{"id":721719,"date":"2026-04-12T01:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T01:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/721719\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T01:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T01:47:20","slug":"astros-tatsuya-imai-to-have-tests-for-right-arm-fatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/721719\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros&#8217; Tatsuya Imai to have tests for right arm fatigue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE &#8212; <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"00a3015f-09ec-1b03-52af-656f5e0a18d5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-astros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Astros<\/a> rookie pitcher <a data-player-guid=\"6f46a916-482d-3d3d-b32c-aee2790c71bb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5330833\/tatsuya-imai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tatsuya Imai<\/a> returned to Houston after his third start to be examined for right arm fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>A 27-year-old right-hander, Imai got just one out in Friday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/mlb\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401814889\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9-6 loss<\/a> to <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"56d60582-088f-6848-5180-1fb04440cf87\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sea\/seattle-mariners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle<\/a>. He allowed three runs, one hit, three walks and a hit batter while throwing 37 pitches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He expressed some arm fatigue, so once we heard that we decided to just send him home to be seen by our doctors,&#8221; Espada said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully there is nothing wrong. Just not good news.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48451343\/astros-place-righty-cristian-javier-outfielder-jake-meyers-il\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/r1533006_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48422952\/astros-hunter-brown-diagnosed-grade-2-shoulder-strain\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/r1486519_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>Imai signed a $54 million, three-year contract and is 1-0 with a 7.27 ERA. He has 11 walks and 13 strikeouts in 8 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Imai said the mound at T-Mobile Park was really hard and he wasn&#8217;t able to adjust. He did not mention any injury Friday when speaking with reporters, but Espada said he told trainers after meeting with the media.<\/p>\n<p>Houston placed right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4717803\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hunter Brown<\/a> on the 15-day injured list last Sunday due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48422952\/astros-hunter-brown-diagnosed-grade-2-shoulder-strain\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">right shoulder strain<\/a> and right-hander Cristian Javier was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48451343\/astros-place-righty-cristian-javier-outfielder-jake-meyers-il\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">put on the IL<\/a> Friday because of a similar ailment.<\/p>\n<p>Right-hander <a data-player-guid=\"426377b7-1881-320d-866d-b6b6f9a7c7e6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/3662290\/jp-france\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J.P. France<\/a> was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land after pitching 2 2\/3 innings Friday and right-hander Jayden Murray was recalled from the Space Cowboys. The 29-year-old Murray is 0-1 with a 1.50 ERA in six innings at Sugar Land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE &#8212; Astros rookie pitcher Tatsuya Imai returned to Houston after his third start to be examined for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":691587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1266,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-721719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116389219552940995","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}