It was revealed Friday afternoon that the Astros had cleared hitter Yordan Alvarez and pitcher Jose Urquidy to return to baseball activities, and will send them to Corpus Christi for what figures to be a a warm up to eventually join the big league club.
However, Manager Dusty Baker revealed Friday evening that it could be a while before the two re-join the Astros. "They missed a lot of time," said Baker. "It's going to take probably almost equal time that they've missed to get back."