GM: Yordan (oblique) out at least 4 more weeks

The Astros, who have been with out star second baseman Jose Altuve for the primary 43 video games of the season, could possibly be going through one other prolonged stretch with no essential bat. Houston GM Dana Brown mentioned on SportsTalk 790 AM that Yordan Alvarez might miss a minimum of 4 extra weeks as a result of proper indirect pressure he sustained final Thursday.

“With these oblique injuries, they’re very tricky,” Brown mentioned. “I believe it should take a minimum of two weeks to get a really feel for the way it’s feeling, how does he really feel? So you’re taking these two weeks, after which one other week to determine when he begins to have some exercise, how’s his physique responding? So that is three weeks proper there. So you are taking a look at, as soon as he begins to swing a bat, perhaps it is 4 weeks or so. And that looks like eternity for a man like Yordan.

“He’s such a good hitter, and he’s such a big piece of our lineup, so maybe for [manager] Dusty [Baker] it feels like an eternity. We feel comfortable that he’ll heal and we’ll get him back as soon as we can. We just don’t want to rush it because these oblique injuries are very, very difficult.”

Alvarez exited Thursday evening’s sport towards the Blue Jays with proper indirect soreness, which he felt within the batting cage earlier than the sport and aggravated throughout a first-inning at-bat. The slugger traveled again to Houston for additional analysis after being positioned on the 10-day injured listing on Friday.

Alvarez, who completed third in AL MVP voting final season, is off to a different robust marketing campaign, with a .277/.388/.589 slash line, 17 house runs and 55 RBIs in 57 video games for the defending World Series champs.