YORDAN ALVAREZ NEWS

Dealing with neck discomfort Alvarez is dealing with neck discomfort and has been sent back to Houston to be examined, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

Impact Alvarez was absent from the lineup for Monday's game against the Rays, and it turns out that his absence is not rest but rather injury related. Astros manager Dusty Baker told reporters that Alvarez has been experiencing neck pain for the past week, Rome reports. It's unclear at this time if the left-handed slugger is going to need to be placed on the injured list or if he'll be available at all for the series against the Rays in Tampa Bay. For now Alvarez should be considered day-to-day, but there's just as good of chance that the 25-year-old will require a stint on the injured list at this point.

APRIL 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Takes a seat Alvarez is absent from the Astros' lineup for Monday's game against the Rays, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

Impact It looks to be a regular day off for the slugger. Corey Julks will handle left field and Yainer Diaz will be in the designated hitter spot Monday.

APRIL 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Yordan Álvarez's three hits spark three wins, but Astros still much deeper

After a slow start to the season, the Astros looked more like themselves in a sweep of the Braves. Will they make another statement against...

APRIL 24, 2023

Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker lead Astros over Braves Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker each hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to power the Houston Astros to a 6-3 win over the host Atlanta B...

APRIL 23, 2023 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM

Goes deep again Alvarez went 1-for-5 with a homer, two RBI and a run scored in Saturday's win over Atlanta.

Impact Alvarez broke up Kyle Wright's shutout with a two-run shot in the sixth inning. It is the second night in a row Alvarez has smacked a go-ahead home run in Atlanta. The lefty slugger has driven in 25 runs in 19 games this season.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Smacks game-winning homer Alvarez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run Friday against Atlanta.

Impact Alvarez was hitless when he came to the plate in the ninth inning, but he changed that by blasting a game-winning two-run homer. He now has five long balls on the season, with this being his first since April 14. Overall, Alvarez is hitting .262./.388/.538 across 79 plate appearances on the campaign.

APRIL 22, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Yordan Alvarez's HR caps Astros' comeback win over Braves Yordan Alvarez’s two-run home run in the ninth inning completed the comeback for the Houston Astros, opening their weekend road series again...

APRIL 22, 2023 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Alvarez lifts Astros over Braves in matchup of last 2 champs

Yordan Alvarez hit a tiebreaking, two-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-4 in a ma...

APRIL 22, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Garcia dominant, Peña homers as Astros beats Toronto 8-1

Luis Garcia tied a career high with nine strikeouts in seven shutout innings, Jeremy Peña capped a six-run eighth with a three-run homer and the Houston Astros defeated the Toronto...

APRIL 20, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

José Berríos K's Yordan Alvarez | 04/19/2023 José Berríos gets Yordan Alvarez to strike out swinging for the final out in the bottom of the 3rd inning against the Astros

APRIL 20, 2023 • MLB.COM

The Windup: Mauricio Dubón, Yordan Alvarez and the domino(es) effect Also, could the Pirates hold on to Bryan Reynolds because they are — gasp — in contention at the trade deadline?

APRIL 18, 2023 • THEATHLETIC.COM

The slugger's apprentice: Via discussion, dominoes, Yordan Alvarez mentors Mauricio Dubón Dubón and Yordan Alvarez are opposites in stature, swagger and slugging percentage, but they share a goal — keeping the Astros afloat.

APRIL 18, 2023 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Yordan Alvarez reminds A-Rod of Hall of Fame rival Houston's left fielder earned some high praise on Sunday.

APRIL 17, 2023 • CHRON.COM

Alvarez has 3 RBIs, Brown solid as Astros beat Rangers 8-2

Yordan Alvarez doubled with three RBIs to back up a strong start by rookie Hunter Brown and help the Houston Astros to a 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers

APRIL 16, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Slugs fourth homer Alvarez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Friday against the Rangers.

Impact Alvarez took Martin Perez deep in the third inning to tally his fourth homer of the season. He's also uncharacteristically punched out three times in consecutive games, bringing his strikeout rate to an inflated 25.9 percent clip. Even so, it's difficult to argue with Alvarez's production early this season, as he's hitting .295 with 18 RBI and nine runs scored across 54 plate appearances.

APRIL 15, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

García homers, Lowe has 3 RBIs as Rangers down Astros 6-2

Adolis García hit a two-run homer and Nathaniel Lowe added three RBIs to give the Texas Rangers a 6-2 win over the Houston Astros Friday night

APRIL 15, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Takes seat for day game Alvarez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Pirates, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Impact Houston is concluding its series in Pittsburgh with a day game after a night game, so Alvarez is most likely just getting some extra maintenance following a string of eight consecutive starts. Corey Julks will get the nod in left field in place of Alvarez, who drew a walk but also struck out a season-high three times in Tuesday's 7-4 loss.

APRIL 12, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Drives in two Alvarez went 3-for-4 with one double, two RBI and one run scored in Monday's victory over the Pirates.

Impact Alvarez plated a pair of runs in the top of the second inning with a single to left field. He's tallied six RBI over his last three games and has now registered two three-hit performances through the first 10 matchups.

APRIL 11, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Alvarez, Tucker lead Astros past Pirates 8-2

Yordan Alvarez had three hits and boosted his RBI total to a major-league-leading 16 by driving in two runs in the Houston Astros' 8-2 win over Pittsburgh

APRIL 11, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Slugs grand slam Alvarez went 1-for-4 with a grand slam Saturday against the Twins.

Impact Alvarez came to the plate with the bases loaded in the third inning and took Joe Ryan deep to tally his third homer of the season. He now has at least one hit in seven of eight games on the campaign and has also racked up six runs scored and 14 RBI. Alvarez's injury scare during spring training hasn't affected his performance, and he should be among the elite hitters in the league assuming he can remain healthy.

APRIL 9, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Buxton, Farmer hit 3-run homers as Twins top Astros 9-6

Byron Buxton and Kyle Farmer hit three-run homers to power the Minnesota Twins past the Houston Astros 9-6

APRIL 8, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Vierling catch, homer lift Tigers over Astros 7-6 in 11

Matt Vierling made a sprawling bases-loaded catch and hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the 11th inning as the Detroit Tigers rebounded from a meltdown in the ninth to beat the H...

APRIL 4, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS