Astros Manager Dusty Baker spoke with the media on Friday ahead of their series vs the Phillies and updated some of their injured players.
- Chas McCormick will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday for Double-A Corpus Christi.
- Yordan Alvarez is doing better and still not on the IL; Baker wouldn't confirm if he is available off the bench for Friday night
- Michael Brantley played his third game with Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday; Baker said they do not currently have a threshold before he can rejoin the team saying they will leave it up to Brantley to signal when he is ready to return to the big league club.
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