{"id":8231,"date":"2025-05-29T18:38:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/yordan-alvarez-nearing-return-astros-await-their-star-slugger\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:38:26","slug":"yordan-alvarez-nearing-return-astros-await-their-star-slugger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/yordan-alvarez-nearing-return-astros-await-their-star-slugger\/","title":{"rendered":"Yordan Alvarez nearing return: Astros await their star slugger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yordan Alvarez Nears Return with Astros<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Houston Astros slugger, Yordan Alvarez, is about to return to action after a hand injury that kept him off the field for almost a month, according to manager Joe Espada.\n\nAlvarez, who hasn&#8217;t played since May 3 due to inflammation in his right hand, participated in a batting practice session on Thursday before the start of a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis is the best way I&#8217;ve seen it and this is how it&#8217;s felt the best,\u201d Espada said. &#8220;So, it&#8217;s very good news.\u201d<\/p><cite>Joe Espada, Astros Manager<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan is for Alvarez to face around 50 pitches from minor league players on Friday, with the goal of preparing him to play without the need for a minor league rehab assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThat will be his way of preparing and being ready for the games,&#8221; explained Espada.<\/p><cite>Joe Espada, Astros Manager<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe main challenge for Alvarez&#8217;s return has been controlling inflammation as his activity increases.\n\n\n<p>After batting on Thursday, Alvarez commented through an interpreter: &#8220;I felt good. Now I just have to wait to see how the hand reacts to batting. I hope to be able to return soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\nAlvarez admitted that it has been frustrating to be out for so long, especially since he was initially expected to be absent for only a few days.\n\nThe time on the injured list has been longer than expected, as the team seeks a full recovery to avoid long-term problems during the season.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;This is something delicate,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I could have returned earlier, but as soon as we saw the hand and how it was reacting due to the inflammation, that&#8217;s why it has taken a little longer than I anticipated.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Yordan Alvarez, Astros Player<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yordan Alvarez Nears Return with Astros The Houston Astros slugger, Yordan Alvarez, is about to return to action after a hand injury that kept him off the field for almost a month, according to manager Joe Espada. Alvarez, who hasn&#8217;t played since May 3 due to inflammation in his right hand, participated in a batting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[91,3128,1032,1134],"class_list":{"0":"post-8231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-astros","9":"tag-hand-injury","10":"tag-return","11":"tag-yordan-alvarez"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}