He has a better chance of making the team than Duke in my view. Astros could use an innings guy plus Livan could provide more offense than some of their position guysAstros signed RHP Livan Hernandez to a minor league contract.
The deal includes a spring training invite. We barely heard a peep about Hernandez this offseason, but he is certainly capable of providing rotation depth. The 36-year-old right-hander posted a 4.47 ERA and 99/46 K/BB ratio over 175 1/3 innings last season for the Nationals. He has logged at least 175 innings in each season dating back to 1998.