The Astros outrighted Bolton to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Bolton is no longer on the 40-man roster, but he will remain in the organization after passing through waivers unclaimed. The 27-year-old has posted a 5.40 ERA and 22:14 K:BB over three starts and five relief appearances for Houston this season.
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Carl Bolton Game Log 2026
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PreseasonDateOppResultIPKBBHBPCGSHOHRER2/22L 6-50.204000021
Preseason Totals 0.204000021 -
Regular SeasonDateOppResultIPKBBHBPCGSHOHRER5/14L 8-33.1220003115/10L 5-02.0430002225/3W 3-12.1310004004/30W 11-51.0010001114/12L 6-11.0141001224/6L 9-74.152000322
Regular Season Totals 13.315131001488
Carl Bolton Splits 2026
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SplitsGSIPWLERAKBBHBPCGHRERSVOSAVGHR
Overall 320.0010.0221410211212110.2693Away 310.2010.01311001177000.2751Home 09.1000.093001055110.2632Night 17.1000.010300633110.2311Day 212.2010.01211001599000.2882vs Righty 00.0000.0154001080000.2633vs Lefty 00.0000.0710101140000.2750March 03.0000.05100311110.2501April 26.1010.06700555000.2380May 110.2000.0116001366000.2892Opponent vs TEX 0 3.0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0.308 1 vs COL 1 4.1 0 0 0.0 5 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0.214 0 vs BAL 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.333 0 vs CIN 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 4 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0.250 1 vs BOS 1 5.1 0 0 0.0 8 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 1 0.304 1 vs SEA 1 4.1 0 1 0.0 3 6 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0.235 0 Venue @ Boston 1 2.1 0 0 0.0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.364 0 @ Seattle 1 1.0 0 1 0.0 1 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0.250 0 @ Colorado 1 4.1 0 0 0.0 5 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0.214 0 @ Cincinnati 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 4 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0.250 1 @ Houston 0 9.1 0 0 0.0 9 3 0 0 10 5 5 1 1 0.263 2 @ Baltimore 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.333 0
Carl Bolton Player Profile
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Carl Bolton: Breaking News
DFA'd by Astros
The Astros designated Bolton for assignment Monday. Bolton has collected a 5.40 ERA and 22:14 K:BB over three starts and five relief appearances for Houston this season. The 27-year-old has a chance to pass through waivers unclaimed, and if that happens, he'd likely stick around as depth at Triple-A Sugar Land.
Back in bullpen
Bolton struck out four and allowed two earned runs on two hits and three walks over two innings of relief Sunday in the Astros' 5-0 loss to the Reds. After being activated from the injured list April 30, Bolton made a one-inning relief appearance later that day before he was called upon to start three days later in the Astros' series finale in Boston. He covered just 2.1 innings in that start and then went unused for a week before the Astros turned to him this past Sunday to fill innings behind starter Kai-Wei Teng, who was chased from the game after covering the first three frames. The Astros are continuing to run a six-man rotation this week, but with Teng on track to get another start Saturday, Bolton looks like he'll stick in the bullpen. Through six appearances (three starts) on the season, Bolton has submitted a 5.27 ERA, 1.90 WHIP and 18:12 K:BB over 13.2 innings.