MILWAUKEE -- Yordan Alvarez certainly hasn’t been himself at the plate this season and in the last few days has been dealing with inflammation in his right hand. Prior to Monday night's 5-1 loss to the Brewers, the Astros placed the slugger on the 10-day injured list and sent him to Houston to undergo further testing.

Alvarez was scratched from the Houston lineup prior to Saturday’s game against the White Sox in Chicago and didn’t play Sunday. Astros manager Joe Espada said Alvarez showed up at American Family Field on Monday feeling better, but the club thinks he needs more time to allow the hand to fully heal.

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Update: MILWAUKEE -- The Astros received what they consider good news regarding the injury to slugger Yordan Alvarez on Wednesday. Manager Joe Espada said an MRI revealed that Alvarez has a muscle strain in his right hand that will simply require some rest before he returns to the lineup.

“I think with some rest and some time, he’ll be back here -- hopefully swinging the bat by the time we get back home,” Espada said. “We got that as good news, so hopefully, we’ll get him going here in the next few days.”