Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports that Alvarez will begin a minor-league rehab assignment on Tuesday with Double-A Corpus Christi. He’ll serve as a designated hitter in his first rehab game back, and the club plans to have him down for “a few games” before he can be activated off the injured list.

Injured Houston Astros All-Star closer Josh Hader said he hopes to pitch again in 2025, even if it just means in the postseason.

The Houston Astros have won three straight series, but that hasn't staved off the Seattle Mariners. The latter club is 8-2 in its last 10 games and just 1.5 games behind the Astros for first place in the AL West with six weeks left in the regular season.

Houston Astros starter Cristian Javier left Sunday's 12-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles after three innings because of an illness, and he was replaced by Shawn Dubin in the fourth inning after the veteran allowed three hits and a run with two strikeouts.

Houston Astros starter Cristian Javier has left Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles after three innings because of an illness