The Astros were in talks to add a frontline starter but a deal didn't materialize. However, there are other internal options.

How can the Astros maintain their lead in the AL West with injuries mounting, and do the injuries indicate a larger organizational problem?

"It hit me at first - it was hard because of my teammates, but honestly, it motivated me to be better and I knew that here I was going to have an opportunity," Diaz said through Astros' interpreter Otto Loor.