The Houston Astros just announced one of the most significant injured list updates imaginable for an MLB team. Five players, including superstars Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve, have been added to the list.
Officially, the team cannot announce the reason for the moves, which also impact young slugger Yordan Alvarez, catcher Martin Maldonado, and middle infielder Robel Garcia. As Rotowire writes, it is a strong indication that the five players are out due to COVID-19 protocols. It is unclear whether any of the players have tested positive.
Garrett Stubbs (catcher), Alex De Goti (IF), Ronnie Dawson (OF), Taylor Jones (1B), and Abraham Toro (IF) will replace them for the time being. De Goti and Dawson will make their Major League debuts if and when they appear for the club.
Alvarez began the 2020 season on the COVID-19 list for the season, after a breakout 2019 campaign, in which he won the AL Rookie of the Year Award. Altuve and Bregman are two of the Astros’ biggest stars, with eight All-Star Game selections between them. Altuve was the AL MVP in 2017, and the ALCS MVP in 2019. Bregman won the Silver Slugger in 2019, an honor Altuve has notched five times, along with three batting titles in the American League.
The Astros announce they’ve placed Yordan Alvarez, Alex Bregman, Jose Altuve, Martin Maldonado and Robel Garcia on the injured list for unspecified reasons.
Garrett Stubbs, Alex De Goti, Ronnie Dawson, Taylor Jones and Ronnie Dawson were called up from the ATS.
— Jake Kaplan (@jakemkaplan) April 14, 2021
Astros general manager James Click could only say that the five players are on the injured list “as a result of health and safety protocols”
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) April 14, 2021
The news comes after an 8-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday. The team is set to wrap up that three-game series tonight. Obviously, there are major concerns about further contact tracing impacting the roster even beyond today’s news.
After the homestand against the Tigers wraps up, the Astros are set to play three games at the Seattle Mariners from Friday to Sunday, and a two-game series at the Colorado Rockies on April 20-21.
Hopefully this is the full extent of the current issues within the Houston Astros clubhouse, and we don’t see a rash of positive cases come from it. We’ll have more news as it comes out.
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