HOUSTON — Yordan Alvarez’s hand harm is worse than it initially appeared.
The Houston slugger felt ache in his proper hand on Friday whereas hitting and a small fracture that was beforehand believed to be a muscle pressure was found. The fracture is about 60% healed.
Normal supervisor Dana Brown mentioned he believes the fracture in Alvarez’s fourth metacarpal wasn’t found in preliminary imaging on Might 6 as a result of there was an excessive amount of irritation and fluid.
Alvarez has been out since Might 3 with the harm. They’d hoped he might come off the injured listing this weekend.
“The rapid plan for him proper now could be to only let it relaxation,” Brown mentioned. “And he’ll nonetheless proceed to do different baseball exercise just like the working, he might in all probability exit within the outfield and catch. He can do the whole lot else aside from choose up a bat. And so, we do not even need him hitting off tees though he feels adequate to hit off a tee. Simply let it heal utterly and then you definitely’ll be again.”
Since Friday’s imaging confirmed that the fracture was already greater than midway healed, Brown does not consider it can hold him out an excessive amount of longer.
“We’re hopeful that as a result of he is healed a lot that … he’ll be again sooner fairly than later,” Brown mentioned.
Alvarez was requested when he expects to return.
“I want I had a magic ball to inform you,” he mentioned in Spanish by means of a translator. “The excellent news is that it is therapeutic effectively, however I would like relaxation as a result of the truth that I used to be holding on doing swings, it was taking it again, taking it (longer) to heal.”
Brown added that they assume the fracture occurred when Alvarez tried to play by means of the preliminary muscle pressure. Brown mentioned he performed for nearly two weeks after initially noticing the issue earlier than the primary imaging was finished.
“The muscle pressure was actual,” Brown mentioned. “I actually assume that when he was preventing by means of these weeks realizing that it wasn’t the identical feeling as a few of his hand issues up to now … perhaps that is when he might have brought about somewhat bit extra injury.”
Alvarez hit .210 with three house runs and 18 RBI in 29 video games this season earlier than touchdown on the injured listing.