In November 2014, we ran an interview with Mike Elias, who was then Houston’s director of amateur scouting. Two-plus years later, he has a new title and more responsibilities. The 34-year-old Yale University product now has the title of Assistant General Manager, Scouting and Player Development. Elias addressed several subjects in the earlier interview, but very little of the conversation was abou...2017
  • • Astros Sign First-Rounder Forrest Whitley
    The Astros have announced the signing of first-round draft choice Forrest Whitley, via MLB.com. He’ll receive a $3.148MM bonus, per MLB.com’s Jim Callis (via Twitter). Whitley was taken 17th overall, which came with a $2,504,200 slot allocation. A high school righty hailing from Texas, Whitley was a consensus top-twenty prospect entering the draft. MLB.com had him…...2016
  • • Astros sign 5 Draft picks, waiting on Whitley
    The Astros announced Monday night that the club signed five more players selected in last week's draft. But they're still waiting on first-round pick, pitcher Forrest Whitley....2016

Top Forrest Whitley news

  • • Touted Astros prospect suspended 50 games
    2018
  • • Astros sign top Draft pick Whitley
    2016
  • • Astros Prospect Forrest Whitley Suspended For 50 Games
    Astros pitching prospect Forrest Whitley has been suspended for fifty games, according to Buster Olney of ESPN.com (Twitter link). The ban is drug-related, per the report, though it is not clear just what improper substance Whitley was deemed to have used. Typically, fifty-game bans are handed out for drugs of abuse or amphetamines rather than…...2018
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  • • Forrest Whitley Out 3-4 Months With Lat Strain
    2023
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  • • Astros sign 5 Draft picks, waiting on Whitley
    2016
  • • Astros take Texan Whitley at No. 17 in Draft
    The Astros took 6-foot-7 right-hander Forrest Whitley with the No. 17 overall pick in the 2016 Draft on Thursday. Whitley, who touches 97 mph, is from Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio....2016
  • • Whitley keeping ear to ground as rumors swirl
    2018
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  • • Astros Sign First-Rounder Forrest Whitley
    2016
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Forrest Whitley fantasy rankings and news

  • • Hunter Brown, 2023 Fantasy Outlook
    Monday starts the sleepers on the site. Thank forkin gawd, amiright? On Patreon, I'm starting the rankings. Holy schnikes! The best Black Friday sale ever! You're giving a discount? No, Random Italicized Voice, I'm just saying Black Friday sale because everyone else is. Ah, very cool. So, the Houston Astros got a bad rap for, uh, rapping on a trash can. I get it. Think it's pretty unfair, since ...2022
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Forrest Whitley schedule, game

  • • Houston Astros Top 10 Prospects for 2023 Fantasy Baseball
    2023
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  • • Hunter Brown, 2023 Fantasy Outlook
    2022
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  • • Astros prospect Forrest Whitley might need Tommy John surgery after injuring elbow in spring training
    2021
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  • • AJ Hinch: Angel Hernandez said ‘inappropriate’ and ‘unprofessional’ things
    AJ Hinch was ejected in the first inning of a spring training game on Friday and thinks the way umpire Angel Hernandez handled things was “ridiculous.” Hinch spoke after his Houston Astros beat the St Louis Cardinals 5-0 in a spring game and shared his side of what happened. The Astros manager says Hernandez admitted to him in a previous conversation that he gets four calls wrong a game. Hinch was...2019
  • • Report: As many as 10 teams interested in J.T. Realmuto trade
    There are as many as 10 teams showing some degree of trade interest in Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto, tweets MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro, who also notes that Miami’s lofty asking price isn’t likely to drop anytime soon. The Astros are one of the many teams in the Realmuto market, per MLB.com’s Jon Morosi (Twitter links), but to this point they’ve insisted that either outfielder Kyle Tucker or right-hand...2018
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