DENVER — Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez has skilled a setback in his restoration from a damaged proper hand and can see a specialist.
Astros basic supervisor Dana Brown mentioned Alvarez felt ache when he arrived Tuesday on the group’s spring coaching complicated in West Palm Seaside, Florida, the place he had a exercise a day earlier. Alvarez additionally took batting observe Saturday at Daikin Park.
He will probably be shut down till he is evaluated by the specialist.
“It is a powerful time going by means of this with Yordan, however I do know that he is nonetheless feeling ache and the soreness in his hand,” Brown mentioned earlier than Tuesday night time’s sequence opener at Colorado. “We’re not going to attempt to push it or power him by means of something. We’re simply going to permit him to heal and get a bit bit extra solutions as to what steps we take subsequent.”
Alvarez has been sidelined for practically two months. The harm was initially identified as a muscle pressure, however when Alvarez felt ache once more whereas hitting in late Might, imaging revealed a small fracture.
The 28-year-old outfielder, who has hit 31 homers or extra in every of the previous 4 seasons, had been eyeing a return as quickly as this weekend on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now it is unsure when he’ll play.
“We felt like he was shut as a result of he had felt so good of late,” Brown mentioned, “however that is definitely information that we did not need.”
Additionally Tuesday, the Astros formally positioned shortstop Jeremy Peña on the 10-day injured record with a fractured rib and recalled infielder Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A Sugar Land.