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Astros Reinstate Kyle Tucker From Injured List

By Darragh McDonald | September 6, 2024 at 3:55pm CDT

The Astros have reinstated outfielder Kyle Tucker from the 60-day injured list. Infielder Zach Dezenzo has been optioned to Triple-A in order to open an active roster spot. Left-hander Parker Mushinski has been designated for assignment to create room on the 40-man. Chandler Rome of The Athletic was among those to relay the moves on X.

Tucker got out to a brilliant start this season, hitting 19 home runs in 60 games while walking more than he struck out. He slashed .266/.395/.584 for a wRC+ of 175 despite a subpar .245 batting average on balls in play. On June 3, that wRC+ was third in the majors behind Aaron Judge and Juan Soto despite some poor treatment from the baseball gods.

But it was on that June 3 date that Tucker began a strange saga. He fouled a ball of his shin and landed on the 10-day injured list. The club continued to described his injury as a “deep bruise of the bone” or a “shin contusion,” all while seeming to expect him to make a quick return. His absence turned to weeks and then months as fans continued to wonder how a simple bruise could lead to such an extended absence.

Just a few days ago, Rome reported that Tucker had suffered a fracture, despite continued denials from general manager Dana Brown. After that report came out, Brown and Tucker both admitted that the player had indeed suffered a fracture.

Though the reasons for that obfuscation aren’t clear, the larger point is that Tucker is now back. He didn’t go on a rehab assignment and is in the designated hitter slot tonight, so perhaps the club is easing him back after a long layoff. Maybe he will experience some rust but he will obviously be a huge boon to the Astros if he can get anywhere near his pre-injury form.

Despite the lineup boost, he will give the club a bit less lineup flexibility if he stays in that DH slot. Yordan Alvarez has been the DH more than anyone else but he will perhaps have to play left field more regularly. It will also be harder to put Alex Bregman in there, as he has been battling a minor elbow issue of late. The club also likes to have Yainer Diaz as the DH sometimes when Victor Caratini is behind the plate, keeping Diaz’s bat in the lineup. Perhaps that will happen less often as a result as well.

The outfield group currently consists of Alvarez, Jake Meyers and Ben Gamel, with Chas McCormick and Jason Heyward also in the mix. Whenever Tucker is ready to take the field again, he will push into that group and take some of their playing time, but also free up the DH spot once again.

Mushinski, 28, could perhaps join a new club for the first time in his career. He was drafted by the Astros in 2017 and was added to their 40-man roster in 2022. He has served as a frequently-optioned depth arm for them since then. He has tossed 33 major league innings over those three campaigns with a 5.45 earned run average. His 8.1% walk rate and 45.2% ground ball rate are close to average but he’s only struck out 17.4% of batters faced.

His minor league work has been more impressive. In that same three-year span, he has tossed 114 2/3 innings for Triple-A Sugar Land, putting up a 3.30 ERA despite that club playing in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. He has a 26.7% strikeout rate and 10.7% walk rate in that sample.

The Astros will have to put Mushinski on waivers in the coming days. He can still be optioned for what remains of this year but will be out of options next season. If he does get claimed, he has less than two years of service time and can therefore be controlled for five seasons beyond this one. If he were to pass through waivers unclaimed, he wouldn’t have the right to elect free agency since he has never been previously outrighted and has less than three years of service time.

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27 Comments

  1. User 899214610

    1 year ago

    RIP Rich Homie Quan

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  2. sad tormented neglected mariners fan

    1 year ago

    Woohoo time to win my fantasy league with an outfield of Soto schwarber and Tucker

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    • User 899214610

      1 year ago

      You may still have a crappy GM, but this, you got this going for you. Happy for you

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      • sad tormented neglected mariners fan

        1 year ago

        You can still find ways to enjoy baseball when you have a bad team… it just takes work

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  3. Old York

    1 year ago

    Doesn’t help the M’s chances. RIP Mariners.

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    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      1 year ago

      Such a defeatist you are Old York! Maybe he’ll fall on his face because he’s been too terrified to play on his contusioned shin splint for three months. Maybe Tucker’s bat speed ain’t for crap. Probably still on crutches when no one’s looking. Old York such the defeatist! Don’t roll over and play dead so easily mate!!!

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    • sad tormented neglected mariners fan

      1 year ago

      RIP Scott Servais

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  4. Astros2017&22Champs

    1 year ago

    He’s missed 3 months. Bound to be rusty. If not then yes the M’s are in trouble

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    • its_happening

      1 year ago

      I’m sure you’d take rusty Kyle Tucker over every Astros outfielder. Unless we are counting Yordan.

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      • thickiedon

        1 year ago

        If “rusty” means brittle and coming back from a shin injury to play with reckless abandon in RF, then probably want him rotating DH/RF next 5-7 games.

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    • Old York

      1 year ago

      @Astros2017&22Champs

      Sure, but we’re talking about an athlete in his prime right now. It’s not like he’s 39 and coming back from a long injury that had him out for a year or so. Is he going to carry the team to the playoffs? No, but I’d imagine he’s still capable of being productive.

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      • Astros2017&22Champs

        1 year ago

        Productive? Absolutely. But timing is everything for hitters. A split second early or late and you have a bad hitter. We need him badly. The lineup has been very average

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    • sad tormented neglected mariners fan

      1 year ago

      We are already past trouble… last I saw our playoff chances are in the single digits… I don’t expect a 20 game winning streak to end the season

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      • its_happening

        1 year ago

        AL west did not have a strong 2024 season. They became the AL Central for one year.

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  5. Ignorant Son-of-a-b

    1 year ago

    Who knows? Maybe the lineup goes into a dormant phase and the starting pitching regresses to April-May levels. Look at the Reds series. Arighetti decided to throw batting practice in that tiny band box of a stadium, kind of an odd venue for the Astros mighty feared hitters to go cold. And against the Reds AAA starting second stringers to boot. Hmmm.

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  6. thickiedon

    1 year ago

    Reds had to have inside info on Arrighetti. Astros set a record for lowest team ERA in a month and then the REDS blow up a starter who hadn’t given up a run in last 14 innings for NINE runs in first inning?!?!?!

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    • thickiedon

      1 year ago

      Alvarez has played 46 games in LF and Dubón has played more in OF than anyone other than Meyers. VERY crowded situation currently. Heyward, McCormick, and/or Singleton could be on their way out.

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      • jdgoat

        1 year ago

        I really thought Chas was next in the long line of good hitters to come out of Houston. Crazy how poorly he’s performed this year.

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  7. Mickey Solis

    1 year ago

    Great now these cheaters have everything in place to make a run because of the pathetic division they play in and the fact that the AL in general sucks so much

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    • steven st croix

      1 year ago

      Cry kid

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  8. Astros_fan_in_Aus

    1 year ago

    Pass that man a tissue.

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  9. ❤️ MuteButton

    1 year ago

    Tucker’s back. Nerris is back. Now if we could only get Verlander to the fountain of youth (or growth hormone?)

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    • sad tormented neglected mariners fan

      1 year ago

      Verlander should call Mr. Canseco for a youth prescription

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      • AE86

        1 year ago

        I think Mr. Bonds would be the expert here.

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  10. AE86

    1 year ago

    The fans started wondering (and in part due to the reporters not clarifying) that his wasn’t a “simple bruise.” A BONE BRUISE is not the same thing as a bruise you get on your skin. It is much more serious than that.

    Your bones, as solid as you may think they are, are actually made of lots of tiny air filled tubes and pockets. When you “bruise” a bone, you actually have compressed those tubes and have damaged the bone. There are three grades of severity, 1, 2, and 3. After three, you have a bone fracture.

    I had the displeasure of suffering a grade 2 bone bruise in my knee, and I wasn’t a pro athlete that had access to the health care they can receive, and my treatment was ice, anti-inflammatory meds, and the order to stay off my leg for 8 months.

    His was described as suffering a “deep bone bruise” according to the article, so I would assume that means a grade 2 or 3. The fact that he’s back in 3 months is pretty amazing.

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  11. TheFuzzofKing

    1 year ago

    Not the first time an Astro lied about how he got a hit.

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