"France, 31 in April, had an exciting major league debut a few years back. He gave the Astros 136 1/3 innings in 2023, allowing 3.83 earned runs per nine. However, the past two seasons have been mostly lost. Shoulder problems plagued him early in 2024 and eventually required surgery, which put him on the shelf for most of 2025. He only made seven big league appearances over those two seasons. He was healthy by the end of 2025 but posted a 6.59 ERA in Triple-A."
"Houston goes into 2026 with a rotation that looks to have a lot of talent but also question marks behind Hunter Brown. They will hope to get more from Cristian Javier and Lance McCullers Jr., who each had underwhelming seasons in 2025 after lengthy injury absences. Tatsuya Imai will be making his major league debut after years pitching in Japan. is coming to North America after a decent stretch in South Korea. Mike Burrows still has less than 100 big league innings."
France cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Sugar Land and will participate in major league camp as a non-roster invitee. He threw 136 1/3 innings for the Astros in 2023 with a 3.83 ERA. Shoulder issues in early 2024 required surgery and limited him to seven big league appearances across 2024 and 2025. He returned to health by late 2025 but posted a 6.59 ERA in Triple-A. Other clubs passed on adding him to a 40-man roster and he lacks the service time to refuse the outright. France becomes non-roster depth amid stiff competition for rotation spots.
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