After losing all games (at least two) last season, the Houston Astros they are about to welcome Cuban goalkeeper Yordan Alvarez this year. It seems, however, that the Rookie of the Year in the American League in 2019 will be limited to only the designated hitter, as he said this Friday manager Dusty Baker (Through famed journalist Brian McTaggart of MLB.com):
He is very unlikely to “play in the gardens in 2021.
Alvarez underwent surgery on two knees, and Baker commented:
It has been shown in the past that every time [Álvarez] he plays in the gardens, he’s been suffering for two or three days, you know what I mean? “.
If Alvarez doesn’t see any action on the pitch, he will leave the field to Michael Brantley, who battled his own injury problems a year ago and spent most of his season as designated.