MLB Roundup: Astros’ Altuve has thumb surgery after WBC injury
Houston Astros star Jose Altuve had surgical procedure Wednesday on his damaged proper thumb, an damage that occurred within the World Baseball Classic and can considerably delay the second baseman’s 2023 debut.
The Astros introduced that the 32-year-old Altuve had the process carried out in Houston and can keep there to start his rehabilitation, with just one week left in spring coaching. The Astros will fly there on Sunday following their closing Grapefruit League sport in Florida, earlier than taking part in a pair of exhibitions towards their Triple-A crew, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys, in Texas.
Altuve was hit by a pitch on Saturday whereas taking part in for Venezuela within the WBC. He may not be able to return to the lineup till a minimum of late May. The eight-time All-Star and 2017 American League MVP batted .300 with 103 runs, 28 homers and 18 steals for the World Series champion Astros final season. Mauricio Dubon and David Hensley are the main candidates to fill in for Altuve at second base.
Altuve isn’t the one Major League Baseball star who was harm in WBC play, in fact. Mets nearer Edwin Diaz will miss the 2023 season due to a torn patellar tendon in his proper knee because the freak results of an on-field celebration following a WBC win by the Puerto Rico nationwide crew.
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BROWN DOWN
The Astros additionally scratched right-hander Hunter Brown from his scheduled begin Wednesday towards the Mets in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Manager Dusty Baker instructed reporters that Brown, who’s ranked by MLB because the group’s prime prospect and competing for the final spot within the rotation, has discomfort in his decrease again.
NOT QUITE READY
The New York Mets despatched catcher Francisco Alvarez to Triple-A Syracuse, quashing for now the potential for placing the prized 21-year-old on the opening day roster.
Alvarez, who made his main league debut with the Mets close to the top of final season, had simply three hits in 28 at-bats in Grapefruit League exhibition video games. Ranked by MLB because the third-best prospect in baseball, Alvarez batted .260 with 27 homers and 78 RBIs in a mixed 112 minor league video games in 2022 at Double-A and Triple-A.
The Mets have newcomer Omar Narvaez, a 2021 All-Star with the Milwaukee Brewers, as their main catcher with Tomas Nido more likely to play principally towards left-handed pitchers.
Speaking of the Mets, Diaz turned 29 on Wednesday — a quite subdued milestone for the right-hander contemplating his scenario. Diaz nonetheless posted in Spanish an upbeat message on his Twitter account, thanking God for one more 12 months of life and describing his well being pretty much as good and his outlook as optimistic on this preliminary stage of the roughly eight-month rehabilitation course of.
