The Astros opened the 2018 season with a 4-1 victory over the Texas Rangers. It wasn’t even that close of a game until Ken Giles allowed a run in the ninth inning. The only real surprise of opening day was that Yuli Gurriel would not be placed in the 10-day DL. Instead, he was placed on the restricted list serving his five-game suspension. When will Gurriel return to the lineup?
According to Brian McTaggart, A.J. Hinch expects Gurriel to be in the lineup Tuesday. That was the plan for this entire offseason, but we thought that things changed when Gurriel had the surgery.