NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after leaving the Houston Astros, longtime pitching coach Brent Strom is returning as a consultant to help the team's struggling staff.
Strom will join the club for Friday's game against the New York Mets. Houston manager Joe Espada said Strom will be uniform and in the dugout during games.
"I'm excited about that," Espada said Thursday before the Astros concluded a three-game series against the New York Yankees. "Strommy is one of the architects for this organization on the pitching side of things. I'm excited to bring him back, listen to his perspective, his experience. I feel like there's a value in having him around right now as we make this push here to win the division."
Strom was Houston's pitching coach from 2014-21, when the Astros made three World Series appearances. He left after the 2021 World Series loss to Atlanta, and Joshua Miller has served as Houston's pitching coach for five seasons.
After leaving the Astros, Strom spent the next three seasons in the same capacity for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who reached the World Series in 2023.

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