The Houston Astros have placed Framber Valdez on the injured list because of elbow soreness.
Houston is hoping Valdez will miss just a few starts.
\"He\'s going to need some time to recover,\" Joe Espada said. \"We\'ll watch the inflammation to see how quickly that comes down. Hopefully it could just be maybe two starts and we\'ll get him back on the mound.\"
Valdez was scratched from his scheduled start, returned to Houston on Monday night and was diagnosed with inflammation on top of the elbow.
\"I didn\'t get any news on the ligament, just inflammation in that elbow,\" Espada said. \"We\'ll see where he\'s at in a day or two. We can get him back throwing and then we can assess how quickly we can get him back going. I think that\'s pretty decent news.\"
Via Associated Press