{"id":10677,"date":"2025-07-20T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/10677\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:33:08","slug":"isaac-paredes-to-undergo-mri-for-hamstring-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/10677\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaac Paredes To Undergo MRI For Hamstring Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Astros third baseman Isaac Paredes<\/a> left Saturday\u2019s 7-6 loss to the Mariners with what was described as right hamstring discomfort.\u00a0 The injury occurred in the third inning, when Paredes hit a line drive off the left field wall that resulted in only a single, as he started limping partway down the first base base line.<\/p>\n

Paredes is going from Seattle to Houston today to undergo testing, and a trip to the injured list seems inevitable.\u00a0 MLB.com\u2019s Brian McTaggart reports<\/a> that infielder\/outfielder Shay Whitcomb<\/a> and first baseman Jon Singleton<\/a> are joining the Astros from Triple-A Sugar Land prior to today\u2019s game, so the club is already arranging its next set of roster moves.\u00a0 Singleton isn\u2019t on the 40-man roster, so another transaction is forthcoming apart from the shuffle of Paredes for Whitcomb.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time Paredes has dealt with hamstring problems this season, as some soreness in his left hamstring forced him to miss three games last month but he was able to return none the worse for wear.\u00a0 This new injury \u201churts more than the other one,\u201d Paredes told the Houston Chronicle\u2019s Matt Kawahara<\/a> and other reporters, as he said \u201cI just feel like it pulled as I started running and I couldn\u2019t run anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Astros maintain a three-game lead in the AL West, the club has lost seven of its last eight games, as a mountain of injuries may be catching up to the roster.\u00a0 Assuming Paredes will indeed be sidelined, he\u2019ll become the 16th different player on Houston\u2019s IL, and the ninth position player.\u00a0 The long list of injuries includes arguably Houston\u2019s three top hitters in Paredes, Yordan Alvarez<\/a>, and Jeremy Pena<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Acquired from the Cubs as part of last winter\u2019s blockbuster Kyle Tucker<\/a> trade, Paredes has hit .259\/.359\/.470 with 19 homers over 409 plate appearances in his first season in Houston.\u00a0 Since his .362 wOBA significantly outpaces his .332 xwOBA, some good fortune has been involved in Paredes\u2019 performance, and he isn\u2019t making much hard contact.\u00a0 On the plus side, Paredes is making a lot of contact overall, and posting very strong strikeout and walk rates.\u00a0 It all added up to Paredes\u2019 second straight All-Star nod, as he also made the Midsummer Classic last year when he was still a member of the Rays.<\/p>\n

In short, Paredes is basically just about the last player the Astros could afford to lose, but it now looks like he\u2019ll be out of action for (in a best-case scenario) at least the next 10 days.\u00a0 Any of Whitcomb, utilityman Mauricio Dubon<\/a>, or rookie Brice Matthews<\/a> could get time at third base with Paredes out, and if Dubon ends up getting the bulk of time at third base, Zack Short<\/a> will probably take over at shortstop until Pena is able to return.\u00a0 Matthews has primarily played second base since making his MLB debut last week, and the keystone could remain his primary position if Jose Altuve<\/a> is needed more in left field to help cover the Astros\u2019 long list of outfield absences.<\/p>\n

Some good news may be on the horizon, as Alvarez is with the team in Seattle and has started taking swings.\u00a0 Alvarez hasn\u2019t played since May 2 due to what was initially described as right hand inflammation, though follow-up tests in late May revealed a slight fracture in the slugger\u2019s right ring finger.\u00a0 He received two injections after a consultation with a hand specialist at the start of July, and while Alvarez\u2019s IL stint has gone on much longer than expected, his return could be on the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Astros third baseman Isaac Paredes left Saturday\u2019s 7-6 loss to the Mariners with what was described as right…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,3971,10500,462,10501,82],"class_list":["post-10677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-isaac-paredes","tag-jonathan-singleton","tag-mlb","tag-shay-whitcomb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}