WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - After experiencing more knee soreness, Yordan Alvarez is going to sit out spring training games for another “three or four days,” according to Astros manager Dusty Baker.

Alvarez was slated to start in left field in Tuesday’s game against the Cardinals, but he was a late scratch when he told team staff that his knees were bothering him again.

“We’re trying to get that soreness to subside so we’re going to try to take it easy on him for at least three days,” Baker said.

Alvarez abstained from baseball drills Wednesday. Baker said Alvarez still would get in some work, but it would be “upper body and stuff. He’s going to stay of his legs.”

Despite winning the American League Rookie of the Year and clubbing a team rookie-record 27 home runs, Alvarez appeared hobbled much of last season. Originally, it was thought Alvarez suffered an injury when banged a couple foul tips off his left knee. Last week, Alvarez said he had the pain before those incidents although he couldn’t point to a specific moment that caused the pain.

Jose Altuve, who stayed home Tuesday due to an illness, was back at the Astros’ spring training facility Wednesday. Baker said Altuve wouldn’t play in another game until Friday.

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