Astros' Carlos Correa to join Express on Friday

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Provided he has no setbacks on either Wednesday or Thursday, Carlos Correa will join Class AAA Round Rock on Friday for the remainder of its Pacific Coast League championship series.

Because the five-game series begins with two games in Sacramento, Correa would only be guaranteed one game. The series started Tuesday in California.

Correa, who suffered a recurrence of lower back pain on Aug. 20, continued to participate in a full complement of pregame work on Tuesday. Feedback from both him and manager A.J. Hinch has been favorable.

The Astros originally anticipated Correa returning for the final three weeks of the regular season, but that timeline has since shrunk.

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"He's doing great," Hinch said. "He's moving around great and doing a little bit of everything now and moving around with no restrictions. If we get through the next couple days, he'll get a taste of AAA playoff baseball."

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