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Injured Houston Astros Slugger Has Projected Timeline to Return

Yordan Alvarez is in the middle of an injury rehab assignment, but he could be returning to the Houston Astros soon.

Matthew Postins

Injured Houston Astros Slugger Has Projected Timeline to Return
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Houston Astros outfielder Yordan Alvarez has a projected timetable for his return to the team — and the timing couldn’t be much better.

Astros general manager Dana Brown told Sports Talk 790 earlier this week that the team hopes to get back their All-Star for the start of their three-game series with the Texas Rangers on Monday.

This assumes that Alvarez’s rehab continues without any issues. Alvarez is not set to play on Thursday for Triple-A Sugar Land. But there are three more games for him to play in before the start of the Rangers series.

Alvarez, logically, needs to play at least one game in the field to fully test his mobility.

He played his first rehab game on Wednesday, a day game for the Space Cowboys. He played as the DH and went 1-for-3 with a walk before he was removed from the game.

His ramp-up to return to the Majors had a road block after the All-Star Break.

Alvarez was set to report to Sugar Land on Friday to start an injury rehab assignment with the Space Cowboys. But, a head cold set him back. He needed the weekend to recover before he could report to Sugar Land. Alvarez did continue to work out in Houston.

Alvarez was batting .277/.388/.589/.978 with 17 home runs and 55 RBI. The Astros placed Alvarez on the 10-day injured list with right oblique discomfort on June 9.

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Matthew Postins is an award-winning sports journalist who covers Major League Baseball for OnSI. He also covers the Big 12 Conference for Heartland College Sports.

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