PT TODAY: Musgrove looks to cement shot with HOU

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Astros | Collin McHugh shut down
Houston Astros RHP Collin McHugh (elbow) will not throw for six weeks with a posterior impingement of his right elbow, according to the Houston Chronicle's Jake Kaplan.  Source: Houston Chronicle - Jake Kaplan
 
BHQ take: With this news, it's looking now as though McHugh will be fortunate to make it back by early June—and more like he's teetering on the edge of a lost season. Once ticketed for AAA-Fresno in March, now Joe Musgrove has a shot at cementing his rotation spot for the season. We'll bump Lance McCullers up a tad as well, though his innings are likely to depend more...

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