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Injured Astros third baseman Carlos Correa has ramped up his on-field work of late in a bid to return after undergoing ankle surgery in May that was expected to end his season. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle)
NEW YORK - Houston Astros third baseman Carlos Correa is progressing well enough in his rehab from left ankle surgery that manager Joe Espada said Wednesday he could "expect him to be ready to go at some point in September."
Correa tore the peroneus brevis tendon in his left ankle May 5 and underwent surgery that was initially expected to be season-ending . However, Correa said Aug. 1 that he was not ruling out the possibility of playing again this year, despite an initial six-to-eight-month recovery projection.
Correa, who sustained the injury hitting in the cage, was cleared to resume swinging a bat in the first week of August. On Sunday, during an in-game TV interview on Space City Home Network, Correa said he'd progressed to hitting against a pitching machine and would be taking ground balls at third base this week.
During the Astros' last homestand, Correa ran sprints and curves on the outfield grass pregame. He said in his in-game interview Sunday he was scheduled for another doctor's appointment "in a week" which could determine his next steps.
Espada said Wednesday that Correa was due for another appointment in the first week of September.
"But so far, all the reports, all the work he's doing, he continues to improve," Espada said. "And once he gets that doctor visit, maybe we can start cranking up some stuff where we can see him really getting after it on the field."
Correa posted a .279/.369/.418 slash line in 32 games this season before the injury, playing both third base and shortstop when Jeremy Peña was sidelined by a hamstring injury. Peña is active and Houston reinstalled Isaac Paredes as the everyday third baseman after losing Correa.
Espada said Wednesday he has not begun to consider how the roster might adjust if Correa can return this year. The Astros began the day with a half-game lead in the American League West over Texas and 30 games left in their regular season.
"One day at a time," Espada said.
• Right-hander Mike Burrows was scheduled to make a third Triple-A rehab start Wednesday in his recovery from elbow neuritis. Burrows compiled nine scoreless innings in his first two rehab starts for Triple-A Sugar Land, but the Astros still opted to have him make another one. Espada noted that with rosters expanding Sept. 1, the Astros will be able to add an additional pitcher next Tuesday.
"We wanted to keep him on schedule, get him another start, build him up," Espada said. "And then we could make a decision coming up here once he pitches tonight."
• Outfielder Brice Matthews still has yet to run the bases or face live pitching in his recovery from a left knee sprain, Espada said. Matthews was placed on the injured list July 17 and recently transferred to the 60-day IL , making him ineligible to return before mid-September, but Espada indicated Matthews would not have been ready anyway for consideration to return when rosters expand Sept. 1.
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