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Associated Press
Jul 1, 2025, 08:23 PM ET
DENVER -- Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez has experienced a setback successful his betterment from a breached close manus and volition spot a specialist.
Astros wide manager Dana Brown said Alvarez felt symptom erstwhile helium arrived Tuesday astatine the team's outpouring grooming analyzable successful West Palm Beach, Florida, wherever helium had a workout a time earlier. Alvarez besides took batting signifier Saturday astatine Daikin Park.
He volition beryllium unopen down until he's evaluated by the specialist.
"It's a pugnacious clip going done this with Yordan, but I cognize that he's inactive feeling symptom and the soreness successful his hand," Brown said earlier Tuesday night's bid opener astatine Colorado. "We're not going to effort to propulsion it oregon unit him done anything. We're conscionable going to let him to heal and get a small spot much answers arsenic to what steps we instrumentality next."
Alvarez has been sidelined for astir 2 months. The wounded was initially diagnosed arsenic a musculus strain, but erstwhile Alvarez felt symptom again portion hitting successful precocious May, imaging revealed a tiny fracture.
The 28-year-old outfielder, who has deed 31 homers oregon much successful each of the past 4 seasons, had been eyeing a instrumentality arsenic soon arsenic this play astatine the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now it's uncertain erstwhile he'll play.
"We felt similar helium was adjacent due to the fact that helium had felt truthful bully of late," Brown said, "but this is surely quality that we didn't want."
Also Tuesday, the Astros officially placed shortstop Jeremy Peña connected the 10-day injured database with a fractured rib and recalled infielder Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A Sugar Land.
