The Astros have placed Michael Brantley on the 10-day injured list due to right quad discomfort, according to Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle (Twitter link) and other reporters. Brantley’s placement is backdated to August 12. A roster replacement won’t be announced until prior to the Astros’ game tomorrow.
An IL stint may have been inevitable for Brantley, who has been bothered by leg problems since he stepped on Joe Kelly’s foot during a play at first base back on July 29. Brantley has been used exclusively as a DH or pinch-hitter over his last 10 games, and he also missed Houston’s last two contests due to his quad.
Despite being less than 100 percent, Brantley has still been his usual productive self, hitting .286/.375/.446 with a home run over 64 plate appearances. His absence is yet another blow to an Astros team that has been hit hard with injuries this season, though at least in this case, Houston has something of a ready-made DH replacement since Yordan Alvarez was just activated off the IL yesterday. An ideal scenario for the Astros would see Brantley return from the injured list recovered and ready to play the outfield, to avoid a designated hitter timeshare with Alvarez since the younger slugger has already been slated for DH-only duty.
This is the ninth post about an injury on this app today.
Rumor has it that there are a lot of injuries this year.
You need to change your name to Captain Hindsight.
More pressure for Altuve. I’m all for it.
another one bites the dust
I don’t wish injury on anyone, but the Dodgers didn’t play Houston on the 26th of July
Man, it’s a lot harder trying to hit a curve when you don’t know it’s coming….. pulling muscles and all that.
Just ask Cerano
Evidently it’s hard for the Yankees to hit one even when they do know…….since McCullers threw what seemed like 25 straight curveballs in ‘17, and none of the Yankees could hit them.
That applies to Brantley how, exactly? Oh yeah, mythical buzzers? Or was it UFOs? Telepathy? Whatever makes you feel better, I suppose.
We’ve got a muscle boo boo, let’s all take off for two weeks with pay.