The Astros will place star shortstop Carlos Correa on the 10-day disabled list, manager A.J. Hinch told reporters including MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart (video link on Twitter). The move will formally be made tomorrow.
Correa has been dealing with lower back soreness for a few days but had hoped to avoid the DL. The 23-year-old last played on June 25th, so the club can backdate the placement to the 26th. It seems the hope is that Correa will be back after missing only the minimum, or close to it.
Hinch explains that the young slugger is “doing great” in his progress, but says the club did not want to set up a situation that allowed uncertainty as to whether or not he’d be available on any given day. Rather than take any risks, the call was made to take Correa off of the active roster until he is “completely symptom-free.”
There’s no reason, then, to think that this issue will be much of an impediment for Correa or the ’Stros. There hasn’t been much stopping either to this point of the season, with Correa carrying a 129 wRC+and the ballclub tied for the AL lead with 54 wins.
There goes there run
They won a lot of games without Correa, a young kid will be called up and he might be as good, stop spreading lies.
*their runs
And good thing they lead the league in runs and era.
Don’t start sentences with and.
So now instead of sweeping every series, they’ll have to settle for sweeping every other series.
that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.
Clearly you haven’t heard much.
If you’re hearing things while reading on the internet, maybe it’s time to seek out some help.
Freddy Galvis makes sense for Houston for insurance at all infield spots down the stretch. A switch hitting solid defender who is a free agent at the end of the year so he shouldn’t cost much to acquire from SD.
They have the bench depth in house by keeping M. Gonzalez in the INF and calling up Tucker. Houston needs to continue to add bullpen arms if they want to be successful again deep into the post season.
Don’t even need to do that. Move Bregman to short, Yuli to 3rd and play Reed at 1st.
Kemp could play IF as well
They’ll put Bregman at SS yeah? Makes sense
are the astros looking to strengthen their bench? trade for josh harrison. i know astros fans, it sounds crazy. but if you offer nutting and huntington a low A prospect and a tour of NASA, thats a good deal…
Offering nutting is nut good
You better nut mention that again.
Galvis? Harrison? The Astros have good depth to hold them over and there’s no sense in adding one of those guys to sit on the bench in the playoffs. If you’re suggesting it in case Correa doesn’t return. Well they simply won’t repeat as champs without him. His numbers haven’t been the best in his career, but his presence adds a lot and they need him to win a WS.