60-Day IL
Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 8/20/2025
2025 Stats
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
France dealt with a shoulder injury last spring training, and while he managed to avoid the injured list to start the season, it seemed like he was never healthy. The 30-year-old made five ineffective starts with the big club and another poor one after being optioned to Triple-A Round Rock before eventually having surgery in July to repair a torn capsule in his shoulder. France managed a 3.83 ERA in 2023 with Houston, but a 4.66 FIP told a better picture of his performance and now he's got a major surgery to come back from, which might not happen until 2026. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Astros in March of 2025.
Stumbles in third rehab start
France (shoulder) allowed four earned runs on two hits and four walks over two innings in his rehab start Saturday with Triple-A Sugar Land. He also hit a batter.
Analysis
The 30-year-old right-hander moved up to the Triple-A level for the third start of his rehab assignment after previous stops in the rookie-level Florida Complex League and at Double-A Corpus Christi. He pushed his pitch count up to 49 on Saturday, but that was about the only positive takeaway on the day for France, who threw just 22 strikes and failed to record a punchout. France will continue to get stretched out as a starter while he completes his recovery from July 2024 right shoulder surgery, but Houston may not have a rotation spot available for him by the time his 30-day rehab window comes to a close in late August.
The 30-year-old right-hander moved up to the Triple-A level for the third start of his rehab assignment after previous stops in the rookie-level Florida Complex League and at Double-A Corpus Christi. He pushed his pitch count up to 49 on Saturday, but that was about the only positive takeaway on the day for France, who threw just 22 strikes and failed to record a punchout. France will continue to get stretched out as a starter while he completes his recovery from July 2024 right shoulder surgery, but Houston may not have a rotation spot available for him by the time his 30-day rehab window comes to a close in late August.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-6%
BAA vs LHP
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| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .260 | 72 | 32 | 80 | 10 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .276 | 51 | 27 | 89 | 14 | |||
| 2025vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .305 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .271 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .249 | 57 | 24 | 62 | 7 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .276 | 44 | 23 | 76 | 12 | |||
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| Since 2023Home | 5.12 | 1.42 | 84.1 | 7.0 | 3.0 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 3.61 | 1.40 | 77.1 | 6.6 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 7.98 | 1.64 | 14.2 | 7.4 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2024Away | 6.75 | 1.78 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 5.1 | ||||
| 2023Home | 4.52 | 1.38 | 69.2 | 7.0 | 2.8 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.11 | 1.34 | 66.2 | 6.3 | 3.4 | ||||
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
France was called up for his major-league debut in early May and gave the Astros quite a boost in collecting a 2.75 ERA across 18 appearances (17 starts) through mid-August. A lack of swing and miss pointed to regression coming, though, and it hit hard in France's final six outings with a 7.94 ERA and 21:16 K:BB over 28.1 frames. In the minors, France fanned batters at a 29 percent rate but also walked batters at an alarming 11.1 percent rate. With the Astros, he cut the walks to a respectable 8.1 percent but saw his strikeout rate plummet to 17.4 percent. It's possible France could get those strikeouts up if he threw his changeup (.217 xwoBA) and curveball (.242 xwOBA) more, but his fastball was easily his most-used pitch and it got hammered (.421 xwOBA). The 28-year-old wouldn't seem to be guaranteed a rotation spot for 2024 and standard mixed-league value is unlikely even if he gets one.
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Shifting rehab to Triple-A
France (shoulder) is scheduled to make the third start of his rehab assignment later this week at Triple-A Sugar Land, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Makes first rehab appearance
France (shoulder) struck out two and allowed two hits and one walk over 1.1 scoreless innings Monday in a rehab start in the rookie-level Florida Complex League.
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Faces hitters
France (shoulder) tossed a live batting practice session Wednesday, MLB.com reports.
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Tosses 26-pitch 'pen session
France (shoulder) most recently tossed a 26-pitch bullpen session June 27, MLB.com reports.
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Set for another live BP
France (shoulder) will throw another live batting practice session Friday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Set to make MLB debut Saturday
France will make his MLB debut Saturday against the Mariners, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
Analysis
The Astros are calling up the right-hander to bolster a rotation decimated by injuries. The latest blow is the season-ending injury of Luis Garcia, who is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery. A pitcher with experience both as a starter and reliever in the minors, France made 18 starts and 21 relief appearances at the Triple-A level since the start of the 2022 season. It's unclear if he'll stay in the active roster past Saturday.
The Astros are calling up the right-hander to bolster a rotation decimated by injuries. The latest blow is the season-ending injury of Luis Garcia, who is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery. A pitcher with experience both as a starter and reliever in the minors, France made 18 starts and 21 relief appearances at the Triple-A level since the start of the 2022 season. It's unclear if he'll stay in the active roster past Saturday.