Hayden Wesneski

McCullers hit 95mph on the radar gun and came away from the outing feeling good, as if he could have gone out for another inning. "These rehab games are all about entering healthy and leaving healthy," he said after the game. "Little off-timing, a little out of pace, but overall happy with everything." McCullers will need to build up to three innings and then four, etc., which means he could need another three outings before potentially returning to Houston. If he can make it back in May, that could mean Hayden Wesneski returns to a multi-inning relief role.

Wesneski will open the regular season as Houston's fifth starter, but doesn't offer a ton of appeal for fantasy purposes. The 27-year-old righty will square off against the Giants at home early next week in his first outing. He'll be a matchup-dependent streaming option in deeper mixed leagues.

That's 16 walks in 17 innings for Arrighetti this spring, though he also struck out 20 and wound up with a 3.71 ERA. Some of the pressure is off the sophomore in light of Luis Garcia's setback. The Astros might still get Lance McCullers back in late April, but he could take Hayden Wesneski's spot unless Arrighetti is really struggling.

Take this one with a grain of salt. While the Astros have made no public indications that Smith, who isn't currently on the 40-man roster, has made the team yet, Bowden is saying he'll be the starting right fielder on Opening Day. It's not hard to envision, though the Astros still have other options available including Zach Dezenzo, Cooper Hummel and Zack Short. Smith, who was acquired along with Isaac Paredes and Hayden Wesneski in the offseason trade for Kyle Tucker, is the logical choice and offers the most fantasy upside.

X-rays on Wesneski's left foot came back negative Saturday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.