The Houston Astros release Casey Fien
The Astros have released 27-year old righty reliever Casey Fien. Fien pitched in 23 games (0 starts) in Rookie+AAA-ball for the Astros this year and he was 3-2 with 3 saves, a 4.44 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP. He has pitched in 11 games (0 starts) in parts of two years in the majors and he was 0-1 with a 8.36 ERA and a 1.64 WHIP. This is absolutely no loss to the Astros as Fien wasn’t going to pitch for them any time soon.