Astros place slugger Yordan Alvarez on IL with sore oblique
CLEVELAND — Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez, who leads the majors with 55 RBIs, has been positioned on the 10-day injured listing with proper indirect discomfort.
Alvarez was eliminated after one at-bat Thursday in a 3-2 loss at Toronto, telling reporters that he initially felt discomfort throughout batting apply. It’s his seventh profession IL stint.
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The 25-year-old outfielder returned to Houston for extra analysis. Alvarez is hitting .272 with 17 homers in 57 video games.
“It’s not easy to figure it out, but we’ll make adjustments,” supervisor Dusty Baker stated earlier than the Astros’ recreation in opposition to the Cleveland Guardians. “You don’t have a choice, you just have to go forward.”
Alvarez ranks second within the AL in homers and slugging proportion behind Aaron Judge of the Yankees. The Cuban National Series veteran was the AL Rookie of the Year in 2019 and made his first All-Star workforce final season, when he hit .306 with 37 homers and 97 RBIs.
Mauricio Dubón crammed in for Alvarez in left discipline as Houston opened a three-game sequence at Cleveland.
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