Astros GM provides an encouraging update on All-Star Jeremy Pena

The Houston Astros person 4 All-Stars this season, but only Josh Hader is going to nan game. Of nan 3 who are missing, nan absence of Jeremy Pena is nan astir disappointing. 

Ahead of nan last crippled earlier nan All-Star break, Astros wide head Dana Brown commented connected nan wounded position of Pena. In a station shared by Chandler Rome of The Athletic, Brown gave an encouraging update connected nan superstar shortstop.

Asked if Jeremy Peña could return for nan Seattle bid aft nan All-Star break, Astros GM Dana Brown told nan team's pregame power show "that's a small early," but Peña isn't acold off.

"Asked if Jeremy Pena could return for nan Seattle bid aft nan All-Star break," Rome writes, "Astros GM Dana Brown told nan team's pregame power show, 'that's a small early,' but Pena isn't acold off."

While Pena won't beryllium fresh for nan first bid retired of nan All-Star break, nan Astros' shortstop is getting person to a imaginable return. While nary circumstantial day was confirmed aliases teased, Pena seems apt to return earlier nan MLB waste and acquisition deadline astatine nan extremity of nan month.

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Pena was successful nan mediate of a breakout play and was connected his measurement to mounting profession highs successful aggregate statistical categories. But, aft suffering fractured ribs successful June, he's missed a decent magnitude of time, and will beryllium retired for a bully chunk of nan twelvemonth successful nan mediate of nan season.

Getting Pena backmost successful nan lineup would beryllium a bully boost for nan Astros arsenic nan waste and acquisition deadline approaches. Before nan injury, Pena had a .322 batting mean pinch a .867 OPS and 11 location runs.

He's been nan champion violative subordinate for nan Astros this play and was a immense logic why, contempt nan nonaccomplishment of Yordan Alvarez to commencement nan year, nan Astros person managed to beryllium atop nan AL West.

Pena will beryllium retired a small while longer, pinch nan Arizona Diamondbacks bid starting connected July 21st arsenic nan earliest imaginable day he could travel backmost based connected Brown's comments. But, for now, this update from Brown is an encouraging one, arsenic Pena "isn't acold off" from returning to nan lineup.

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