The Astros have placed 27-year old righty reliever Josh Fields on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 4th due to a right forearm strain. Fields has pitched in 2 games (0 starts) for the Astros so far this year and he is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA and a 0.00 WHIP. The Astros have called up 25-year old righty reliever/starter Paul Clemens to replace Fields in the bullpen. Clemens pitched in 1 game (a start) in AAA-ball this year for the Astros and he was 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP. Clemens has now pitched in 129 games (62 starts) in his first six years in the minors and he is 32-30 with 7 saves, a 4.55 ERA and a 1.48 WHIP.
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