Brantley (shoulder) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

The Astros promoted Arrighetti from Double-A Corpus Christi to Triple-A Sugar Land on Monday.

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Hamilton underwent bilateral core muscle surgery Aug. 15 and is on the 7-day injured list at Triple-A Sugar Land, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

McCullers (forearm) was transferred from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list by the Astros on Saturday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

The Astros reassigned Murray to minor-league camp Friday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Garcia underwent Tommy John surgery Friday as scheduled.

Astros general manager Dana Brown confirmed Sunday that Whitley (lat) could be an option to join the major-league squad as a reliever once he's healthy and activated from Triple-A Sugar Land's 7-day injured list, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.