The Seattle Mariners American League West rival Houston Astros lost third baseman Alex Bregman for the weekend's series against the Chicago White Sox with an elbow injury.
With a little more than a month left in the season — many fans are starting to scoreboard watch as several playoff spots and divisional races are looking like they might come down to just a few games.Houston looked to have an easy next three games with the Chicago White Sox traveling to the Astros' home of Minute Maid Park. But Houston will be without one of its key players for the series.
According to a tweet from the Athletic's Astros reporter Chandler Rome — starting third baseman Alex Bregman will be out for the entirety of the series against the White Sox with swelling in his right elbow.— the MRI showed no structural damage. Bregman let the team know about his elbow injury after Houston's win on Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays.
“It’s not that I couldn’t play through it anymore, it’s just that I need to nip it in the bud,” Bregman said per Rome's report. Bregman is one of the most effective hitters for Houston this season. He's batting .261 with 19 home runs and 59 RBis for the Astros.If there's a series or a team for Bregman to rest and recoup — it would be against Chicago. But it will be worth keeping an eye on if the injury has any lingering or more serious effects as the AL West race reaches its final stages.
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