60-Day IL
Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 8/1/2025
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
Goes on 60-day injured list
The Astros placed France (shoulder) on the 60-day injured list Thursday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
The procedural move frees up a spot on the 40-man roster. France is not expected back until after the All-Star break while he recovers from July 1 surgery to repair a torn right shoulder capsule.
The procedural move frees up a spot on the 40-man roster. France is not expected back until after the All-Star break while he recovers from July 1 surgery to repair a torn right shoulder capsule.
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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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Expands throwing to 90 feet
France (shoulder) will expand his flat-ground throwing program to 90 feet Wednesday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Recalled, placed on 60-day IL
The Astros recalled France (shoulder) from Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday and placed him on the 60-day injured list,
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Gets surgery for capsule tear
France underwent surgery Monday to repair a capsule tear in his right shoulder.
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Done for season
France will undergo season-ending surgery on his right shoulder Monday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Suffers setback in recovery
Astros general manager Dana Brown said Sunday that France (shoulder) experienced a slight setback while recently taking part in long-toss throwing, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports. "At some point we'll get him stretched out and back out on the mound," Brown said. "It's been longer than expected."
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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.