Astros' Hunter Brown: Starting third game

Brown will start the third game of the regular season against the Yankees, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

Brown will slot into the rotation behind Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier. He's worked on a traditional slider while also aiming to improve his stamina this spring and has posted an impressive 12:3 K:BB across 12.2 innings in the exhibition season.