After taking batting practice Friday as part of his rehab, Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez felt pain in his right hand. An imaging showed a fracture 60% healed.

HOUSTON — A month into an injured list stint for “inflammation,” a small fracture has been discovered in Yordan Alvarez’s right hand, sidelining the Houston Astros slugger for the foreseeable future while inviting further scrutiny on a medical staff struggling to get players back onto the field.

Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez, who had hoped to return to Houston's lineup this weekend for the first time since early May, will instead be shut down after new imaging revealed a small fracture in his right hand.