Outside of Framber Valdez, the Astors haven't had anybody other than Brown they can rely on to show up every fifth day and perform at a truly elite level. Simply put, Brown has been one of the only guys keeping Houston afloat out west amid their never-ending onslaught of injuries.

The evolution of Hunter Brown as an ace pitcher continues before our very eyes. On a night when he didn’t have his best four-seam fastball, Brown had to change things up and adjust on the fly while fa

Brown's four-seam fastball has the second-highest mark in baseball. It is, by most public metrics, one of the best pitches in the game.

This point has widely shared the story that follows: Brown asked his teammates about the plane ride home. With help from Pressly and third baseman Alex Bregman, Brown chose to bring back a sinker pitch into his repertoire, and he's been improving ever since.

Hunter Brown strikes out four in 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball to earn his 10th win of the season against the Red Sox

Cam Schlittler has pitched to mixed results since being promoted and inserted into the big league rotation, something my colleague Michael Zeno examined in detail yesterday. On one hand, Schlittler brings a high-octane fastball to a rotation that was crying out for high velocity.