Jean Alvarez discussed the knee injury at the end of the season and trained “everything goes well” in spring
In the 2024 season Josan Alvares With the Astronomy, the celebrity counterattack was hindered in the last week of the regular season due to a right knee sprains. Alvarez missed the last six games of the Rockets schedule, but he returned as a designated player in the team’s short playoffs. In the two games of the Tiger team sweeping the astronauts, he shot 2 in 7 in 7 In the middle, win the second base and the base.
Knee sprains look more serious than at the time. Alvarez told Matt Cavahara in the Houston Chronicle through translation: “There are a lot of damage” and”When injured, there are many questions“Regarding whether to perform surgery.
“But in the past three or four weeks, it feels good, so everything goes well … Obviously, the damage is not enough to perform surgery. [because] My body recovers very well, I feel very good, I can start“Alvarez said.
The timetable at the 3-4 weeks mentioned by Alvarez was a bit surprising, because it showed to some extent that the operation was not recently put on hold. However, Alvarez announced that he was ready to start spring training and stated that he expected that his left outer field ability would not be restricted. “I have been running and training without encountering any setbacks. This is good“Alvarez said.
This is not the first time Alvarez has been troubled by knee problems, because the knee mirror surgery limits that Alvarez has only played two games in the 2020 season. Alvarez was mainly used as right outer players in his career, but in the past four years, he played 190 times as a left -field field player, which gave the astronauts with additional flexibility when adjusting the lineup.
Even this limited field use may change, because the head coach Joe Estapada told Kawara and other reporters during the winter meeting “I want to reduce the number of repetition times [Alvarez] Enter Zuo Waiga“”. Although considering the recent knee problem of Alvarez and his defense below the standard, this is not a huge surprise, but this is worth noting that the astronauts lack the depth of the field. With the front right Kyle Tak Now to be traded to the Bear team, the starting day of Houston’s opening on the outer field looks like the following combination Charles McCawm,, Jack Miyeus,, Taylor TramelAnd public business worker Moriio DuPontand Shey Whitham With further depth and top prospects Jacobmelton It is expected to debut MLB for the first time in 2025.
This is not the most inspiring outer combination on the paper. This is why the Astroniste team is associated with such free players and trade goals. Uriksson Provel,, Kody Belinserand Alex Wil Dudo At different moments of this offseason. Verdor has not yet signed a contract. He will achieve a specific settlement goal of the Astronomy, that is, adding a left -handed player in his right -hand lineup. However, in addition to external construction, Houston is at least considering a more creative answer: relocation. Hese Arsurvi To the left field, if Alex Blagman Re -sign the contract and fight the third base Isaac Preds It was moved to Altov’s original second base position.
Christian It will help to make up for the offensive vacancies left after Walker’s departure, but if Bragman also goes to other places, healthy and efficient Alvarez’s lineup of Houston will be more important than ever. Since Alvarez’s first appearance in MLB in 2019, his 166 WRC+ score is second only to Aaron Jiaqi (180) Among all major leagues, Alvarez hit 0.298/.390/.583 in 2688 career home runs and played 164 home runs. The punch player played 12 home runs in the 252 career PA in the playoffs, hit at 0.294/.393/.551, including the 2021 ALCS MVP honor.
