Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday because of inflammation in his right hand.
"Yordan has been suffering with the injury for a couple weeks and it's gotten worse," Astros manager Dusty Baker told reporters, according to the Houston Chronicle. "We decided that hey, the only way to get this well is to try to use these (series) before the All-Star break to coincide with the 10 that he has to be on the IL."
The injury, which Alvarez suffered on a swing during a game on June 18, was "bothering him every swing," Baker told reporters.