Astros place Jose Altuve on the injured record for hamstring pressure

Jose Altuve, Houston Astros’ second baseman, was positioned on Wednesday’s 10-day injured record with a strained left quadriceps.
The 2017 AL MVP was harm whereas making an attempt to succeed in an infielder within the eighth inning of Monday night time’s sport. The roster transfer has been rescheduled for Tuesday.
Altuve was initially positioned on the Astros’ injured record to forestall him from being harm, however they did so after realizing that he would probably must relaxation for not less than every week.
Supervisor Dusty Baker said that it’s solely a 10-day interval and that we’ll reevaluate the scenario from there. He was disillusioned. He didn’t must apologize. He’s an awesome man.
Baker said that the Astros would break up second base time between AledmysDiaz and Niko Goodrum, whereas Altuve is on.
To create space for Matijevic on their 40-man roster, the Astros signed J.J. Matijevic, an infielder from Sugar Land of Pacific Coast League. Taylor Jones was additionally transferred to the 60-day injures record.